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Portland, Maine
- Overall Experience:
- I visit Back Cove and the East End Trail on a regular basis, especially in the
warmer months. I find it to be a great way to enjoy the outdoors in the
middle of Portland. The bird watching is fantastic, especially at low tide. During
the summer, there are regular visitors out in the bay off the East End Trail. On September 6, 2000
around 9:30am, I went biking with my binoculars and bird book in hand. I started off
at Back Cove, the tide was out, and within minutes, I notice a number of birds on the
flats. I pulled my bike over immediately and in the course of the next hour, while
biking on Back Cove and the East End, I saw many birds that I never noticed before.
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- Least Sandpipers
- 1 Black-Bellied Plover in the middle of the sandpipers, a first for me!
- 1 Piping Plover also hanging out with the sandpipers, another first!
- Gulls: Herring, Ring Bill, Great Black Backed
- Great Blue Heron
- 3 or 4 Snowy Egrets
- 1 Great Egret
- Cormorants
- Black Ducks
- Godwit
- Baby Osprey
- July, 2001 on the East End Trail:
- Mockingbird
- American Goldfinch
- Cedar Waxwings
- Osprey
- Herring Gulls
- Laughing Gull
- Terns
- Song Sparrow
- Semipalmated Sandpiper
- Semipalmated Plover
- Black Crowned Night Heron
- Double Crested Cormorant
- Other species seen on the East End Trail:
- Numerous Sparrows
- Warblers
- Dark Eyed Juncos
- Belted Kingfisher
- Red Cardinal
- Catbird
- Great Blue Heron
- Common Loon
- Mallard Ducks
- Common Eiders
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