Leader’s Choice, Scarborough Marsh, May 21st
It was a beautiful day; sunny and warm. Not many shore birds, since the tide was high.
Probably the bird of the day was the Peregrine. We first saw it sitting on a post, preening, behind the Pelreco building. And later we saw it on the wing along the Eastern Trail (assuming it was the same bird.)
On the way home we stopped off in Lisbon to look for an Orchard Oriole that had been reported there. We did not find the Oriole, but we did add a number of birds to our tally.
Participants…Dan Marquis Photographer), Doug Boyd, Philip Ashton, and leader Steve Reed
Birds seen or heard:
Rock pigeon
Hairy Woodpecker
Grackle
Robin
Yellow Warbler
Song Sparrow
Common Yellow Throat
Mallard
Canada Goose
Willet
Cat bird
Cedar Waxwing
Red-winged Blackbird
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Black-bellied Plover
Bald Eagle
Northern Shoveler
Phoebe
Little Blue Heron
Least Sandpiper
Tree Swallow
Marsh Wren
House Wren
Eider
CommonLoon
Common Tern
Red-tailed Hawk
European Starling
House Sparrow
American Crow
Herring Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon
Birds seen in Lisbon:
Warbling Vireo
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Bobolink
Spotted Sandpiper
Turkey
Bluebird
Goldfinch
Baltimore Oriole
46 Species
