4. We've had a number of cool birds normally rare for here
this year. A barred owl has been picking off red squirrels and even an occasional mourning dove all winter long. It hunts squirrels and doves between 2 or 3 in the afternoon and sundown, then we hear it calling all night. Between the owl and our new resident goshawk, our song birds have had quite the gauntlet to run for their daily feed.
We've had evening and pine grosbeaks as well as hoary and common red polls for much of the winter as well. Apparently there is a huge spruce cone failure (?) and maybe a few other factors up in Canada this winter that has caused major irruptions southward of these species.
I did see two mallards flying upriver past my house last weekend. Poor buggers were heading exactly the wrong way if they were looking for water in its liquid state. I'm not sure the whitewater up on the West Branch is even flowing yet.
they have come back for the second time this month on the coast.we saw a couple around the 7th in kennebunkport. no I wasn't visting walkers point we were out for a drive.(ha ha)
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