Name: Maine Audubon Bird Alert
Date: July 7, 2006
Area: State of Maine
Number: (207) 781-2332
Compilers: Judy Walker, Kay Gammons
Transcriber: Maine Audubon (birdalert@maineaudubon.org)
Highlights
A BRIDLED TERN is consistently being seen on Outer Green Island in outer
Casco Bay.
On June 28 an adult WHITE-WINGED DOVE was discovered near the intersection
of Medomak and Town Landing Roads in Medomak.
A very rare CATTLE EGRET seen in mid-June in Stockholm was reported
after-the-fact.
The THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS have fledged from the nest in New Sweden but are
still being seen in the area.
York County
A CAROLINA WREN was singing in a yard North Berwick. Elsewhere in North
Berwick, an EVENING GROSBEAK was reported.
Two ARTIC TERNS were preening along the north end of Drakes Island, Wells.
The LEAST TERN colony on Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunk was raided by a
skunk; only 6 adults of the 25 nesting pairs remain. The CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW continues to hold a territory at the northern edge of the Kennebunk
Plains, on the north side of Rte 99.
A HARLEQUIN DUCK, COMMON and LEAST TERNS, HOUSE WREN, 13 WILSON'S STORM
PETRELS, SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, TREE, BANK, and BARN SWALLOWS,
BONAPARTE'S GULLS and 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS were counted on the quarterly
survey of Biddeford Pool. Eight BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and 32 BONAPARTE'S
GULLS were seen on Hills Beach in Biddeford on June 30.
Scarborough Marsh Area
An AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER was feeding in the flats at Pine Point.
On the Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center Wednesday morning bird walk the
following were seen and heard: VIRGINIA RAILS were calling behind Pelreco on
Route 9 and on Eastern Road. A CANADA WARBLER was also seen on Eastern Road.
NELSON'S SHARP TAILED SPARROWS are best viewed from the trail on Eastern
Road and the SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS are best viewed between the
Nestling Duck Gift Shop and the Clambake Restaurant on Route 9. An OSPREY
was hovering over the river by the nature Center. LEAST SANDPIPERS have
started to move through the area.
LEAST TERNS continue to feed throughout the marsh.
Greater Portland and Western Maine
A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was singing from the forest along the old
Cumberland-Oxford Canal in Maine Audubon's Fore River Sanctuary in Portland
on July 5. A LEAST FLYCATCHER was singing in the area as well.
An ORCHARD ORIOLE and WILLOW FLYCATCHER were seen at Capisic Pond Park in
Portland, and a southbound LESSER YELLOWLEGS flew over the park on June 30.
A single WILSON'S STORM PETREL was feeding near Fort Gorges in Portland
Harbor on June 30.
A BRIDLED TERN is consistently being seen on Outer Green Island in outer
Casco Bay. The bird was most recently seen on July 6. A PEREGRINE FALCON
was also in the area, attempting to feed.
A BARRED OWL is calling in Phippsburg.
A YELLOW- THROATED VIREO was singing at the Brownfield Bog.
A breeding bird survey in the Casco area detected BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO,
SCARLET TANAGER, BROWN THRASHER, and YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS.
Midcoast
A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was reported on Monhegan Island.
An adult NORTHERN GOSHAWK flew across Rockland Harbor.
On June 28 an adult WHITE-WINGED DOVE was discovered near the intersection
of Medomak and Town Landing Roads in Medomak.
At the Weskeag Marsh in South Thomaston there were 4 SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS and 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS. A STILT SANDPIPER was seen in the marsh
on June 22.
Three UPLAND SANDPIPERS and VESPER SPARROWS were visible at Clary Hill in
Union.
Central Maine
An INDIGO BUNTING was singing on Good Will-Hinckley Campus, in Hinckley.
Birds seen on the Taylor Road in Orono included COMMON LOON, PIED-BILLED
GREBE, AMERICAN BITTERN, and a singing INDIGO BUNTING.
Four UPLAND SANDPIPERS were displaying on the blueberry barrens in Deblois.
Northern Maine
At Lake Josephine in Easton, over 400 individual waterfowl were counted on
July 5. Seven different male RUDDY DUCKS are being seen around the margins
of the ponds and 6 GADWALLS were seen on July 1. Other highlights include
NORTHERN SHOVELERS, AMERICAN WIGEON, and BLUE and GREEN-WINGED TEAL. A
COMMON GOLDENEYE brood was seen on Johnson Pond near Allagash Lake.
A very rare CATTLE EGRET seen in mid-June in Stockholm was reported
after-the-fact. The bird landed on a chimney and remained for about 15
minutes (allowing identification by the homeowners) then disappeared.
A MERLIN was heard near the wastewater treatment plant in Sinclair. BALD
EAGLES were seen at Presque Isle and Caribou.
Two southbound LEAST SANDPIPERS were seen in the company of several SPOTTED
SANDPIPERS at Lake Josephine on the 6th.
Adult BONAPARTE'S GULLS were seen on Allagash Lake last week and nesting was
suspected in this traditional location. COMMON TERNS are feeding young on an
island in Long Lake in St. Agatha.
The THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS have fledged from the nest in New Sweden but are
still being seen in the area.
A very unusual WILLOW FLYCATCHER was seen and heard singing at Christina
Reservoir in Fort Fairfield on July 6. GRAY JAYS were seen on the Coulombe
Road in T17 R4 and BOREAL CHICKADEES were heard in New Sweden. MARSH WRENS
were found singing on their northern outpost at the shore of Christina
Reservoir.
Seventeen species of warblers were seen this week in central Aroostook
County. CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED, and TENNESSEE were heard in New Sweden.
MOURNING WARBLERS were heard in Stockholm and New Sweden.
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were heard flying over in New Sweden and a few
EVENING GROSBEAKS are showing at feeders in Woodland and Stockholm.
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Date: July 7, 2006
Area: State of Maine
Number: (207) 781-2332
Compilers: Judy Walker, Kay Gammons
Transcriber: Maine Audubon (birdalert@maineaudubon.org)
Highlights
A BRIDLED TERN is consistently being seen on Outer Green Island in outer
Casco Bay.
On June 28 an adult WHITE-WINGED DOVE was discovered near the intersection
of Medomak and Town Landing Roads in Medomak.
A very rare CATTLE EGRET seen in mid-June in Stockholm was reported
after-the-fact.
The THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS have fledged from the nest in New Sweden but are
still being seen in the area.
York County
A CAROLINA WREN was singing in a yard North Berwick. Elsewhere in North
Berwick, an EVENING GROSBEAK was reported.
Two ARTIC TERNS were preening along the north end of Drakes Island, Wells.
The LEAST TERN colony on Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunk was raided by a
skunk; only 6 adults of the 25 nesting pairs remain. The CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW continues to hold a territory at the northern edge of the Kennebunk
Plains, on the north side of Rte 99.
A HARLEQUIN DUCK, COMMON and LEAST TERNS, HOUSE WREN, 13 WILSON'S STORM
PETRELS, SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, TREE, BANK, and BARN SWALLOWS,
BONAPARTE'S GULLS and 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS were counted on the quarterly
survey of Biddeford Pool. Eight BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and 32 BONAPARTE'S
GULLS were seen on Hills Beach in Biddeford on June 30.
Scarborough Marsh Area
An AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER was feeding in the flats at Pine Point.
On the Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center Wednesday morning bird walk the
following were seen and heard: VIRGINIA RAILS were calling behind Pelreco on
Route 9 and on Eastern Road. A CANADA WARBLER was also seen on Eastern Road.
NELSON'S SHARP TAILED SPARROWS are best viewed from the trail on Eastern
Road and the SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS are best viewed between the
Nestling Duck Gift Shop and the Clambake Restaurant on Route 9. An OSPREY
was hovering over the river by the nature Center. LEAST SANDPIPERS have
started to move through the area.
LEAST TERNS continue to feed throughout the marsh.
Greater Portland and Western Maine
A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was singing from the forest along the old
Cumberland-Oxford Canal in Maine Audubon's Fore River Sanctuary in Portland
on July 5. A LEAST FLYCATCHER was singing in the area as well.
An ORCHARD ORIOLE and WILLOW FLYCATCHER were seen at Capisic Pond Park in
Portland, and a southbound LESSER YELLOWLEGS flew over the park on June 30.
A single WILSON'S STORM PETREL was feeding near Fort Gorges in Portland
Harbor on June 30.
A BRIDLED TERN is consistently being seen on Outer Green Island in outer
Casco Bay. The bird was most recently seen on July 6. A PEREGRINE FALCON
was also in the area, attempting to feed.
A BARRED OWL is calling in Phippsburg.
A YELLOW- THROATED VIREO was singing at the Brownfield Bog.
A breeding bird survey in the Casco area detected BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO,
SCARLET TANAGER, BROWN THRASHER, and YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS.
Midcoast
A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was reported on Monhegan Island.
An adult NORTHERN GOSHAWK flew across Rockland Harbor.
On June 28 an adult WHITE-WINGED DOVE was discovered near the intersection
of Medomak and Town Landing Roads in Medomak.
At the Weskeag Marsh in South Thomaston there were 4 SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS and 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS. A STILT SANDPIPER was seen in the marsh
on June 22.
Three UPLAND SANDPIPERS and VESPER SPARROWS were visible at Clary Hill in
Union.
Central Maine
An INDIGO BUNTING was singing on Good Will-Hinckley Campus, in Hinckley.
Birds seen on the Taylor Road in Orono included COMMON LOON, PIED-BILLED
GREBE, AMERICAN BITTERN, and a singing INDIGO BUNTING.
Four UPLAND SANDPIPERS were displaying on the blueberry barrens in Deblois.
Northern Maine
At Lake Josephine in Easton, over 400 individual waterfowl were counted on
July 5. Seven different male RUDDY DUCKS are being seen around the margins
of the ponds and 6 GADWALLS were seen on July 1. Other highlights include
NORTHERN SHOVELERS, AMERICAN WIGEON, and BLUE and GREEN-WINGED TEAL. A
COMMON GOLDENEYE brood was seen on Johnson Pond near Allagash Lake.
A very rare CATTLE EGRET seen in mid-June in Stockholm was reported
after-the-fact. The bird landed on a chimney and remained for about 15
minutes (allowing identification by the homeowners) then disappeared.
A MERLIN was heard near the wastewater treatment plant in Sinclair. BALD
EAGLES were seen at Presque Isle and Caribou.
Two southbound LEAST SANDPIPERS were seen in the company of several SPOTTED
SANDPIPERS at Lake Josephine on the 6th.
Adult BONAPARTE'S GULLS were seen on Allagash Lake last week and nesting was
suspected in this traditional location. COMMON TERNS are feeding young on an
island in Long Lake in St. Agatha.
The THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS have fledged from the nest in New Sweden but are
still being seen in the area.
A very unusual WILLOW FLYCATCHER was seen and heard singing at Christina
Reservoir in Fort Fairfield on July 6. GRAY JAYS were seen on the Coulombe
Road in T17 R4 and BOREAL CHICKADEES were heard in New Sweden. MARSH WRENS
were found singing on their northern outpost at the shore of Christina
Reservoir.
Seventeen species of warblers were seen this week in central Aroostook
County. CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED, and TENNESSEE were heard in New Sweden.
MOURNING WARBLERS were heard in Stockholm and New Sweden.
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were heard flying over in New Sweden and a few
EVENING GROSBEAKS are showing at feeders in Woodland and Stockholm.
For Birdeast archives, and to join, leave, or change address, see:
http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdeast.html