Category Archives: Trip Report

Ten of us joined leader Andy Aldrich at the sewage ponds for a busy 3 hours of birding under mostly cloudy skies. It was breezy but warm as we ambled around the productive property.
Highlights included pipits in the scope, a large movement of robins, several Pectoral Sandpipers, a remarkable 31 coots, and a scaup challenge.

Canada [...]

On August 12th to 14th, eleven enthusiastic birders joined Bob Duchesne on a visit to Grand Manan Island in New Brunswick, Canada. From the calm, bird-rich ferry ride to the beautiful weather on the island, everything conspired to make it a memorable trip. Life birds and even life whales were acquired by some. [...]

The Brownfield Wildlife Management Area protects the bog and the surrounding area.
Brownfield Bog is located near the Maine/New Hampshire border in Brownfield, Maine. It is an ideal location for multiple state listers, lovers of pristine Maine woods, and searchers for specific target species. Without question it is one of the top birding spots of interior [...]

Four YCAS members joined Mike Fahay on April 18 for an enjoyable jaunt through the Green Point Farm Wildlife Management Area. The field trip started dramatically when a large flock of Rusty Blackbirds zipped over us. In a stiff breeze, we wandered the area, finding some early warblers, getting excellent views of Bald Eagles, and [...]

Thursday, May 12, proved to be like so many other days this May — cloudy and chilly, with a biting northeast wind. Nine intrepid birders braved the conditions, in hope of viewing recently arrived migrants. It seems the northerly windflow may have hindered migratory progress; we saw only six species of warblers. Over a period of [...]

Good turnout for the walk at the Franciscan Monastery, Kennebunk!

I was very surprised on the morning of March 13th when there was no one else at the Freeport Wild Bird Supply to join leader Derek Lovitch on the scheduled YCAS field trip. Derek and I searched the Freeport/Yarmouth environs for early Spring migrants and of course we found several.
Both Lesser and Greater Scaup at [...]

At the (then) thermal nadir of the season sixteen thermally challenged troopers (as it turned out), attracted as moths to light to the instructive birding of Eric Hynes, joined him January 15 after navigating to The Nubble through Arctic smoke and sea fog at subzero temperatures. We flapped arms and rolled up collars [...]

Common Tern with fish. Photo by Marie Jordan.
Stratton Island is special! It is York County’s most northerly island and is the only island managed by Project Puffin in York County for tern survival. YCAS visited the island July 31 and six participants enjoyed spectacular looks at Common, Roseate, Least and Arctic Terns. The magic of [...]