Trip Report May 12, 2012

RESULTS of Evergreen Cemetery field trip.
Saturday was a beautiful day, starting out cool but warming up into the 70s. However, the birds weren't as plentiful as we had hoped or thought they would be at this southern Maine hotspot. Although our final count was respectable, we had a hard time getting many of the birds we did get; and we were completely skunked on some very notable groups, like swallows and herons... and nary a Phoebe to be heard. Some rather common birds, like the Oriole and Yellow Warbler, were not seen until we went to our second location, Capisic Park, just a short distance away. But these two birds really made the trip a hit, as the Orioles were numerous and very visible, as well as being the deepest orange we had ever seen; and one Yellow Warbler gave us a close, clear, and rather lengthy view, as is evidenced by the picture below.
Observers: Owen Buck, Rob Crosby, Joan & Stan DeOrsey, Dan Marquis (leader and recorder), Nancy Muir, Steve Reed

Birds seen or heard. (C) = Capisic Park only

Canada Goose (C)
Black Duck
Mallard (one female had 12 chicks)
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk (C)
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift (C)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Kingbird (C)
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo (C)
Blue Jay
Crow
Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Hermit Thrush
Robin
Catbird
Starling
Cedar Waxwing (C)
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler (C)
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
American Redstart
Overbird
Common Yellowthroat
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow (C)
Song Sparrow
Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (heard only)
Red-winged Blackbird (C)
Common Grackle
OrchardOriole (C) female
Northern Oriole (C)
House Finch (C)
Goldfinch

52 Species
7 Observers

mallard ducklings
Female Mallard with ducklings

Magnolia Warbler

Northern Oriole

Red Squirrel

Yellow Warbler

eastern kingbird

Eastern Kingbird

Scarlet Tanager

muskrat
Muskrat