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NATURE NOTES FROM ACADIA
| Volume 3 |
November-December, 1934 |
Number 6 |
A LIST OF EARLY NOVEMBER BIRDS
In the course of his observations of the wild life in Acadia National
Park, Mr. Charles J. Spiker, Senior Naturalist Technician of the
National Park Service, compiled a list of 44 species of birds. All these
were observed during the first seven days of November, 1934. This
publication is indebted to Mr. Spiker for permission to print this
list.
Common Loon
Holboell's Grebe
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Black Duck
Buffle-head
Old-squaw
White-winged Scoter
American Scoter
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Bald Eagle
Osprey
White Gyrfalcon
Ruffed Grouse
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Great Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Ring-billed Gull
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Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Horned Lark
Northern Raven
Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Robin
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Northern Shrike
Starling
Myrtle Warbler
Bronzed Grackle
Cowbird
Purple Finch
Slate-colored Junco
Tree Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Snow Bunting
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-A. S.
Lighthouse Birds. - Nine dead birds were mailed to me after
being picked up near the tower at Mount Desert Rock Station between
November 11 and 15 by Mr. George W. York, Lighthouse Keeper. Five of the
nine were Robins, two were Juncos, one was a Golden-crowned Kinglet, and
the other a Wilson's Snipe. Mr. York informed me that westerly winds
prevailed at the time the birds met their death. Mount Desert Light's
flashing white beacon, visible from the sea for 14 miles, is the
outermost lighthouse along the coast of Maine.
It is gratifying to know that the man in charge of this isolated
station has displayed considerable interest in birds. The cooperation of
the Lighthouse Service in the mailing of dead birds to Acadia National
Park is greatly appreciated.
-A. S.
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