Name: Maine Audubon Bird Alert
Date: July 21, 2006
Area: State of Maine
Number: (207) 781-2332
Compilers: Judy Walker, Kay Gammons, Luke Seitz
Transcriber: Maine Audubon (birdalert@maineaudubon.org)
Highlights
A YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS has been seen in the vicinity of Stratton Island.
The bird was first seen and photographed flying over the island on Sunday
July 16. On Wednesday, July 19 the bird landed and roosted on the island for
several hours.
The BRIDLED TERN on Outer Green Island has not been reported since July 14.
A male PAINTED BUNTING visited a feeder in West Tremont, on Mt. Desert
Island.
York County
A COOPER'S HAWK was seen in York.
A CAROLINA WREN was singing in a yard in Kennebunk. Six PIPING PLOVER chicks
were feeding on Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunk.
A YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS has been seen in the vicinity of Stratton Island,
in Saco Bay. Stratton Island is about 1 miles off Prout's Neck, in York
County. The bird was first seen and photographed flying over the island on
Sunday July 16. On Wednesday, July 19 the bird landed and roosted on the
island for several hours. A LITTLE GULL was also seen on Stratton along with
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, COMMON, ROSEATE, and LEAST TERNS, both adults and
chicks, RUDDY TURNSTONES, WHIMBRELS, SEMIPLAMATED and LEAST SANDPIPERS,
SEMIPLAMATED PLOVERS, SANDERLINGS in breeding plumage, and WILLETS.
Scarborough Marsh Area
A MARBLED GODWIT was visible at Pine Point in Scarborough Marsh, at the edge
of Jones Creek. WHIMBRELS, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHTHERONS were all feeding in the Pine Point Narrows.
SHORT-BILLED DOWICHERS, SEMIPLAMATED SANDPIPERS, LEAST SANDPIPERS, LEAST
TERNS, an increased number of OSPREY, and GREEN HERON, were in the vicinity
of the Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center.
ROSEATE, LEAST and COMMON TERNS, SHORT-BILLED DOWICHER, WHIMBREL, LITTLE
BLUE HERON, and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHTHERONS were spotted from Prout‚s Neck.
Greater Portland and Western Maine
Eight NORTHERN GANNETS were flying offshore at Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth.
A BLACK GUILLEMOT was swimming off of Portland Yacht Services in Portland
Harbor, where not often seen in summer, on July 17.
A WILLET was feeding in Back Cove in Portland on July 12. Elsewhere in
Portland, a COOPER‚S HAWK made a brief appearance in a yard.
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS have been calling in Freeport, Pownal, and Gray.
At Grafton Notch State Park there was an abundance of PHILADELPHIA VIREOS
around the parking lot. Also, two PEREGRINE FALCONS put on a vocal aerial
display for a couple minutes. BOREAL CHICKADEES were in the Spruce Meadow
picnic area, and about three miles up the road and out of the park, were a
couple of BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS and BOREAL CHICKADEES.
Midcoast
Six SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, and 7 WILSON‚S STORM PETRELS were spotted on
Pemaquid Point.
Six SHORT-BILLED DOWICHERS, 20 KILDEER, 12 GREATER YELLOWLEGS,and NELSON'S
and SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS were found at the Weskeag Marsh in South Thomaston.
A possible EUROPEAN COLORED DOVE was heard in Rockland on July 16.
Central Maine
Four PINE SISKINS were reported in Dixmont on July 14.
Eastern Maine
A male PAINTED BUNTING came to a feeder in West Tremont, on Mt. Desert
Island, on July 19.
Northern Maine
A MERLIN and 50 LEAST SANDPIPERS were in Caribou and a second MERLIN was in
Washburn.
In Mars Hill, 1 GREATER and 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS were reported.
PILEATED WOODPECKER, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, BLACK-THROATED GREEN
WARBLER, BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER, and RED-EYED VIREO, were seen in Fort Kent
and a WINTER WREN was singing in the area.
Out of Area
A BLACK-TAILED GODWIT has been seen at Plum Island in Newburyport Mass. It
was visible in the salt panes, in the north pool overview, which is just
south of Lot 3.
Action Alert: http://www.maineaudubon.org/act/060713_redington.shtml
Help Protect Redington, Stronghold for Bicknell‚s Thrush
Prime nesting habitat for the Bicknell‚s thrush, a rare mountain bird, will
be destroyed if a wind-power project proposed for the high mountains of
western Maine is approved. The ecologically sensitive Redington area is one
of the few places on earth where Bicknell‚s nest. It is no place to
clear-cut, bulldoze, and blast to make way for a poorly sited industrial
project
Maine Audubon is working to help wind-power projects get approved in
Maine˜but we oppose the Redington project. Please attend the Redington
hearings on August 2 & 3 and tell Maine's Land Use Regulation Commission
that Redington is extraordinarily special and not the place for an
industrial wind-power project.
More info is posted here:
http://www.maineaudubon.org/act/060713_redington.shtml or contact Maine
Audubon‚s grassroots coordinator at activist@maineaudubon.org.
Date: July 21, 2006
Area: State of Maine
Number: (207) 781-2332
Compilers: Judy Walker, Kay Gammons, Luke Seitz
Transcriber: Maine Audubon (birdalert@maineaudubon.org)
Highlights
A YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS has been seen in the vicinity of Stratton Island.
The bird was first seen and photographed flying over the island on Sunday
July 16. On Wednesday, July 19 the bird landed and roosted on the island for
several hours.
The BRIDLED TERN on Outer Green Island has not been reported since July 14.
A male PAINTED BUNTING visited a feeder in West Tremont, on Mt. Desert
Island.
York County
A COOPER'S HAWK was seen in York.
A CAROLINA WREN was singing in a yard in Kennebunk. Six PIPING PLOVER chicks
were feeding on Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunk.
A YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS has been seen in the vicinity of Stratton Island,
in Saco Bay. Stratton Island is about 1 miles off Prout's Neck, in York
County. The bird was first seen and photographed flying over the island on
Sunday July 16. On Wednesday, July 19 the bird landed and roosted on the
island for several hours. A LITTLE GULL was also seen on Stratton along with
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, COMMON, ROSEATE, and LEAST TERNS, both adults and
chicks, RUDDY TURNSTONES, WHIMBRELS, SEMIPLAMATED and LEAST SANDPIPERS,
SEMIPLAMATED PLOVERS, SANDERLINGS in breeding plumage, and WILLETS.
Scarborough Marsh Area
A MARBLED GODWIT was visible at Pine Point in Scarborough Marsh, at the edge
of Jones Creek. WHIMBRELS, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHTHERONS were all feeding in the Pine Point Narrows.
SHORT-BILLED DOWICHERS, SEMIPLAMATED SANDPIPERS, LEAST SANDPIPERS, LEAST
TERNS, an increased number of OSPREY, and GREEN HERON, were in the vicinity
of the Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center.
ROSEATE, LEAST and COMMON TERNS, SHORT-BILLED DOWICHER, WHIMBREL, LITTLE
BLUE HERON, and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHTHERONS were spotted from Prout‚s Neck.
Greater Portland and Western Maine
Eight NORTHERN GANNETS were flying offshore at Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth.
A BLACK GUILLEMOT was swimming off of Portland Yacht Services in Portland
Harbor, where not often seen in summer, on July 17.
A WILLET was feeding in Back Cove in Portland on July 12. Elsewhere in
Portland, a COOPER‚S HAWK made a brief appearance in a yard.
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS have been calling in Freeport, Pownal, and Gray.
At Grafton Notch State Park there was an abundance of PHILADELPHIA VIREOS
around the parking lot. Also, two PEREGRINE FALCONS put on a vocal aerial
display for a couple minutes. BOREAL CHICKADEES were in the Spruce Meadow
picnic area, and about three miles up the road and out of the park, were a
couple of BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS and BOREAL CHICKADEES.
Midcoast
Six SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, and 7 WILSON‚S STORM PETRELS were spotted on
Pemaquid Point.
Six SHORT-BILLED DOWICHERS, 20 KILDEER, 12 GREATER YELLOWLEGS,and NELSON'S
and SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS were found at the Weskeag Marsh in South Thomaston.
A possible EUROPEAN COLORED DOVE was heard in Rockland on July 16.
Central Maine
Four PINE SISKINS were reported in Dixmont on July 14.
Eastern Maine
A male PAINTED BUNTING came to a feeder in West Tremont, on Mt. Desert
Island, on July 19.
Northern Maine
A MERLIN and 50 LEAST SANDPIPERS were in Caribou and a second MERLIN was in
Washburn.
In Mars Hill, 1 GREATER and 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS were reported.
PILEATED WOODPECKER, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, BLACK-THROATED GREEN
WARBLER, BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER, and RED-EYED VIREO, were seen in Fort Kent
and a WINTER WREN was singing in the area.
Out of Area
A BLACK-TAILED GODWIT has been seen at Plum Island in Newburyport Mass. It
was visible in the salt panes, in the north pool overview, which is just
south of Lot 3.
Action Alert: http://www.maineaudubon.org/act/060713_redington.shtml
Help Protect Redington, Stronghold for Bicknell‚s Thrush
Prime nesting habitat for the Bicknell‚s thrush, a rare mountain bird, will
be destroyed if a wind-power project proposed for the high mountains of
western Maine is approved. The ecologically sensitive Redington area is one
of the few places on earth where Bicknell‚s nest. It is no place to
clear-cut, bulldoze, and blast to make way for a poorly sited industrial
project
Maine Audubon is working to help wind-power projects get approved in
Maine˜but we oppose the Redington project. Please attend the Redington
hearings on August 2 & 3 and tell Maine's Land Use Regulation Commission
that Redington is extraordinarily special and not the place for an
industrial wind-power project.
More info is posted here:
http://www.maineaudubon.org/act/060713_redington.shtml or contact Maine
Audubon‚s grassroots coordinator at activist@maineaudubon.org.