- RBA
>
> * Maine
> * Southcoastal
> * March 16, 2006
> * MESC0603.16
>
> - Species Mentioned:
> *BLACK VULTURE*
> Snow Goose
> Brant
> Wood Duck
> American Wigeon
> Blue-winged Teal
> Northern Pintail
> Green-winged Teal
> Ring-necked Duck
> Lesser Scaup
> Barrow’s Goldeneye
> Red-necked Grebe
> Turkey Vulture
> American Kestrel
> Merlin
> Peregrine Falcon
> Piping Plover
> Killdeer
> Wilson’s Snipe
> American Woodcock
> Red-bellied Woodpecker
> Eastern Phoebe
> Northern Shrike
> Fish Crow
> Horned Lark
> Tree Swallow
> Brown Creeper
> Carolina Wren
> Winter Wren
> Eastern Bluebird
> FIELD SPARROW
> Fox Sparrow
> Lapland Longspur
> Snow Bunting
> Red-winged Blackbird
> Eastern Meadowlark
> Common Grackle
> Brown-headed Cowbird
> Pine Siskin
>
> - Transcript:
> Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert
> (Internet Only).
> Date: Thursday, March 16, 2006 compiled at:
> 5:00pm.
> To report: (207) 846-8002, or
> birds@yarmouthbirds.com.
> Coverage: York, Cumberland, and Sagadahoc
> Counties.
>
> This is Derek Lovitch welcoming you to the
> Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert, sponsored by the
> Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth at 500 Route One,
> Yarmouth, Maine. All locations not found in A
> Birder’s Guide to Maine by Pierson, et al. are
> referenced to the Delorme Maine Atlas. Transcripts
> of current and past messages can be found at
> www.yarmouthbirds.com.
>
> Weather Summary: Temps remained above normal through
> Tuesday (as high as 56F, 14F above normal on
> Tuesday) despite the passage of cold fronts on
> Friday night (light rain on Friday) and Sunday night
> (showers on Sunday). A stronger cold front on
> Tuesday, however, did drop temps considerably –and
> even produced some thunderstorms. Snow showers on
> Wednesday and much cooler temps (below normal)
> through Thursday were thanks to strong northwesterly
> winds. The influx of spring migrants continued this
> week, aided especially by southerly winds ahead of
> each approaching cold front.
>
> A *BLACK VULTURE* was spotted over Pool Road in
> Biddeford (Delorme Map 3: C-3), as it soared with
> two TURKEY VULTURES, at 9:45 am on 3/11.
>
> Seven SNOW GEESE were found behind the Pelreco
> Building in Scarborough Marsh on 3/16 and 11 BRANT
> were at Cape Elizabeth’s Kettle Cove on the same
> day.
>
> Two LESSER SCAUP were on the Androscoggin River in
> Topsham on the 12th, while one pair of BARROW’S
> GOLDENEYE continue in South Freeport, being seen
> from the Town Landing on the 11th (Delorme Map 6:
> D-1).
>
> A nice tally of 35 RED-NECKED GREBES was made from
> Reid State Park in Georgetown on 3/14.
>
> A MERLIN passed Cape Elizabeth’s Pond Cove on 3/13,
> while a PEREGRINE FALCON was at Harpswell Neck on
> the 9th.
>
> The first PIPLING PLOVER report of the season came
> from Goose Rocks Beach on the 13th.
>
> A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER continues in a Windham yard
> and one was seen in a Cape Elizabeth yard on 3/15.
>
> An EASTERN PHOEBE was reported from a Freeport yard
> on the 11th.
>
> An adult NORTHERN SHRIKE was found at Terrison’s
> Orchard in Cumberland (off of Whitney Road, Delorme
> Map 5: C-4) on 3/12, another was seen again along
> Eastern Road in Scarborough Marsh on the 13th, one
> visited a Cape Elizabeth yard on the 15th, and one
> was at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester (Delorme Map
> 5: C-4) on 3/16.
>
> A very early TREE SWALLOW was spotted at Seawall
> Beach in Phippsburg (Delorme Map 6: E-5) on 3/12.
>
> CAROLINA WRENS continue in a Windham yard and here
> at the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth, where it is
> once again visiting feeders. Meanwhile, a WINTER
> WREN arrived and began singing in a Springvale yard
> on the 9th.
>
> The FIELD SPARROW continues here at the Wild Bird
> Center of Yarmouth.
>
> One LAPLAND LONGSPUR was with HORNED LARKS along
> Eastern Road in Scarborough Marsh on the 13th, while
> a single SNOW BUNTING was in the parking lot of the
> Pine Point Lobster Co-op the same day.
>
> Last week’s trickle of RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS and
> COMMON GRACKLES was this week’s flood, with large
> numbers returning throughout the area. Smaller
> numbers of BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS are now returning
> as well.
>
> Over 60 PINE SISKINS were at a Windham feeding
> station on the 10th.
>
> WOOD DUCKS, NORTHERN PINTAILS, TURKEY VULTURES,
> AMERICAN KESTRELS, KILLDEER, BROWN CREEPERS, and
> EASTERN BLUEBIRDS increased this week, while other
> new arrivals included: AMERICAN WIGEON, BLUE-WINGED
> TEAL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, RING-NECKED DUCK, WILSON’S
> SNIPE, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, FISH CROW, FOX SPARROW,
> and EASTERN MEADOWLARK.
>
- End transcript
>
> * Maine
> * Southcoastal
> * March 16, 2006
> * MESC0603.16
>
> - Species Mentioned:
> *BLACK VULTURE*
> Snow Goose
> Brant
> Wood Duck
> American Wigeon
> Blue-winged Teal
> Northern Pintail
> Green-winged Teal
> Ring-necked Duck
> Lesser Scaup
> Barrow’s Goldeneye
> Red-necked Grebe
> Turkey Vulture
> American Kestrel
> Merlin
> Peregrine Falcon
> Piping Plover
> Killdeer
> Wilson’s Snipe
> American Woodcock
> Red-bellied Woodpecker
> Eastern Phoebe
> Northern Shrike
> Fish Crow
> Horned Lark
> Tree Swallow
> Brown Creeper
> Carolina Wren
> Winter Wren
> Eastern Bluebird
> FIELD SPARROW
> Fox Sparrow
> Lapland Longspur
> Snow Bunting
> Red-winged Blackbird
> Eastern Meadowlark
> Common Grackle
> Brown-headed Cowbird
> Pine Siskin
>
> - Transcript:
> Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert
> (Internet Only).
> Date: Thursday, March 16, 2006 compiled at:
> 5:00pm.
> To report: (207) 846-8002, or
> birds@yarmouthbirds.com.
> Coverage: York, Cumberland, and Sagadahoc
> Counties.
>
> This is Derek Lovitch welcoming you to the
> Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert, sponsored by the
> Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth at 500 Route One,
> Yarmouth, Maine. All locations not found in A
> Birder’s Guide to Maine by Pierson, et al. are
> referenced to the Delorme Maine Atlas. Transcripts
> of current and past messages can be found at
> www.yarmouthbirds.com.
>
> Weather Summary: Temps remained above normal through
> Tuesday (as high as 56F, 14F above normal on
> Tuesday) despite the passage of cold fronts on
> Friday night (light rain on Friday) and Sunday night
> (showers on Sunday). A stronger cold front on
> Tuesday, however, did drop temps considerably –and
> even produced some thunderstorms. Snow showers on
> Wednesday and much cooler temps (below normal)
> through Thursday were thanks to strong northwesterly
> winds. The influx of spring migrants continued this
> week, aided especially by southerly winds ahead of
> each approaching cold front.
>
> A *BLACK VULTURE* was spotted over Pool Road in
> Biddeford (Delorme Map 3: C-3), as it soared with
> two TURKEY VULTURES, at 9:45 am on 3/11.
>
> Seven SNOW GEESE were found behind the Pelreco
> Building in Scarborough Marsh on 3/16 and 11 BRANT
> were at Cape Elizabeth’s Kettle Cove on the same
> day.
>
> Two LESSER SCAUP were on the Androscoggin River in
> Topsham on the 12th, while one pair of BARROW’S
> GOLDENEYE continue in South Freeport, being seen
> from the Town Landing on the 11th (Delorme Map 6:
> D-1).
>
> A nice tally of 35 RED-NECKED GREBES was made from
> Reid State Park in Georgetown on 3/14.
>
> A MERLIN passed Cape Elizabeth’s Pond Cove on 3/13,
> while a PEREGRINE FALCON was at Harpswell Neck on
> the 9th.
>
> The first PIPLING PLOVER report of the season came
> from Goose Rocks Beach on the 13th.
>
> A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER continues in a Windham yard
> and one was seen in a Cape Elizabeth yard on 3/15.
>
> An EASTERN PHOEBE was reported from a Freeport yard
> on the 11th.
>
> An adult NORTHERN SHRIKE was found at Terrison’s
> Orchard in Cumberland (off of Whitney Road, Delorme
> Map 5: C-4) on 3/12, another was seen again along
> Eastern Road in Scarborough Marsh on the 13th, one
> visited a Cape Elizabeth yard on the 15th, and one
> was at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester (Delorme Map
> 5: C-4) on 3/16.
>
> A very early TREE SWALLOW was spotted at Seawall
> Beach in Phippsburg (Delorme Map 6: E-5) on 3/12.
>
> CAROLINA WRENS continue in a Windham yard and here
> at the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth, where it is
> once again visiting feeders. Meanwhile, a WINTER
> WREN arrived and began singing in a Springvale yard
> on the 9th.
>
> The FIELD SPARROW continues here at the Wild Bird
> Center of Yarmouth.
>
> One LAPLAND LONGSPUR was with HORNED LARKS along
> Eastern Road in Scarborough Marsh on the 13th, while
> a single SNOW BUNTING was in the parking lot of the
> Pine Point Lobster Co-op the same day.
>
> Last week’s trickle of RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS and
> COMMON GRACKLES was this week’s flood, with large
> numbers returning throughout the area. Smaller
> numbers of BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS are now returning
> as well.
>
> Over 60 PINE SISKINS were at a Windham feeding
> station on the 10th.
>
> WOOD DUCKS, NORTHERN PINTAILS, TURKEY VULTURES,
> AMERICAN KESTRELS, KILLDEER, BROWN CREEPERS, and
> EASTERN BLUEBIRDS increased this week, while other
> new arrivals included: AMERICAN WIGEON, BLUE-WINGED
> TEAL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, RING-NECKED DUCK, WILSON’S
> SNIPE, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, FISH CROW, FOX SPARROW,
> and EASTERN MEADOWLARK.
>
- End transcript