Scarborough Marsh
“Song Sparrows and good numbers of male Red-winged Blackbirds arrived the last week in February - staking out their territories along the Scarborough Marsh and Gull Crest wetlands, as did Common Grackles - announcing their arrival with croak like whistles and iridescent bluish hoods.”
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Song Sparrows and good numbers of male Red-winged Blackbirds arrived the last week in February - staking out their territories along the Scarborough Marsh and Gull Crest wetlands, as did Common Grackles - announcing their arrival with croak like whistles and iridescent bluish hoods.
More than one Savanah Ipswich Sparrow has been spotted passing through - including one along Eastern Rd (Scarborough Marsh).
Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets are also arriving in good numbers, including five flying northbound together at dusk and a scattering of herons and egrets from Scarborough Marsh to the Purpoodock golf course water hazards.
A common nighthawk was seen around sunset migrating south across the Spurwink Trail Greenbelt property along Scarborough Marsh.
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.
A few of the best places to see these southbound migrants are Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge and Scarborough Marsh/Eastern Road.
Lastly, an American Avocet has been reported along the Scarborough Marsh.
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.
Lastly, along the Eastern Trail Pannes of Scarborough Marsh on June 5 I spotted one Saltmarsh Sparrow and three Nelson’s Sparrows.
On this same day five Short-billed Dowitchers crossed overhead along Sawyer Road and the following day July 11th while travelling along the Eastern Trail across the Scarborough Marsh another small flock of these birds alerted me to their presence with shrill quivering whistles as they took flight out of the tidal…