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The warblers are definitely going through here in southern Maine! Today I saw a female yellow warbler (tentative id by size and color, then positive when she sang). I id’d the song sparrow first by by its song (three first notes, then the rest). Goldfinch flock both by coloring and the behavior in flight (up and down, up and down trajectory). A week ago I saw this guy in a stand of brushy trees, which I think is a northern parula because, although in shadows, I had time to study him and am pretty positive I saw a greenish patch on his upper back, and a dark band across his throat/chest. Apologies for the bad quality of the pix - I only had my phone zoomed in as much as possible, then cropped out all the brushy stuff....
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I live in Portland, Maine, in a condo, so have no yard or feeder 🙁. But I have a vacant lot with trees out my window which the city birds seem to like and have seen resident flocks of European starlings, along with mourning doves, a pair of northern cardinals, and a couple of blue jays. I also look out over water so see quite a few gulls - the ones that come close enough for me to id seem to be herring gulls (can’t really spot the beaks, so there may be some ring billed in amongst them). But the big thrill of my locked down life this week was getting to a small Audubon sanctuary 5 minutes up the road and spotting the first Eastern phoebe of the year!
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