Day 18.351: Saturday birding

Our nature group met at Maine Audubon’s site at Gilsland Farm just outside Portland this morning - a little later than usual to coincide with the opening hours. We had a lovely time. Here is some of what we saw from the visitor center and from the snowy trails. 

Mourning dove and Carolina wren

Action shot

Hickory tussock moth (found crawling on the floor in the visitor center)

This turkey was eating the bittersweet fruit

Common goldeneye

Bufflehead

Common loon (only surfacing very briefly before diving again)

Alder seed heads

Alder flowers ready for the spring

American tree sparrow

Hairy woodpecker