Daily Archives: February 7, 2025

This Week’s Highlights, 2/1 – 2/8/2025

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This Greater White-fronted Goose has been making the rounds in Greater Portland this winter, most recently hanging out along Shoreline Drive in Falmouth, where I stopped by to visit it on the 2nd.

It sure feels and looks like winter out there now, but there are still quite a few “lingering” species to add to our usual winter mix. Here are my observations of note over the past seven days:

  • The GRAY CATBIRD that has been at our feeders since January 2nd was last seen on February 2nd. Hopefully it has just moved on as Winterberry and other fruits in and around our property have been exhausted.
  • 1 Fox Sparrow (continuing since early December) continue at our feeders in Durham.
  • 1 Fox Sparrow (since 12/21) continues here at the store through week’s end as well.
  • 1-2 Turkey Vultures continue in the Cumberland-Freeport corridor of I-295.
  • 10 Greater Scaup, Falmouth Town Landing, 2/2.
  • 1-2 Swamp Sparrows, Tidewater Preserve, Falmouth, 2/2.
  • 1 continuing GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, Shoreline Drive, Falmouth, 2/2. Refound at this location by Lauren diBaccari and Alex Lamoreaux on 1/30.
  • 1 drake Barrow’s Goldeneye and 45 Dunlin, Back Cove, Portland, 2/7.
  • 4 Greater Scaup, Eastern Promenade, Portland, 2/7.
  • 1 drake Green-winged Teal, Mill Creek Cove, South Portland, 2/7.

Upcoming Tours

1.Winter Waterbirds Workshop with Down East Adventures: THIS SUNDAY, February 9 POSTPONED. New date TBA.

2. Gull Identification Workshop: Freeport, Saturday, February 15, 2025 (1:00-4:00pm) and Part II in Portland: Sunday, February 16, 2025 (8:00am-12:00pm).

3. Our Birds on Tap – Roadtrip “Harlequins and Hops!” scheduled FOR 2/2 was postponed due to the dangerously cold weather until Sunday, February 23rd. A handful of spaces are now open for the new date.