Another very nice walk today. Eleven people walked the Androscoggin
River Trail in Lisbon. It was comfortable but more windy on the walk
back. Hi-lights include a number of warblers, some seen very well such
as Blackburnian and Northern Parula. Then there was the Olive-sided
Flycatcher who settled on a high dead branch and sallied out and back
numerous times until we finally left. Unfortunately he never showed us
his white tufts on sides / wings but everything else matched perfectly
including his behavior. Of all things, we never saw a Crow!
Birds seen and heard (H), 37 in total:
Wood Duck – 6 almost too far to see, certainly not seen well
Mallard – 10 in the pond by the parking lot
Rock Pigeon
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Double-crested Cormorant – 2
Great Blue Heron – 1 by parking lot
Turkey Vulture – 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk – flew over very quickly, maybe too quickly
Bald Eagle – 1
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher – near Lisbon Falls end of trail, most cooperative
Eastern Wood-Pewee (H)
Eastern Phoebe
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo – 6, some seen well
Blue Jay
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper (H)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing
American Goldfinch
Song Sparrow
Common Yellowthroat – 3
American Redstart – 2
Northern Parula – 3 seen well by all
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler – 1 seen well by all
Yellow Warbler – 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Caradinal
Stan DeOrsey