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

• 1 BLACK-HEADED GULL, Maxwell’s Farm field, Two Lights Road, Cape Elizabeth, 8/22 (photo above).

• 103 Common Nighthawks while driving between Pownal and Lewiston, 8/25 (with Jeannette).

• 50+ Common Nighthawks, over The Pub at Baxter, Lewiston, 8/25 (with Andy, Renee, and Anna Patterson and Jeannette).

Although I didn’t hit many prime spots for large numbers of shorebirds this week, a good variety – and lots of shorebirds at unusual places due to the rains of Tropical Storm Henri – produced the following high counts:

• American Oystercatcher: 4 continuing (2 ad with 2 juv), Pine Point, Scarborough, 8/26.
• Black-bellied Plover: 82, Pine Point, Scarborough, 8/26.
• Killdeer: 68, Winding Brook Turf Farm, Lyman, 8/23 (with Nancy Houlihan, Pat Moynahan, and Jeannette).
• Semipalmated Plover: 178, Pine Point, 8/26.
• Sanderling: 3, Pine Point, 8/26.
• BAIRD’S SANDPIPER (FOY): 1 juv, Sanford Lagoons, 8/23 (with Jeannette).
• Least Sandpiper: 50+, Sanford Lagoons, Sanford, 8/23 (with Jeannette).
• White-rumped Sandpiper: 18, Ferry/Western Beaches, Scarborough, 8/22 (with John Lorenc).
• Pectoral Sandpiper: 5, Sanford Lagoons, 8/23 (with Jeannette).
• Semipalmated Sandpiper: 325+, Pine Point, 8/26.
• Short-billed Dowitcher: 8, Pine Point, 8/26.
• LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER (FOY): 1 fairly early juvenile out of place at Wainright Field Rec Area, South Portland, 8/23. Video here: https://fb.watch/7CgydYWz1P/
• Wilson’s Snipe: 1, Walsh Preserve, Freeport, 8/21 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group) and Sanford Lagoons, 8/23 (with Jeannette).
• Spotted Sandpiper: 6, Sanford Lagoons, 8/23 (with Jeannette).
• Solitary Sandpiper: 7, Sanford Lagoons, 8/23 (with Jeannette).
• Lesser Yellowlegs: 58, Walsh Preserve, Freeport, 8/21 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group).
• “Eastern” Willet: 5, Pine Point, 8/26.
• Greater Yellowlegs: 12, Walsh Preserve, Freeport, 8/21 (with Saturday Morning Birdwalk group).
• WILSON’S PHALAROPE: 1 continuing juv/1^st winter, Sanford Lagoons, 8/23 (with Jeannette).