- RBA
* Maine
* Southcoastal
* May 4, 2006
* MESC0605.04
- Species Mentioned:
American Bittern
Glossy Ibis
Peregrine Falcon
Purple Sandpiper
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
Whip-poor-will
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Blue-headed Vireo
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Hermit Thrush
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
American Pipit
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
White-crowned Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Rusty Blackbird
Baltimore Oriole
- Transcript:
Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert
(Internet Only).
Date: Thursday, May 4, 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: High pressure produced sunny skies,
but cooler temps, on a mostly northeasterly flow (with
onshore seabreezes along the coast) Fri. through Sun.
Clear and calm nights resulted in colder than normal
mornings, but allowed migrants to proceed unimpeded.
That changed, on Mon however, as an offshore low
slowly moved north and west. Stronger northeast winds
and showers developed by Mon. night and continued
through Wednesday. 3.41 inches of much-needed rain
fell in Portland on Tuesday, a new record for that
date. Temps rebounded to the low 70’s on clearing
skies and light winds on Thurs.
An AMERICAN BITTERN was found at the North Pownal
Marsh (along Poland Range Road; Delorme Map 6: C-1) on
4/29. Noteworthy away from the immediate coast, a
single GLOSSY IBIS was at Cumberland’s Twin Brook
Recreation Area on the 3rd.
A PEREGRINE FALCON was spotted along Eastern Road in
Scarborough Marsh on 4/28.
28 PURPLE SANDPIPERS off of Portland’s Eastern
Promenade on the 4th was both an usual location and a
late date.
An adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at
Cumberland’s Twin Brook Recreation Area (off of Greely
Rd; Delorme Map 5: D-5) on the 1st. What was likely
the same bird was spotted two days later at Thornhurst
Farm in North Yarmouth (along Rte 115; Delorme Map 5:
D-5).
A pair of RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS was spied copulating
and entering a cavity in South Portland’s Hinckley
Park (off of Highland Rd; Delorme Map 73: G-4) on 5/1.
Two CAROLINA WRENS were reported from Cumberland on
the 1st, one each along Middle and Schooner Ridge
Roads. Meanwhile, one continues here at the Wild Bird
Center of Yarmouth.
A BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER was found at the Forest City
Cemetery in South Portland (off of Lincoln St; Delorme
Map 73: G-3).
HERMIT THRUSHES were moving through en masse, as
exemplified by a good count of 31 at Cumberland’s Twin
Brook Recreation Area on the 28th.
A GRAY CATBIRD at Portland’s Dragon Field and another
at the Eastern Promenade on 5/4 were both continuing
overwintering birds.
A PRAIRIE WARBLER on 4/30 was one of a number of new
arrivals recorded at Portland’s Evergreen Cemetery
this week. The Prairie continued at Evergreen,
singing at the powerline cut, through 5/4.
Two RUSTY BLACKBIRDS visited a Richmond yard on the
27th.
Observations and reports of BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BARN
SWALLOW, and AMERICAN PIPIT increased this week, but
the real news was the slew of new arrivals this week
(especially this past weekend, before the rain moved
in) including: WHIP-POOR-WILL, RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRD, HOUSE WREN, BROWN THRASHER, NASHVILLE
WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW WARBLER,
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER,
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and
BALTIMORE ORIOLE.
- End transcript
* Maine
* Southcoastal
* May 4, 2006
* MESC0605.04
- Species Mentioned:
American Bittern
Glossy Ibis
Peregrine Falcon
Purple Sandpiper
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
Whip-poor-will
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Blue-headed Vireo
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Hermit Thrush
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
American Pipit
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
White-crowned Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Rusty Blackbird
Baltimore Oriole
- Transcript:
Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert
(Internet Only).
Date: Thursday, May 4, 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: High pressure produced sunny skies,
but cooler temps, on a mostly northeasterly flow (with
onshore seabreezes along the coast) Fri. through Sun.
Clear and calm nights resulted in colder than normal
mornings, but allowed migrants to proceed unimpeded.
That changed, on Mon however, as an offshore low
slowly moved north and west. Stronger northeast winds
and showers developed by Mon. night and continued
through Wednesday. 3.41 inches of much-needed rain
fell in Portland on Tuesday, a new record for that
date. Temps rebounded to the low 70’s on clearing
skies and light winds on Thurs.
An AMERICAN BITTERN was found at the North Pownal
Marsh (along Poland Range Road; Delorme Map 6: C-1) on
4/29. Noteworthy away from the immediate coast, a
single GLOSSY IBIS was at Cumberland’s Twin Brook
Recreation Area on the 3rd.
A PEREGRINE FALCON was spotted along Eastern Road in
Scarborough Marsh on 4/28.
28 PURPLE SANDPIPERS off of Portland’s Eastern
Promenade on the 4th was both an usual location and a
late date.
An adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at
Cumberland’s Twin Brook Recreation Area (off of Greely
Rd; Delorme Map 5: D-5) on the 1st. What was likely
the same bird was spotted two days later at Thornhurst
Farm in North Yarmouth (along Rte 115; Delorme Map 5:
D-5).
A pair of RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS was spied copulating
and entering a cavity in South Portland’s Hinckley
Park (off of Highland Rd; Delorme Map 73: G-4) on 5/1.
Two CAROLINA WRENS were reported from Cumberland on
the 1st, one each along Middle and Schooner Ridge
Roads. Meanwhile, one continues here at the Wild Bird
Center of Yarmouth.
A BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER was found at the Forest City
Cemetery in South Portland (off of Lincoln St; Delorme
Map 73: G-3).
HERMIT THRUSHES were moving through en masse, as
exemplified by a good count of 31 at Cumberland’s Twin
Brook Recreation Area on the 28th.
A GRAY CATBIRD at Portland’s Dragon Field and another
at the Eastern Promenade on 5/4 were both continuing
overwintering birds.
A PRAIRIE WARBLER on 4/30 was one of a number of new
arrivals recorded at Portland’s Evergreen Cemetery
this week. The Prairie continued at Evergreen,
singing at the powerline cut, through 5/4.
Two RUSTY BLACKBIRDS visited a Richmond yard on the
27th.
Observations and reports of BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BARN
SWALLOW, and AMERICAN PIPIT increased this week, but
the real news was the slew of new arrivals this week
(especially this past weekend, before the rain moved
in) including: WHIP-POOR-WILL, RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRD, HOUSE WREN, BROWN THRASHER, NASHVILLE
WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW WARBLER,
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER,
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and
BALTIMORE ORIOLE.
- End transcript