- RBA
* Maine
* Southcoastal
* September 1, 2005
* MESC0509.01
- Species Mentioned:
Northern Shoveler
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
American Bittern
Little Blue Heron
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
"Eastern" Willet
"WESTERN" WILLET
Spotted Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
STILT SANDPIPER
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Short-billed Dowitcher
Black Tern
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER (belated, Waldo County)
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER
Prairie Warbler
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
DICKCISSEL
- Transcript:
Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert (Internet
Only).
Date: September 1, 2005 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.
This alert was updated on Thursday, September 1, 2005
with highlights that include: a BUFF-BREASTED
SANDPIPER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, AMERICAN
OYSTERCATCHER, a "WESTERN" WILLET, STILT SANDPIPERS, a
DICKCISSEL, and a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER.
Temperatures were back up into the low to mid 80's on
Friday and it remained mild and humid through the
weekend on southerly winds. Calm, cool nights allowed
a trickle of migrants to proceed but clouds began
building in on Saturday night as the southerly flow
increased. From Sunday through Thursday morning, the
continuing southerly flow carried in warm, moist,
unstable air that, along with a series of shortwaves,
produced considerable amounts of precipitation,
eventually including the remnants of Katrina by
Wednesday. Landbird migration was therefore limited
for much of the week. As a cold front moved through
on Thursday, the skies cleared, the southerly winds
diminished, the humidity fell, and birders prepared
for the potential of a great flight on Friday morning.
Two NORTHERN SHOVELERS continued in the salt pannes on
the east side of the north end of Eastern Road in
Scarborough Marsh on 8/31.
At least 15 GREATER and 5 SOOTY SHEARWATERS were off
of East Point in Biddeford Pool on the 31st.
Meanwhile, 3 MANX SHEARWATERS were spotted from Dyer
Point in Cape Elizabeth (Delorme Map 3: B-5) on 9/1.
An AMERICAN BITTERN walked across Eastern Road on the
31st, while 25 LITTLE BLUE HERONS were tallied there
on the 29th.
A MERLIN buzzed Portland's Dragon Fields (behind the
Quarry Run Dogpark near the intersection of Ocean and
Presumpscot, Delorme Map 72: C-3) on 8/27, another was
over Penneville Road in Brunswick (Delorme Map 6:
C-3), while a juvenile PEREGRINE FALCON continues to
terrorize shorebirds in Scarborough Marsh.
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS were on the move this week.
One was on Stratton Island off Cape Elizabeth on the
26th, a molting adult was found at the Cumberland Fair
Grounds at the intersection of Blanchard and Bruce
Hill Roads in Cumberland (Delorme Map 5: D-4) on the
29th, 5 arrived at the Mayhall Road sod farms in Gray
on the 31st, and 11 molting adults were on Hill's
Beach in Biddeford the same day.
The family of four AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS that
fledged two young from Stratton Island this summer
were feeding in the mouth of the Scarborough River, as
viewed from the Pine Point Lobster Co-op on the 26th.
One "WESTERN" WILLET was behind Hattie's Deli in
Biddeford Pool on the 26th. One RED KNOT and a single
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER were on Stratton Island on 8/26.
Three STILT SANDPIPERS were observed off the Eastern
Road trail in Scarborough Marsh on the 29th, with two
there on the 31st. Meanwhile, a goodly 16 looked out
of place on a sandbar at Hill's Beach, also on the
31st.
A juvenile BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was discovered on
8/29 at the sod farms off of Mayhall Road in Gray
(Delorme Map 5: B-4). The bird was in the
southernmost, newly reseeded field, visible from near
the "Deer Xing" sign on the southbound side of the
road. It has not been relocated.
High counts of other shorebirds this week included:
150 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS (Penneville Road, Brunswick,
8/31); 102 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS (Ferry and Western
Beaches, Scarborough, 8/28); 43 KILLDEER (Mayhall Road
sod farms, Gray, 8/29); 12 GREATER YELLOWLEGS (Back
Cove, Portland, 8/29); 55 LESSER YELLOWLEGS (Eastern
Road, Scarborough Marsh, 8/31); 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS
(Westbrook Skating Rink Pond, Biddeford, 8/26); 4
WILLETS (Pine Point Lobster Co-op, Scarborough, 8/26);
4 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS (Eastern Road, Scarborough Marsh,
8/31); 21 WHIMBRELS (Hill's Beach, Biddeford, 8/31);
10 RUDDY TURNSTONES (Biddeford Pool, 8/26); 62
SANDERLINGS (Pine Point Beach, 8/28); 200 SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPERS, mostly juveniles (Jones Creek area,
Scarborough Marsh, 8/28); 125 LEAST SANDPIPERS, nearly
100% of which were juveniles (Jones Creek area,
Scarborough Marsh, 8/28); 10 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS
(Pine Point Lobster Co-op, Scarborough, 8/29 and
Biddeford Pool Beach, 8/31); 26 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS
(Hill's Beach, Biddeford, 8/31); and 40 SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS (Hill's Beach, Biddeford, 8/26).
A BLACK TERN was unexpected at the Cumberland Town
Landing (Delorme Map 5: D-5) on 8/31.
A report was received from Winterport in Waldo County
of a pair of RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS that arrived last
October and remained through late July, fledging two
young. This is now Maine's northernmost breeding
record of this species. Stay tuned!
10 species of warblers were in a Freeport yard on the
27th, but with all the rain and southerly winds, few
other migrant landbirds were reported. The exception
was out on Stratton Island, where a YELLOW-BREASTED
CHAT, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, PRAIRIE WARBLER, and a
DICKCISSEL were all discovered on 8/26.
- End transcript
* Maine
* Southcoastal
* September 1, 2005
* MESC0509.01
- Species Mentioned:
Northern Shoveler
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
American Bittern
Little Blue Heron
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
"Eastern" Willet
"WESTERN" WILLET
Spotted Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
STILT SANDPIPER
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Short-billed Dowitcher
Black Tern
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER (belated, Waldo County)
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER
Prairie Warbler
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
DICKCISSEL
- Transcript:
Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert (Internet
Only).
Date: September 1, 2005 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.
This alert was updated on Thursday, September 1, 2005
with highlights that include: a BUFF-BREASTED
SANDPIPER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, AMERICAN
OYSTERCATCHER, a "WESTERN" WILLET, STILT SANDPIPERS, a
DICKCISSEL, and a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER.
Temperatures were back up into the low to mid 80's on
Friday and it remained mild and humid through the
weekend on southerly winds. Calm, cool nights allowed
a trickle of migrants to proceed but clouds began
building in on Saturday night as the southerly flow
increased. From Sunday through Thursday morning, the
continuing southerly flow carried in warm, moist,
unstable air that, along with a series of shortwaves,
produced considerable amounts of precipitation,
eventually including the remnants of Katrina by
Wednesday. Landbird migration was therefore limited
for much of the week. As a cold front moved through
on Thursday, the skies cleared, the southerly winds
diminished, the humidity fell, and birders prepared
for the potential of a great flight on Friday morning.
Two NORTHERN SHOVELERS continued in the salt pannes on
the east side of the north end of Eastern Road in
Scarborough Marsh on 8/31.
At least 15 GREATER and 5 SOOTY SHEARWATERS were off
of East Point in Biddeford Pool on the 31st.
Meanwhile, 3 MANX SHEARWATERS were spotted from Dyer
Point in Cape Elizabeth (Delorme Map 3: B-5) on 9/1.
An AMERICAN BITTERN walked across Eastern Road on the
31st, while 25 LITTLE BLUE HERONS were tallied there
on the 29th.
A MERLIN buzzed Portland's Dragon Fields (behind the
Quarry Run Dogpark near the intersection of Ocean and
Presumpscot, Delorme Map 72: C-3) on 8/27, another was
over Penneville Road in Brunswick (Delorme Map 6:
C-3), while a juvenile PEREGRINE FALCON continues to
terrorize shorebirds in Scarborough Marsh.
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS were on the move this week.
One was on Stratton Island off Cape Elizabeth on the
26th, a molting adult was found at the Cumberland Fair
Grounds at the intersection of Blanchard and Bruce
Hill Roads in Cumberland (Delorme Map 5: D-4) on the
29th, 5 arrived at the Mayhall Road sod farms in Gray
on the 31st, and 11 molting adults were on Hill's
Beach in Biddeford the same day.
The family of four AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS that
fledged two young from Stratton Island this summer
were feeding in the mouth of the Scarborough River, as
viewed from the Pine Point Lobster Co-op on the 26th.
One "WESTERN" WILLET was behind Hattie's Deli in
Biddeford Pool on the 26th. One RED KNOT and a single
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER were on Stratton Island on 8/26.
Three STILT SANDPIPERS were observed off the Eastern
Road trail in Scarborough Marsh on the 29th, with two
there on the 31st. Meanwhile, a goodly 16 looked out
of place on a sandbar at Hill's Beach, also on the
31st.
A juvenile BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was discovered on
8/29 at the sod farms off of Mayhall Road in Gray
(Delorme Map 5: B-4). The bird was in the
southernmost, newly reseeded field, visible from near
the "Deer Xing" sign on the southbound side of the
road. It has not been relocated.
High counts of other shorebirds this week included:
150 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS (Penneville Road, Brunswick,
8/31); 102 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS (Ferry and Western
Beaches, Scarborough, 8/28); 43 KILLDEER (Mayhall Road
sod farms, Gray, 8/29); 12 GREATER YELLOWLEGS (Back
Cove, Portland, 8/29); 55 LESSER YELLOWLEGS (Eastern
Road, Scarborough Marsh, 8/31); 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS
(Westbrook Skating Rink Pond, Biddeford, 8/26); 4
WILLETS (Pine Point Lobster Co-op, Scarborough, 8/26);
4 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS (Eastern Road, Scarborough Marsh,
8/31); 21 WHIMBRELS (Hill's Beach, Biddeford, 8/31);
10 RUDDY TURNSTONES (Biddeford Pool, 8/26); 62
SANDERLINGS (Pine Point Beach, 8/28); 200 SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPERS, mostly juveniles (Jones Creek area,
Scarborough Marsh, 8/28); 125 LEAST SANDPIPERS, nearly
100% of which were juveniles (Jones Creek area,
Scarborough Marsh, 8/28); 10 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS
(Pine Point Lobster Co-op, Scarborough, 8/29 and
Biddeford Pool Beach, 8/31); 26 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS
(Hill's Beach, Biddeford, 8/31); and 40 SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS (Hill's Beach, Biddeford, 8/26).
A BLACK TERN was unexpected at the Cumberland Town
Landing (Delorme Map 5: D-5) on 8/31.
A report was received from Winterport in Waldo County
of a pair of RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS that arrived last
October and remained through late July, fledging two
young. This is now Maine's northernmost breeding
record of this species. Stay tuned!
10 species of warblers were in a Freeport yard on the
27th, but with all the rain and southerly winds, few
other migrant landbirds were reported. The exception
was out on Stratton Island, where a YELLOW-BREASTED
CHAT, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, PRAIRIE WARBLER, and a
DICKCISSEL were all discovered on 8/26.
- End transcript