RESULTS from the Stanton Bird Club field trip to New Gloucester marsh
and Pineland, Saturday, May 17, 2008, 7:00 am to 12:40 pm. Cloudy to
mostly cloudy, occasional light showers, 52-60 deg. F, light breeze.

Observers: Ted Allen, Doug Boyd, Danny Danforth, Joan and Stan
DeOrsey, Susan and Tom Hayward (leader and recorder), Dan Marquis,
Linda Seamans, Katie, Lauren, and Linsey Tufts, Jim Walker.

Species seen and/or heard:
Canada Goose
American Black Duck
Mallard
Wild Turkey
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Virginia Rail
Killdeer
Solitary Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
House Wren
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

TOTALS: 13 observers, 62 species!

Photos by Dan Marquis

Red-winged Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird

fringed polygala, Polygala paucifolia
fringed polygala in bloom (Polygala paucifolia)


Looking for a Scalet Tanager


Danny Danforth; a man out standing in his field