My observations of note over the past seven days included the following:

• 1-3 BICKNELL’S THRUSHES and 2 BOREAL CHICKADEES, Burnt Mountain, Carrabassett Valley, 7/26 (with Brian Bartlett).

• 1 American Bittern, Carrabassett Valley Snowfluent Ponds, 7/26 (with Brian Bartlett).

• 3 continuing female Black Scoters, Simpson’s Point, Brunswick, 7/27 (with Jeannette).

• 1 immature YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (FOY), Pine Point, Scarborough, 7/30: flew over the co-op pier from the direction of Stratton Island and landed in the Jones Creek Marsh on the am outgoing tide.

• 3 adult Red-necked Grebes, Ocean Avenue, Biddeford Pool, 7/30.

And, with southbound shorebird migration now in full swing, my high counts this week were as follows (no upper marsh at high tide visits this week):

• American Oystercatcher: 4 (2 ad and 2 juv), Pine Point, Scarborough, 7/30 plus 1, Ocean Avenue, Biddeford Pool, 7/30.
• Black-bellied Plover: 5, Wharton Point, Brunswick, 7/27 (with Jeannette) and Pine Point, 7/30.
• Killdeer: 11, Highland Road, Brunswick, 7/27 (with Jeannette).
• Semipalmated Plover: 105, Pine Point, 7/30.
• Piping Plover: 3, Pine Point, 7/30.
• Whimbrel (FOY): 1, Pine Point, 7/30 followed by 3 in The Pool, Biddeford Pool, 7/30.
• Ruddy Turnstone: 1, Pine Point, 7/30.
• Sanderling: 33, Hill’s Beach, Biddeford, 7/30.
• Least Sandpiper: 1, Highland Road, Brunswick, 7/27 (with Jeannette).
• White-rumped Sandpiper (FOF): 1, Pine Point, 7/30 and Hill’s Beach, 7/30.
• Semipalmated Sandpiper: 182, Pine Point, 7/30.
• Short-billed Dowitcher: 8, The Pool, Biddeford Pool, 7/30.
• Spotted Sandpiper: 3, Carrabassett Valley Snowfluent Ponds, 7/26 (with Brian Bartlett).
• Solitary Sandpiper (FOF): 4, Carrabassett Valley Snowfluent Ponds, 7/26 (with Brian Bartlett).
• Lesser Yellowlegs: 4, Pelreco Marsh, Scarborough Marsh, 7/30.
• “Eastern” Willet: 92, The Pool, 7/30.
• Greater Yellowlegs: 7, Simpson’s Point, Brunswick, 7/27 (with Jeannette).