Not the best day to walk the Kate Furbish Preserve in Brunswick. Five
people started with promising weather but there was a heavy drizzle at
the end, yet not quite enough to really wet us. The real problem was the
mosquitoes. We had some good birds but only 34 total species … and
lots of mushrooms.
Birds seen and heard (H):
Canada Geese – 35 in low tide at the bay
Mourning Dove
Lesser Yellowlegs – 4 also at the bay
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Blue Heron – 3 at the bay
Bald Eagle
Belted Kingfisher (H)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (H)
Great Crested Flycatcher (H)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (H)
Eastern Phoebe (H)
Blue-headed Vireo (H) multiple times in multiple places
Red-eyed Vireo – also heard often, seen once feeding a Cowbird
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Brown Creeper (H)
Hermit Thrush (H) – sang often, nice to hear
American Robin
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird – 14 at the bay in the grasses
Brown-headed Cowbird – 1 fed by a vireo
Common Grackle
Ovenbird (H) – multiple
Common Yellowthroat – multiple
Northern Parula – 1 sang
Black-throated Blue Warbler – 4+ sang a lot and saw
Pine Warbler (H)
Black-throated Green Warbler (H)
Scarlet tanager – saw poorly but sang a lot
Stan DeOrsey