Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
“Turkey vultures have also arrived, spotted in pairs or individually along the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Preserve, Pond Cove and Delano Park.”
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Turkey vultures have also arrived, spotted in pairs or individually along the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Preserve, Pond Cove and Delano Park.
Miscellaneous sightings include three Glossy Ibis, six Great egrets, and three Great Blue Herons along the stretch of Sawyer Road that runs through the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.
There are also spotted sandpipers and greater yellow legs along the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.
Miscellaneous sightings include, eight Great Egrets along the stretch of Sawyer Road that runs through the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.
Highlights from Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, Scarborough Marsh and Crescent Beach State Park include, Semipalmated Plovers and sandpipers, Black-bellied Plovers, Least Sandpipers, Greater and Lesser Yellow Legs and Killdeer.
Also, several Great Egrets dotted the estuary across Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge while four tiny prancers with golden boots (Snowy Egrets) herded their prey and a dozen semipalmated plovers sat on watching.
Additionally, four Greater Yellowlegs were spotted in the marsh off Sawyer Road in the Rachel Carson Preserve.
On April 19 the first Tree Swallows were spotted along with a Great Egret (Sawyer Road crossing the Rachel Carson Nature Preserve).
A few of the best places to see these southbound migrants are Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge and Scarborough Marsh/Eastern Road.
I also spied a Spotted sandpiper and two Greater Yellowlegs along the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.
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On June 19 my wife, son and I spotted a Willet (stocky shorebird about the size of a crow) from Sawyer Road crossing through the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge and heard two Black-throated Green Warblers along the road down to Crescent Beach.
On July 2 within the Rachael Carson National Wildlife Refuge along Sawyer Road I observed a territorial Willet driving a Kingbird from its metal pole perch.
A few of the best places to see these southbound migrants are the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge and Scarborough Marsh, Pine Point and Biddeford Pool, Scarborough.
On September 8 a Stilt Sandpiper accompanied a small flock of Lesser Yellowlegs foraging along the Rachael Carson Reserve on Sawyer Road.
Lastly, on April 10 along a separate section of the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, I observed a male Belted Kingfisher, three Snowy Egrets and a single Tree Swallow.
On July 9 within the Rachael Carson National Wildlife Refuge along Sawyer Road I observed six Least Sandpipers, three Greater Yellowlegs and a Willet noisily driving an Eastern Kingbird from its perch atop a metal pole.
Lastly, on September 17 along the Sawyer Road section of the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge I spotted a single Stilt Sandpiper mixed in with four Lesser Yellowlegs.
And on July 7 within the Rachael Carson National Wildlife Refuge along Sawyer Road I observed a territorial Willet driving a Kingbird from its metal pole perch.