Dyer Point
“On the afternoon of January 29 my son and I traversed the rocky headland from Dyer Point to the edge of Two Lights State Park.”
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Harlequin Ducks (Two Lights and Fort Williams, Common Eiders, at least one King Eider (Dyer Point), Black and White-winged Scoters (Crescent Beach), Pintails (Ferry Beach), Red-breasted Mergansers, Red-necked Grebes, and numerous Common Loons.
In the first few days of February an elusive drake King Eider was spotted by a few birders between the rocky coastline of Two Lights State Park and Dyer Point.
Having missed the only sighting of a King Eider this past winter off Dyer Point and Two Lights State Park I frantically jumped on my bike and arrived just in time to see this majestic duck before it disappeared along the rocky shoreline.
Over the last several weeks Dyer Point and Trundy Point have both afforded excellent looks at Common and Red-throated Loons.
…a Wilson’s Snipe in Kettle Cove and a Spotted Sandpiper on Dyer Point on September 25 and in Winnick Woods and Great Pond and Preserve on September 26 continuing Blackpoll Warblers and White-throated Sparrows and many first of season Yellow-Rumped Warblers, several Ruby crowned Kinglets and six Brown Creepers singing.
In the last days of February off of Dyer Point, Trundy Point, Pond Cove and Fort Williams I saw the following - Common Loons, Common Eiders, Harlequin Ducks, Long-tailed Ducks, Common Goldeneyes, Black and Surf Scoters and Red-breasted Mergansers.
Lastly, a Snowy Owl was reported in the vicinity of Dyer Point on March 11.
As for my notes from the field, in the last days of March, one could still find good numbers of Long-tailed Ducks and Common Goldeneyes off Pond Cove and Dyer Point.
Additionally, on December 11 off Dyer Point I spotted my first Red-throated Loon of the season.
On the afternoon of January 29 my son and I traversed the rocky headland from Dyer Point to the edge of Two Lights State Park.
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Additionally, on the afternoon of September 16 my son and I braved the crowds at Dyer Point.
Other locations where these falcons have been spotted over the last two weeks include Kettle Cove, Two Lights State Park and Dyer Point.
Additionally, on January 20 my son and I were making our way towards the very end of Dyer Point’s rocky headland when my eye caught the brief flutter of a bird on the rocks ahead.
Additionally, in early December around sunset my two sons and I walked the rocky shoreline from Dyer Point to Two Lights State Park.
In fact, 25% of the top twenty birding hotspots (define by both number species recorded and by submitted eBird checklists) are in our town including, Kettle Cove, Dyer Point, Trundy Point, Portland Headlight – Fort Williams Park and Two Lights State Park.
On the windy overcast day of May 20, I crept out onto the end of Dyer Point and found a single Brant, two Laughing Gulls and two Black-bellied Plovers hunkered down.
Later that afternoon, I found two White-rumped Sandpipers hunkered down along Dyer Point.
On December 7, scrambling along the rocky shoreline from Dyer Point to Two Lights State Park, I encountered three separate flocks of hardy Harlequin Ducks.
Also appearing with some regularity off our shoreline over the last several weeks at Fort Williams, Dyer Point and Kettle Cove is the smallest of our Arctic waterfowl visitors, the Dovekie.