Hi Tweets, just got back from New England, did the family 'thing' up
there, and visiting friends on Cape Cod. Also got in a little birding
(of course!), and tallied 111 species. Sites included Swan Lake
(Swanville, ME), Blue Hill, ME, Monroe, ME, Acadia Nat. Park, ME, Cape
Cod, and a whale watch boat out of Provincetown, MA. No real rarities
bird-wise, but I did find a vagrant *human*, Greg Toffic of Everett, who
I happened to bump into on a trail out on Cape Cod. Funny how you can go
3000 miles away, and still see familiar faces. We talked for awhile,
alternately watching a Red Fox hunt and a Prairie Warbler sing, while the
sun descended on Cape Cod Bay. A most pleasant evening.

Common Loon nesting at Swan Lake, ME
Sooty Shearwater Stellwagen Bank, MA
Wilson's Storm-Petrel Stellwagen Bank, MA
Gannet Stellwagen Bank, MA
DC Cormorant
Canada Goose
Mallard
Black Duck Cape Cod, MA
Common Eider Acadia NP, ME, and Provincetown, MA
Turkey Vulture
Cooper's Hawk South Wellfleet, MA
Red-tailed Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk Swanville, ME
Bald Eagle ad. at Swan Lake, ME, juv. in Truro, MA
Osprey
Kestrel
Peregrine nesting at Acadia NP, ME
Bobwhite
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
BC Night-heron Provincetown, MA
Killdeer
Whimbrel South Wellfleet, MA
Spotted Sandpiper Maine and Cape Cod
Greater Yellowlegs South Wellfleet, MA
Lesser Yellowlegs South Wellfleet, MA
Short-billed Dowitcher South Wellfleet, MA
Semipalmated Sandpiper South Wellfleet, MA
Least Sandpiper South Wellfleet, MA
Laughing Gull Cape Cod
Herring Gull
G Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Black Tern South Wellfleet, MA
Black Skimmer South Wellfleet, MA
Black Guillemot Acadia NP, ME
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
RT Hummingbird Swanville, ME
Belted Kingfisher
YB Sapsucker Swanville, ME
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Kingbird
G Crested Flycatcher Cape Cod
Eeastern Wood-Pewee Swanville, ME
Least Flycatcher Swanville, ME
Alder Flycatcher Swanville, ME
Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow Cape Cod
Purple Martin Belfast, ME
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren Acadia NP, ME and Blue Hill, ME
Carolina Wren
Mockingbird Cape Cod (feeding young)
Brown Thrasher Cape Cod
Catbird Cape Cod
Robin
Wood Thrush Swanville, ME
Hermit Thrush Swanville, ME
Swainson's Thrush Acadia NP, ME
Veery Swanville, ME
E Bluebird Swanville, ME and South Wellfleet, MA (feeding young)
GC Kinglet Blue Hill, ME
Cedar Waxwing Cape Cod
Starling
Solitary Vireo Acadia NP, ME
Red-eyed Vireo
Black-and-White Warbler Acadia NP, ME (feeding young)
N. Parula (heard only) Brooksville, ME
Yellow Warbler Swanville, ME
'Myrtle' Warbler feeding young at Acadia NP, ME
BT Green Warbler Acadia NP, ME
BT Blue Warbler Swanville, ME, and Monroe, ME
Blackburnian Warbler Blue Hill, ME
Chestnut-sided Warbler Swanville, ME, and Monroe, ME
Bay-breasted Warbler Acadia NP, ME
Pine Warbler Cape Cod, MA
Prairie Warbler Cape Cod, MA
Ovenbird Swanville, Blue Hill, and Acadia NP, ME
Common Yellowthroat
American Redtart Swanville, Blue Hill, and Monroe, ME
Rufous-sided Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Sharp-tailed Sparrow (heard only) Cape Cod, MA
'Slate-colored' Junco Blue Hill, ME
Chipping Sparrow Cape Cod, MA
Field Sparrow Cape Cod, MA
White-throated Sparrow Maine
Song Sparrow
Bobolink Monroe, ME
Eastern Meadowlark
RW Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
'Baltimore' Oriole South Wellfleet, MA
Scarlet Tanager Blue Hill, ME
Cardinal Cape Cod
Evening Grosbeak Monroe, ME
House Finch
American Godfinch
House Sparrow

'Charismatic' mammals:

WT Deer
E Cottontail
Red Fox South Wellfleet, MA
Coyote South Wellfleet, MA
Fin Whale Stellwagen Bank, MA
Minke Whale Stellwagen Bank, MA
White-sided Dolphin Stellwagen Bank, MA



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Michael R. Smith
Univ. of Washington, Seattle
whimbrel at u.washington.edu
http://salmo.cqs.washington.edu/~wagap/mike.html