MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • January 17, 2021
This column is the first of three reviewing the highlights of some of the recent Maine Christmas Bird Counts, which spanned Dec. 14 through Jan. 5. Four Midcoast counts had a phenomenal number of lingering species. Most of these birds will get pushed south before the teeth of the winter sets in. These ambitious birds included a great blue heron, four belted kingfishers, three yellow-bellied sapsuckers, two northern flickers, 18 eastern bluebirds (they may overwinter), one hermit thrush, one gray catbird and a yellow-breasted chat. ~ Herb Wilson