RESULTS of the Stanton Bird Club trip to open waters of Androscoggin
County, Saturday, November 10, 2007, 7-11 am. Weather was clear but
cold and windy; nevertheless it was a nice, rewarding morning.

Observers: Tom Hayward (leader and recorder), Dan Marquis, Michael
Reidy, Anne Williams, James Williams.

Species: (LA=Lake Auburn; AR=Androscoggin River; SP=Sabattus Pond)


Common Loon (many, LA)
Horned Grebe (1, LA)
Red-necked Grebe (1, SP)
Great Blue Heron (several)
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck (c. 6, SP)
Common Goldeneye (SP)
Bufflehead (1 pair, SP)
Hooded Merganser (many, LA & SP)
Common Merganser (LA)
Ruddy Duck (several plus 1 large raft, SP)
Bald Eagle (1 imm., SP)
Red-tailed Hawk
Wild Turkey
American Coot (many, SP)
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Belted Kingfisher (LA, AR)
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven (LA)
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
European Starling
Northern Cardinal
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Snow Bunting (1, LA shore)
Pine Grosbeak (<6, LA shore; mistaken for White-winged Crossbills at first)
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak (1, near Basin outlet, LA)

TOTALS: 5 observers, 34 species

Coots at Sabattus Pond
American Coot American Coot

American Coot American Coot

American Coot

Ring-necked Ducks at Sabattus Pond

Hooded Mergansers at Sabattus Pond