- RBA
>
> * Maine
> * Southcoastal
> * April 6, 2006
> * MESC0604.06
>
> - Species Mentioned:
> Snow Goose
> Gadwall
> REDHEAD
> Ruddy Duck
> Ring-necked Pheasant
> Northern Bobwhite (escaped)
> Wild Turkey
> Double-crested Cormorant
> Great Egret
> Snowy Egret
> Glossy Ibis
> Osprey
> American Coot
> Piping Plover
> AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER
> Lesser Yellowlegs
> Least Sandpiper
> Pectoral Sandpiper
> Iceland Gull
> Belted Kingfisher
> Red-bellied Woodpecker
> Northern Flicker
> Northern Shrike
> Tree Swallow
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow
> Barn Swallow
> Carolina Wren
> Winter Wren
> Marsh Wren
> Golden-crowned Kinglet
> Gray Catbird
> American Pipit
> Yellow-rumped Warbler
> Palm Warbler
> Eastern Towhee
> Chipping Sparrow
> Field Sparrow
> Savannah Sparrow
> Swamp Sparrow
> Rusty Blackbird
> Common Redpoll
> Evening Grosbeak
>
> - Transcript:
> Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert
> (Internet Only).
> Date: Thursday, April 6, 2006 compiled at:
> 5:15pm.
> 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: Southerly winds and a strong flow
> of migrants continued through Sat. After a high of
> 65F in Portland on Fri. (normal = 48F), showers and
> thunderstorms on Sat. were cleared out by an
> overnight cold front, and temps cooled down by
> Monday to around normal. Sat.’s precip. broke a
> streak of 16 days without rain in the fourth driest
> March on record. A strong low pressure system
> produced rain beginning Mon. nght, heavy at times
> and mixing with sleet or snow, before finishing up
> as light snow Tues. night. Another coastal low
> developed on Wed. and produced up to two inches of
> snow by Thurs. morning.
>
> The seven SNOW GEESE in Scarborough Marsh have added
> one more individual, and continued through at least
> 4/5.
>
> A pair of GADWALL were behind the Pelreco building
> in Scarborough Marsh this week, while a single drake
> was at Great Pond in Biddeford Pool on 4/1. A single
> drake REDHEAD continued on Great Pond in Biddeford
> Pool, at least through the 4th, while a single was
> reported from behind the Pelreco building in
> Scarborough Marsh on 4/1. Rare on salt water, a
> single RUDDY DUCK was off of Portland’s Eastern
> Promenade on 3/31.
>
> RING-NECKED PHEASANTS were heard at a few locations
> as males began to vocalize more in their Spurwink
> Marsh/Cape Elizabeth area stronghold.
> Interestingly, a number of NORTHERN BOBWHITE reports
> have been received of late – these birds are likely
> survivors from releases for last year’s hunting
> season that made it through this year’s mild winter.
> Even more out-of-place was a WILD TURKEY along
> Portland’s Eastern Promenade on 4/6.
>
> A single AMERICAN COOT was found in Moody Marsh
> (Delorme Map 3: E-1) on 4/1, while four were at
> Florida Lake Park in Freeport (off of Rte 125;
> Delorme Map 6: C-1) on the 2nd
>
> Four PIPING PLOVERS arrived at Reid State Park in
> Georgetown on the 5th, while two AMERICAN
> OYSTERCATCHERS returned to the Pine Point Narrows at
> the mouth of Scarborough Marsh on 4/6.
>
> The Sanford Sewage Ponds hosted newly arriving
> LESSER YELLOWLEGS (2), one LEAST SANDPIPER, and one
> PECTORAL SANDPIPER on the 1st. 7 Lesser Yellowlegs
> and nine Pectoral Sandpipers were off of Eastern
> Road in Scarborough Marsh by the 6th.
>
> An adult ICELAND GULL was spotted at Portland’s
> Eastern Promenade on 4/1.
>
> A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER appeared in a Topsham yard
> on the 31st.
>
> Eastern Road in Scarborough Marsh continues to host
> a NORTHERN SHRIKE, seen most recently on the 31st.
>
> The CAROLINA WREN continues to sing away and visit
> the feeders of the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth,
> while a MARSH WREN was heard briefly at Freeport’s
> Florida Lake Park on the 1st.
>
> Single GRAY CATBIRDS at Porland’s Dragon Field and
> Eastern Promenade on 3/31 were likely individuals
> that have been overwintering at those locations.
>
> The season’s first AMERICAN PIPIT was noted at the
> Sanford Sewage Ponds on the 1st.
>
> The first migrant FIELD SPARROW of the spring was
> detected at Two Lights State Park in Cape Elizabeth
> on 4/1, while one continues here at the feeders if
> the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth.
>
> Three RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were at Evergreen Cemetery on
> the 31st, while two were in a Topsham yard on the
> 4th. It’s disturbing that every report of this
> species is now included on a “rare bird” alert in
> this area.
>
> A “few” tardy COMMON REDPOLLS passed over a Falmouth
> yard on 4/6, while three EVENING GROSBEAKS passed
> over Hedgehog Mountain Park in Freeport (off of
> Pownal Road, Delorme Map 6: C-1) on 4/1.
>
> Observations and reports of DOUBLE-CRESTED
> CORMORANT, GREAT and SNOWY EGRETS, OSPREY, BELTED
> KINGFISHER, NORTHERN FLICKER, and GOLDEN-CROWNED
> KINGLET increased this week, while other new
> arrivals included: GLOSSY IBIS, TREE, NORTHERN
> ROUGH-WINGED, and BARN SWALLOW, WINTER WREN,
> YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, EASTERN TOWHEE,
> and CHIPPING, SAVANNAH, and SWAMP SPARROWS.
>
- End transcript
>
> * Maine
> * Southcoastal
> * April 6, 2006
> * MESC0604.06
>
> - Species Mentioned:
> Snow Goose
> Gadwall
> REDHEAD
> Ruddy Duck
> Ring-necked Pheasant
> Northern Bobwhite (escaped)
> Wild Turkey
> Double-crested Cormorant
> Great Egret
> Snowy Egret
> Glossy Ibis
> Osprey
> American Coot
> Piping Plover
> AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER
> Lesser Yellowlegs
> Least Sandpiper
> Pectoral Sandpiper
> Iceland Gull
> Belted Kingfisher
> Red-bellied Woodpecker
> Northern Flicker
> Northern Shrike
> Tree Swallow
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow
> Barn Swallow
> Carolina Wren
> Winter Wren
> Marsh Wren
> Golden-crowned Kinglet
> Gray Catbird
> American Pipit
> Yellow-rumped Warbler
> Palm Warbler
> Eastern Towhee
> Chipping Sparrow
> Field Sparrow
> Savannah Sparrow
> Swamp Sparrow
> Rusty Blackbird
> Common Redpoll
> Evening Grosbeak
>
> - Transcript:
> Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert
> (Internet Only).
> Date: Thursday, April 6, 2006 compiled at:
> 5:15pm.
> 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: Southerly winds and a strong flow
> of migrants continued through Sat. After a high of
> 65F in Portland on Fri. (normal = 48F), showers and
> thunderstorms on Sat. were cleared out by an
> overnight cold front, and temps cooled down by
> Monday to around normal. Sat.’s precip. broke a
> streak of 16 days without rain in the fourth driest
> March on record. A strong low pressure system
> produced rain beginning Mon. nght, heavy at times
> and mixing with sleet or snow, before finishing up
> as light snow Tues. night. Another coastal low
> developed on Wed. and produced up to two inches of
> snow by Thurs. morning.
>
> The seven SNOW GEESE in Scarborough Marsh have added
> one more individual, and continued through at least
> 4/5.
>
> A pair of GADWALL were behind the Pelreco building
> in Scarborough Marsh this week, while a single drake
> was at Great Pond in Biddeford Pool on 4/1. A single
> drake REDHEAD continued on Great Pond in Biddeford
> Pool, at least through the 4th, while a single was
> reported from behind the Pelreco building in
> Scarborough Marsh on 4/1. Rare on salt water, a
> single RUDDY DUCK was off of Portland’s Eastern
> Promenade on 3/31.
>
> RING-NECKED PHEASANTS were heard at a few locations
> as males began to vocalize more in their Spurwink
> Marsh/Cape Elizabeth area stronghold.
> Interestingly, a number of NORTHERN BOBWHITE reports
> have been received of late – these birds are likely
> survivors from releases for last year’s hunting
> season that made it through this year’s mild winter.
> Even more out-of-place was a WILD TURKEY along
> Portland’s Eastern Promenade on 4/6.
>
> A single AMERICAN COOT was found in Moody Marsh
> (Delorme Map 3: E-1) on 4/1, while four were at
> Florida Lake Park in Freeport (off of Rte 125;
> Delorme Map 6: C-1) on the 2nd
>
> Four PIPING PLOVERS arrived at Reid State Park in
> Georgetown on the 5th, while two AMERICAN
> OYSTERCATCHERS returned to the Pine Point Narrows at
> the mouth of Scarborough Marsh on 4/6.
>
> The Sanford Sewage Ponds hosted newly arriving
> LESSER YELLOWLEGS (2), one LEAST SANDPIPER, and one
> PECTORAL SANDPIPER on the 1st. 7 Lesser Yellowlegs
> and nine Pectoral Sandpipers were off of Eastern
> Road in Scarborough Marsh by the 6th.
>
> An adult ICELAND GULL was spotted at Portland’s
> Eastern Promenade on 4/1.
>
> A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER appeared in a Topsham yard
> on the 31st.
>
> Eastern Road in Scarborough Marsh continues to host
> a NORTHERN SHRIKE, seen most recently on the 31st.
>
> The CAROLINA WREN continues to sing away and visit
> the feeders of the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth,
> while a MARSH WREN was heard briefly at Freeport’s
> Florida Lake Park on the 1st.
>
> Single GRAY CATBIRDS at Porland’s Dragon Field and
> Eastern Promenade on 3/31 were likely individuals
> that have been overwintering at those locations.
>
> The season’s first AMERICAN PIPIT was noted at the
> Sanford Sewage Ponds on the 1st.
>
> The first migrant FIELD SPARROW of the spring was
> detected at Two Lights State Park in Cape Elizabeth
> on 4/1, while one continues here at the feeders if
> the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth.
>
> Three RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were at Evergreen Cemetery on
> the 31st, while two were in a Topsham yard on the
> 4th. It’s disturbing that every report of this
> species is now included on a “rare bird” alert in
> this area.
>
> A “few” tardy COMMON REDPOLLS passed over a Falmouth
> yard on 4/6, while three EVENING GROSBEAKS passed
> over Hedgehog Mountain Park in Freeport (off of
> Pownal Road, Delorme Map 6: C-1) on 4/1.
>
> Observations and reports of DOUBLE-CRESTED
> CORMORANT, GREAT and SNOWY EGRETS, OSPREY, BELTED
> KINGFISHER, NORTHERN FLICKER, and GOLDEN-CROWNED
> KINGLET increased this week, while other new
> arrivals included: GLOSSY IBIS, TREE, NORTHERN
> ROUGH-WINGED, and BARN SWALLOW, WINTER WREN,
> YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, EASTERN TOWHEE,
> and CHIPPING, SAVANNAH, and SWAMP SPARROWS.
>
- End transcript