- RBA
* Maine
* Southcoastal
* July 20, 2006
* MESC0607.20
- Species Mentioned:
**BRIDLED TERN**
**YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS**
*YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON*
Northern Shoveler
Peregrine Falcon
Semipalmated Plover
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
MARBLED GODWIT
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
LITTLE GULL
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
- Transcript:
Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert
(Internet Only).
Date: Thursday, July 20, 2006 compiled at:
4:00pm.
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: Wicked Hot! Heat – highs in the low
90’s inland most days – and humid air returned for Fri
through Tues, with a broad SW flow under strong high
pressure. While a few isolated thunderstorms did
develop most days, it was Tues. night’s strong cold
front that produced the strongest and most widespread
activity. Wed. and Thurs., were cooler, with
seasonable temps and lower humidity.
The **BRIDLED TERN** continued on Outer Green Island
through at least about 5:00pm on 7/14. No word was
received, positive or negative, since then. Also that
day the PEREGRINE FALCON was spotted as it made two
more raids on the tern colony. According to the
Puffin Project, who monitors the island’s colony,
about 900 COMMON TERN and about 5 ROSEATE TERN nests
are present on the island this year, exemplifying the
project’s successes.
A **YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS** was videotaped over
Stratton Island on 7/16. It was first observed at
about 3:30pm, as it made 1-2 passes over the island
before heading north. About an hour later, the bird
reappeared, and was last seen heading to the south.
Then, in the afternoon of the 19th, the bird alighted
on the beach, where it remained through 6:30 am today,
7/20. If the bird was not sitting down behind a berm,
as it was on the evening of the 19th, it may be in
fact visible from Prout’s Neck. (Please obey all
parking rules here, and respect private property). If
observers attempt to take a boat to the island, please
remain a safe distance offshore so as to not disturb
the albatross, or any of the nesting seabirds and
herons on the island. The island is a protected
nesting sanctuary, and the welfare of the breeding
birds, including Endangered Roseate and Least Terns,
must come first.
Our summer of great terns continues, with another
*ROYAL TERN* sighting, this one by biologists on
Stratton Island on 7/14 and a *YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT
HERON* was spotted there 7/16.
A lone NORTHERN SHOVELER was found in the salt pannes
off of the east side of the Eastern Road Trail in
Scarborough Marsh on the 16th.
A single AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER was at Ferry Beach in
Scarborough (Delorme Map 3: B-4) on 7/16, while the
local pair was observed flying from Stratton Island
towards the Pine Point Narrows on the 19th. Rare for
the location, a WILLET was in Portland’s Back Cove on
7/12.
A MARBLED GODWIT was discovered at Pine Point in
Scarborough Marsh on the 19th. It was foraging at low
tide along Jones Creek, which is immediately adjacent
to the cement boat launch that is next to the Lobster
Co-op. Meanwhile, a male WILSON’S PHALAROPE was noted
in the salt pannes on the east side of the Eastern
Road Trail in Scarborough Marsh on the 16th.
Other shorebird high counts this week included: 16
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS on Western Beach on 7/16, 19
LESSER YELLOWLEGS along Jones Creek in Scarborough
Marsh on 7/19, 7 SANDERLINGS on Seawall Beach in
Phippsburg on 7/17, 50+ SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS at
Popham Beach State Park in Phippsburg on 7/17, 20+
LEAST SANDPIPERS at Popham Beach on 7/17, and 25
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS on Ferry Beach on 7/15.
A LITTLE GULL was observed on Stratton Island on 7/19,
and a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was present on the 20th.
TRAVEL: Keep an eye on
www.yarmouthbirds.com/store_news.asp for announcements
regarding any upcoming boat trips to either Outer
Green Island or perhaps Stratton Island.
EVENTS: Join us here at the Wild Bird Center of
Yarmouth for our 4th Maine Artist Feature Day. On
Saturday, July 29, Native American Flutist, Dail
Dragonfly Martin, will be performing live from 10:00am
to 3:00pm.
- End transcript
_______________________________________________________________________
Jeannette and Derek Lovitch
Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth
500 Route One, Yarmouth, Maine
207-846-8002
www.yarmouthbirds.com
_______________________________________________________________________
* Maine
* Southcoastal
* July 20, 2006
* MESC0607.20
- Species Mentioned:
**BRIDLED TERN**
**YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS**
*YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON*
Northern Shoveler
Peregrine Falcon
Semipalmated Plover
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
MARBLED GODWIT
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
WILSON’S PHALAROPE
LITTLE GULL
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
- Transcript:
Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert
(Internet Only).
Date: Thursday, July 20, 2006 compiled at:
4:00pm.
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: Wicked Hot! Heat – highs in the low
90’s inland most days – and humid air returned for Fri
through Tues, with a broad SW flow under strong high
pressure. While a few isolated thunderstorms did
develop most days, it was Tues. night’s strong cold
front that produced the strongest and most widespread
activity. Wed. and Thurs., were cooler, with
seasonable temps and lower humidity.
The **BRIDLED TERN** continued on Outer Green Island
through at least about 5:00pm on 7/14. No word was
received, positive or negative, since then. Also that
day the PEREGRINE FALCON was spotted as it made two
more raids on the tern colony. According to the
Puffin Project, who monitors the island’s colony,
about 900 COMMON TERN and about 5 ROSEATE TERN nests
are present on the island this year, exemplifying the
project’s successes.
A **YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS** was videotaped over
Stratton Island on 7/16. It was first observed at
about 3:30pm, as it made 1-2 passes over the island
before heading north. About an hour later, the bird
reappeared, and was last seen heading to the south.
Then, in the afternoon of the 19th, the bird alighted
on the beach, where it remained through 6:30 am today,
7/20. If the bird was not sitting down behind a berm,
as it was on the evening of the 19th, it may be in
fact visible from Prout’s Neck. (Please obey all
parking rules here, and respect private property). If
observers attempt to take a boat to the island, please
remain a safe distance offshore so as to not disturb
the albatross, or any of the nesting seabirds and
herons on the island. The island is a protected
nesting sanctuary, and the welfare of the breeding
birds, including Endangered Roseate and Least Terns,
must come first.
Our summer of great terns continues, with another
*ROYAL TERN* sighting, this one by biologists on
Stratton Island on 7/14 and a *YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT
HERON* was spotted there 7/16.
A lone NORTHERN SHOVELER was found in the salt pannes
off of the east side of the Eastern Road Trail in
Scarborough Marsh on the 16th.
A single AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER was at Ferry Beach in
Scarborough (Delorme Map 3: B-4) on 7/16, while the
local pair was observed flying from Stratton Island
towards the Pine Point Narrows on the 19th. Rare for
the location, a WILLET was in Portland’s Back Cove on
7/12.
A MARBLED GODWIT was discovered at Pine Point in
Scarborough Marsh on the 19th. It was foraging at low
tide along Jones Creek, which is immediately adjacent
to the cement boat launch that is next to the Lobster
Co-op. Meanwhile, a male WILSON’S PHALAROPE was noted
in the salt pannes on the east side of the Eastern
Road Trail in Scarborough Marsh on the 16th.
Other shorebird high counts this week included: 16
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS on Western Beach on 7/16, 19
LESSER YELLOWLEGS along Jones Creek in Scarborough
Marsh on 7/19, 7 SANDERLINGS on Seawall Beach in
Phippsburg on 7/17, 50+ SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS at
Popham Beach State Park in Phippsburg on 7/17, 20+
LEAST SANDPIPERS at Popham Beach on 7/17, and 25
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS on Ferry Beach on 7/15.
A LITTLE GULL was observed on Stratton Island on 7/19,
and a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was present on the 20th.
TRAVEL: Keep an eye on
www.yarmouthbirds.com/store_news.asp for announcements
regarding any upcoming boat trips to either Outer
Green Island or perhaps Stratton Island.
EVENTS: Join us here at the Wild Bird Center of
Yarmouth for our 4th Maine Artist Feature Day. On
Saturday, July 29, Native American Flutist, Dail
Dragonfly Martin, will be performing live from 10:00am
to 3:00pm.
- End transcript
_______________________________________________________________________
Jeannette and Derek Lovitch
Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth
500 Route One, Yarmouth, Maine
207-846-8002
www.yarmouthbirds.com
_______________________________________________________________________