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

• 1 continuing TRICOLORED HERON, Pelreco Marsh, Scarborough Marsh, 8/10 (with Down East Adventures Shorebird Workshop tour group).

• 2 continuing adult Red-necked Grebes, Ocean Avenue, Biddeford Pool, 8/10 (with Down East Adventures Shorebird Workshop tour group).

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 with 2 juv), Pine Point, Scarborough, 8/13.
• Black-bellied Plover: 77, Wharton Point, Brunswick, 8/11.
• Killdeer: 8, Highland Road, Brunswick, 8/11.
• Semipalmated Plover: 300+, Pine Point, 8/10 (with Down East Adventures Shorebird Workshop tour group).
• Piping Plover: 4, Western Beach, Scarborough, 8/13.
• Whimbrel: 3, Pine Point, 8/10 (with Down East Adventures Shorebird Workshop tour group).
• Ruddy Turnstone: 2, Western Beach, 8/13.
• Sanderling: 1, Biddeford Pool Beach, 8/10 (with Down East Adventures Shorebird Workshop tour group).
• Least Sandpiper: 100+, Eastern Road Trail, Scarborough Marsh, 8/10 8/10 (with Down East Adventures Shorebird Workshop tour group).
• White-rumped Sandpiper: 14, Pelreco Marsh, Scarborough Marsh, 8/13.
• Semipalmated Sandpiper: 600+, Pine Point, 8/10 (with Down East Adventures Shorebird Workshop tour group).
• Short-billed Dowitcher: 9, Wharton Point, 8/11.
• Spotted Sandpiper: 1, multiple locations.
• Solitary Sandpiper 4, Sturtivant Stream, Umbagog NWR, 8/8 (with Levi Burton, Katrina Fenton, and Jeannette).
• Lesser Yellowlegs: 9, Eastern Road Trail, 8/10 (with Down East Adventures Shorebird Workshop tour group).
• “Eastern” Willet: 10, Pine Point, 8/3.
• Greater Yellowlegs: 10, Pine Point, 8/10 (with Down East Adventures Shorebird Workshop tour group).