- RBA
* Maine
* Southcoastal
* October 12, 2006
* MESC0610.12
- Species Mentioned:
Greater Scaup
PACIFIC LOON
Horned Grebe
Peregrine Falcon
Little Blue Heron
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Carolina Wren
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Prairie Warbler
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Vesper Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
DICKCISSEL
Rusty Blackbird
- Transcript:
Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert
(Internet Only).
Date: Thursday, October 12, 2006 compiled at:
4:30pm.
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 reports can be found at
www.yarmouthbirds.com.
Weather Summary: N/A.
A female GREATER SCAUP arrived in Portland’s Back Cove
on 10/4.
A PACIFIC LOON was reported from the mouth of the
Scarborough River on 10/8, visible from near the Yacht
Club on Prout’s Neck (Delorme Map 3: B-4).
The first HORNED GREBE report of the season came from
the Cumberland Town Landing (Delorme Map 5: D-5) on
the ninth.
The PEREGRINE FALCON continues on the Andros Mill
along the Androscoggin River on the Brunswick/Topsham
border (Delorme Map 6: C-3) this week.
A lingering LITTLE BLUE HERON was noted from Hermit
Island in Phippsburg (Delorme Map 6: E-4) on 10/3.
Was the RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD reported from
Fortunes Rocks Beach in Biddeford on the 3rd our last
for the year?
A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was spotted in West Bath on
10/6, while others continue in a Windham yard and on
Cousin’s Island in Yarmouth this week as well.
A CAROLINA WREN was along Island Road on Hermit Island
in Phippsburg on the 3rd.
Nine species of warblers at Sandy Point Beach on
Cousin’s Island in Yarmouth on 10/3 included a late
YELLOW WARBLER. Good numbers of YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLERS were widespread this week. Single
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were discovered in Hill’s
Beach (at the corner of Goldwaithe and Sky Harbor Rds,
Delorme Map 3: C-3) on 10/4 and at Joe’s Pond in South
Portland on 10/9. Joe’s Pond – a scrubby wetland next
to some ballfields - which harbors a section of the
South Portland multi-purpose trail lies between Pine
and Roosevelt Streets, off of Broadway in South
Portland (Delorme Map 73: F-4) also hosted a PRAIRIE
WARBLER and a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT that day as well.
A good sparrow flight occurred overnight on the 2nd,
producing widespread large flocks of mostly
WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS for the morning of the 3rd. A
smattering of WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS and increasing
numbers of White-throated Sparrows and DARK-EYED
JUNCOS were reported throughout the week. A VESPER
SPARROW was at Sandy Point Beach on 10/2.
A DICKCISSEL passed over South Portland’s Bug Light
Park (Delorme Map 73: E-4) on the ninth.
Mustard Island, at the mouth of the Androscoggin River
in Topsham (Delorme Map 6: B-4) hosted 6 RUSTY
BLACKBIRDS on 10/3.
- End transcript
_______________________________________________________________________
Jeannette and Derek Lovitch
Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth
500 Route One, Yarmouth, Maine
207-846-8002
www.yarmouthbirds.com
_______________________________________________________________________
* Maine
* Southcoastal
* October 12, 2006
* MESC0610.12
- Species Mentioned:
Greater Scaup
PACIFIC LOON
Horned Grebe
Peregrine Falcon
Little Blue Heron
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Carolina Wren
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Prairie Warbler
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Vesper Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
DICKCISSEL
Rusty Blackbird
- Transcript:
Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert
(Internet Only).
Date: Thursday, October 12, 2006 compiled at:
4:30pm.
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 reports can be found at
www.yarmouthbirds.com.
Weather Summary: N/A.
A female GREATER SCAUP arrived in Portland’s Back Cove
on 10/4.
A PACIFIC LOON was reported from the mouth of the
Scarborough River on 10/8, visible from near the Yacht
Club on Prout’s Neck (Delorme Map 3: B-4).
The first HORNED GREBE report of the season came from
the Cumberland Town Landing (Delorme Map 5: D-5) on
the ninth.
The PEREGRINE FALCON continues on the Andros Mill
along the Androscoggin River on the Brunswick/Topsham
border (Delorme Map 6: C-3) this week.
A lingering LITTLE BLUE HERON was noted from Hermit
Island in Phippsburg (Delorme Map 6: E-4) on 10/3.
Was the RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD reported from
Fortunes Rocks Beach in Biddeford on the 3rd our last
for the year?
A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was spotted in West Bath on
10/6, while others continue in a Windham yard and on
Cousin’s Island in Yarmouth this week as well.
A CAROLINA WREN was along Island Road on Hermit Island
in Phippsburg on the 3rd.
Nine species of warblers at Sandy Point Beach on
Cousin’s Island in Yarmouth on 10/3 included a late
YELLOW WARBLER. Good numbers of YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLERS were widespread this week. Single
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were discovered in Hill’s
Beach (at the corner of Goldwaithe and Sky Harbor Rds,
Delorme Map 3: C-3) on 10/4 and at Joe’s Pond in South
Portland on 10/9. Joe’s Pond – a scrubby wetland next
to some ballfields - which harbors a section of the
South Portland multi-purpose trail lies between Pine
and Roosevelt Streets, off of Broadway in South
Portland (Delorme Map 73: F-4) also hosted a PRAIRIE
WARBLER and a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT that day as well.
A good sparrow flight occurred overnight on the 2nd,
producing widespread large flocks of mostly
WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS for the morning of the 3rd. A
smattering of WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS and increasing
numbers of White-throated Sparrows and DARK-EYED
JUNCOS were reported throughout the week. A VESPER
SPARROW was at Sandy Point Beach on 10/2.
A DICKCISSEL passed over South Portland’s Bug Light
Park (Delorme Map 73: E-4) on the ninth.
Mustard Island, at the mouth of the Androscoggin River
in Topsham (Delorme Map 6: B-4) hosted 6 RUSTY
BLACKBIRDS on 10/3.
- End transcript
_______________________________________________________________________
Jeannette and Derek Lovitch
Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth
500 Route One, Yarmouth, Maine
207-846-8002
www.yarmouthbirds.com
_______________________________________________________________________