My highlights over the past seven days included the following:

• 58 White-winged Scoters, Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch, 5/15.
• 15 species of warblers led by 25+ Yellow-rumped and an incredible 15+ Cape May Warblers, Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, 5/16 (with Down East Adventures Songbird Workshop Group).
• 12-15 Red Crossbills and 1 Evening Grosbeak, Evergreen Cemetery, 5/16 (with Down East Adventures Songbird Workshop Group).
• 17 species of warblers, led by 17 Common Yellowthroats and 9 Ovenbirds, Florida Lake Park, 5/17 (with Jeannette).
• 1 Louisiana Waterthrush, Elmwood Trail, Pownal, 5/19.
• 16 species of warblers led by 23 Common Yellowthroats and 8 Ovenbirds, Florida Lake Park, 5/20.
• 1 continuing SNOWY OWL, Pennell Way, Brunswick, 5/21.
• Proposed TRICOLORED HERON X SNOWY EGRET X LITTLE EGRET HYBRID, Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh, 5/21. See caption above.
• 2 drake and 1 hen NORTHERN SHOVELER, Eastern Road Trail, 5/21.
• 3 continuing TRICOLORED HERONS and 1 drake NORTHERN SHOVELER, Pelreco Marsh, Scarborough Marsh, 5/21.

My personal first-of-years and new spring arrivals included the following mix of on-time and early arrivals plus “catching up” on coastal birds:

• 1 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (early!), Old Town House Park, North Yarmouth, 5/15 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group).
• 2 Scarlet Tanagers, Evergreen Cemetery, 5/16 (with Down East Adventures Songbird Workshop Group).
• 1 Green Heron, Evergreen Cemetery, 5/16 (with Down East Adventures Songbird Workshop Group).
• 1 Red-eyed Vireo, Evergreen Cemetery, 5/16 (with Down East Adventures Songbird Workshop Group).
• 1 White-crowned Sparrow, feeders here at the store, 5/16.
• 2 Laughing Gulls, Wolfe’s Neck Center, Freeport, 5/17 (with Jeannette).
• 1 Indigo Bunting (late), Wolfe’s Neck Center, Freeport, 5/17 (with Jeannette).
• 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee, Morgan Meadow WMA, 5/18 (with Jeannette).
• 1 Common Nighthawk (early), our yard in Pownal, 5/19.
• 1 Alder Flycatcher, Florida Lake Park, 5/20.
• 1 Bay-breasted Warbler, Florida Lake Park, 5/20.
• 3 Common Terns, Simpson’s Point, Brunswick, 5/20.
• 1 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, our yard in Pownal, 5/21.
• 16 Saltmarsh Sparrows, Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh, 5/21.
• 3 Nelson’s Sparrows, Eastern Road Trail, 5/21.
• 32 Short-billed Dowitchers, Pine Point, Scarborough, 5/21.
• 50+ Ruddy Turnstones, Pine Point, 5/21.
• 10+ Roseate Terns, Pine Point, 5/21.
• 1 BLACK TERN – always a treat to catch one in migration – Pine Point, 5/21.