Today was the 100th* Saturday in a row this spring that has been rainy from dawn to dusk. It didn't stop
E5N1 attending two of his friends' graduation parties, but the rest of us mostly stayed in. On balance - and for this weekend only - we'd have taken a rainy Saturday in exchange for dry weather for graduation tomorrow.
So, here is a recap of our birding at Fortune's Rocks in Biddeford on Thursday when it was dry and mostly clear.
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| We had a number of snowy egret flyovers |
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| And some great blue herons too |
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| Double-crested cormorant |
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| Two young double-crested cormorants |
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| Distant great egret |
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| A large flock of these shore birds flew by - maybe semipalmated sandpipers |
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| There were several groups of common eiders out on the water |
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| This Bonaparte's gull gave us a good display over the pond |
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| The black trailing edge of the wing is distinctive |
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| Eastern kingbird |
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| Common grackle |
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| Yellow warbler |
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| Tree swallow |
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| Barn swallow |
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| Red-winged blackbird with an impressive beak-full of insects |
* Yes it's an exaggeration, but only slightly.
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