- RBA
* Maine
* Southcoastal
* December 7, 2006
* MESC0612.07
- Species Mentioned:
**ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER**
Canada Goose
Green-winged Teal
Harlequin Duck
Ruddy Duck
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Greater Yellowlegs
Pomarine Jaeger
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
Northern Flicker
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Tree Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
BALTIMORE ORIOLE
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL
- Transcript:
Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert
(Internet Only).
Date: Thursday, December 7, 2006 compiled at:
6:00pm.
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 reports can be found at
www.yarmouthbirds.com.
Weather Summary: After the warmest Nov. on record in
Portland, more seasonable weather finally arrived this
week. A strong cold front and fast-moving storm
system produced rain Thurs night through Fri. night,
including rare Dec. thunderstorms and very strong
winds – mostly from the NE – including gusts up to 65
mph (recorded in Cape Elizabeth). Very strong W winds
followed for Sat. An offshore low brushed us Mon. am,
producing our first light snow of the season. NW
winds followed the passage of a cold front, and the
rest of the week saw temps below normal until
moderating on SW winds by Thurs, with temps again near
50, over 10 degrees above normal.
The ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER continues at the Saco
Yacht Club area through at least the morning of 12/5.
The bird continues to be seen on the scrubby hillside,
in the riparian trees near the public boat launch, and
behind the yacht club itself. From downtown Saco,
turn onto Front Street, bear right to proceed under
the railroad tracks, and proceed to the boat launch
parking lot (Delorme Map 71: B-3). The bird was seen
through at least the afternoon of Wednesday, the 29th.
The Thornhurst Farm, North Yarmouth (along Rte 115;
Delorme Map 5: D-5) CANADA GOOSE flock stood at 485
birds on 12/3, but was decreasing as the week
progressed.
A tardy female GREEN-WINGED TEAL was at Portland’s
Back Cove on the 3rd and 4th. Meanwhile, HARLEQUIN
DUCKS are increasing at the usual locales along the
coast, with this week’s high count on 25 being tallied
along Ogunquit’s Marginal Way on the 2nd. 16 RUDDY
DUCKS continue in Prout’s Pond (behind “The Food Guy”
restaurant, on Pleasant Hill Rd in Scarborough;
Delorme Map 3: A-4) as of the 3rd.
GREAT CORMORANTS have now nearly completed their
replacement of DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS along the
coast.
6 TURKEY VULTURES were spotted over the Running Hill
Rd area of South Portland (Delorme Map 73: G-1) on
12/2, with 1-2 reported from a number of other
locations this week.
While BALD EAGLES are not rare around Portland, what
was rare was how cooperative one 1st Cycle bird was
that feasted on a seal carcass within 10 feet of the
multipurpose path around Back Cove, much to the
delight of dozens and dozens of onlookers. The bird
was present 11/30 through at least 12/4.
A MERLIN was reported from Laudholm Farms in Wells on
the 1st. The PEREGRINE FALCON continues to roost on
the Andros Mill in Brunswick (off of Rte 1, along the
Androscoggin River; Delorme Map 6:B-3), while another
was spotted over Shore Road in Ogunquit on the 2nd.
13 AMERICAN COOTS continue in Grondin Pond, off of
Clearwater Rd, in Scarborough (Delorme Map 3; B-4) as
of 12/3.
A tardy GREATER YELLOWLEGS was in Scarborough Marsh,
opposite the Nature Center, on the 2nd.
An immature POMARINE JAEGER passed by Cape Elizabeth’s
Dyer Point on 12/4 (Delorme Map 3: B-5) on 12/4.
A southbound – before landing on the water – DOVEKIE
was spotted off of Dyer Point, along with one
RAZORBILL on the 4th. Another RAZORBILL was noted from
Ogunquit’s Marginal Way on the 2nd.
The collection of tardy migrants, lingering
half-hardies, and/or reverse migrants this week
included: single NORTHERN FLICKERS at South Portland’s
Bug Light Park (Delorme Map 73; E-4) on 12/1 and at
Portland’s Dragon Field on 12/3, with 2 at Barrell
Mill Pond in York on 12/4; a WINTER WREN at Saco’s
Laurel Hill Cemetery on 12/4; one RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
at Scarborough Beach State Park on 12/3 and one at the
end of Bay Bridge Rd in North Bath on the same day;
five EASTERN BLUEBIRDS in a Scarborough yard on 11/30,
with four continuing through 12/7 and 3 at Barrell
Mill Pond in York on 12/2-12/7; one GRAY CATBIRD along
Black Point Rd, where it crosses over the Libby River
in Scarborough (Delorme Map 3: B-4) on 12/3; a BROWN
THRASHER and a SAVANNAH SPARROW at Crescent Beach
State Park in Cape Elizabeth on 12/4; and three
BALTIMORE ORIOLES: a first-year female at a feeder
near Biddeford Pool Beach on 12/5, one in a Brunswick
yard on 12/6, and a female at a Harpswell feeder on
12/6.
Three CAROLINA WRENS were noted this week: one again
at Village Crossings in Cape Elizabeth (off of Scott
Dyer Rd; Delorme Map 3: A-5), one continuing in a
Scarborough yard, while one has returned to a Yarmouth
yard as well.
A late BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER visited a Windham
yard’s suet feeder on the 2nd and 3rd, but the only
other warbler report received this week was of a
single YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER at Scarborough Beach
State Park (Delorme Map 3: B-4) on the 3rd.
AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS increased noticeably this week.
5 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were along the Eastern Road Trail
through Scarborough Marsh on 12/3, with three at the
end of Bay Bridge Rd in North Bath (Delorme Map 7:
B-5) on the same day.
A small flock of WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS was heard at
Florida Lake Park in Freeport (off of Rte 125; Delorme
Map 6: C-1) on the 7th.
EVENTS: The latest in the Maine Artist Feature Day
series here at the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth will
welcome Freeport poet Ken Nye. Ken will be here from
10am to 3:00pm to sign copies of his book, "Poetic
Reflections of Maine," and to share some of his
favorite passages.
- End transcript
_______________________________________________________________________
Jeannette and Derek Lovitch
Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth
500 Route One, Yarmouth, Maine
207-846-8002
www.yarmouthbirds.com
_______________________________________________________________________
* Maine
* Southcoastal
* December 7, 2006
* MESC0612.07
- Species Mentioned:
**ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER**
Canada Goose
Green-winged Teal
Harlequin Duck
Ruddy Duck
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Greater Yellowlegs
Pomarine Jaeger
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
Northern Flicker
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Tree Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
BALTIMORE ORIOLE
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL
- Transcript:
Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert
(Internet Only).
Date: Thursday, December 7, 2006 compiled at:
6:00pm.
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 reports can be found at
www.yarmouthbirds.com.
Weather Summary: After the warmest Nov. on record in
Portland, more seasonable weather finally arrived this
week. A strong cold front and fast-moving storm
system produced rain Thurs night through Fri. night,
including rare Dec. thunderstorms and very strong
winds – mostly from the NE – including gusts up to 65
mph (recorded in Cape Elizabeth). Very strong W winds
followed for Sat. An offshore low brushed us Mon. am,
producing our first light snow of the season. NW
winds followed the passage of a cold front, and the
rest of the week saw temps below normal until
moderating on SW winds by Thurs, with temps again near
50, over 10 degrees above normal.
The ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER continues at the Saco
Yacht Club area through at least the morning of 12/5.
The bird continues to be seen on the scrubby hillside,
in the riparian trees near the public boat launch, and
behind the yacht club itself. From downtown Saco,
turn onto Front Street, bear right to proceed under
the railroad tracks, and proceed to the boat launch
parking lot (Delorme Map 71: B-3). The bird was seen
through at least the afternoon of Wednesday, the 29th.
The Thornhurst Farm, North Yarmouth (along Rte 115;
Delorme Map 5: D-5) CANADA GOOSE flock stood at 485
birds on 12/3, but was decreasing as the week
progressed.
A tardy female GREEN-WINGED TEAL was at Portland’s
Back Cove on the 3rd and 4th. Meanwhile, HARLEQUIN
DUCKS are increasing at the usual locales along the
coast, with this week’s high count on 25 being tallied
along Ogunquit’s Marginal Way on the 2nd. 16 RUDDY
DUCKS continue in Prout’s Pond (behind “The Food Guy”
restaurant, on Pleasant Hill Rd in Scarborough;
Delorme Map 3: A-4) as of the 3rd.
GREAT CORMORANTS have now nearly completed their
replacement of DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS along the
coast.
6 TURKEY VULTURES were spotted over the Running Hill
Rd area of South Portland (Delorme Map 73: G-1) on
12/2, with 1-2 reported from a number of other
locations this week.
While BALD EAGLES are not rare around Portland, what
was rare was how cooperative one 1st Cycle bird was
that feasted on a seal carcass within 10 feet of the
multipurpose path around Back Cove, much to the
delight of dozens and dozens of onlookers. The bird
was present 11/30 through at least 12/4.
A MERLIN was reported from Laudholm Farms in Wells on
the 1st. The PEREGRINE FALCON continues to roost on
the Andros Mill in Brunswick (off of Rte 1, along the
Androscoggin River; Delorme Map 6:B-3), while another
was spotted over Shore Road in Ogunquit on the 2nd.
13 AMERICAN COOTS continue in Grondin Pond, off of
Clearwater Rd, in Scarborough (Delorme Map 3; B-4) as
of 12/3.
A tardy GREATER YELLOWLEGS was in Scarborough Marsh,
opposite the Nature Center, on the 2nd.
An immature POMARINE JAEGER passed by Cape Elizabeth’s
Dyer Point on 12/4 (Delorme Map 3: B-5) on 12/4.
A southbound – before landing on the water – DOVEKIE
was spotted off of Dyer Point, along with one
RAZORBILL on the 4th. Another RAZORBILL was noted from
Ogunquit’s Marginal Way on the 2nd.
The collection of tardy migrants, lingering
half-hardies, and/or reverse migrants this week
included: single NORTHERN FLICKERS at South Portland’s
Bug Light Park (Delorme Map 73; E-4) on 12/1 and at
Portland’s Dragon Field on 12/3, with 2 at Barrell
Mill Pond in York on 12/4; a WINTER WREN at Saco’s
Laurel Hill Cemetery on 12/4; one RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
at Scarborough Beach State Park on 12/3 and one at the
end of Bay Bridge Rd in North Bath on the same day;
five EASTERN BLUEBIRDS in a Scarborough yard on 11/30,
with four continuing through 12/7 and 3 at Barrell
Mill Pond in York on 12/2-12/7; one GRAY CATBIRD along
Black Point Rd, where it crosses over the Libby River
in Scarborough (Delorme Map 3: B-4) on 12/3; a BROWN
THRASHER and a SAVANNAH SPARROW at Crescent Beach
State Park in Cape Elizabeth on 12/4; and three
BALTIMORE ORIOLES: a first-year female at a feeder
near Biddeford Pool Beach on 12/5, one in a Brunswick
yard on 12/6, and a female at a Harpswell feeder on
12/6.
Three CAROLINA WRENS were noted this week: one again
at Village Crossings in Cape Elizabeth (off of Scott
Dyer Rd; Delorme Map 3: A-5), one continuing in a
Scarborough yard, while one has returned to a Yarmouth
yard as well.
A late BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER visited a Windham
yard’s suet feeder on the 2nd and 3rd, but the only
other warbler report received this week was of a
single YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER at Scarborough Beach
State Park (Delorme Map 3: B-4) on the 3rd.
AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS increased noticeably this week.
5 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were along the Eastern Road Trail
through Scarborough Marsh on 12/3, with three at the
end of Bay Bridge Rd in North Bath (Delorme Map 7:
B-5) on the same day.
A small flock of WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS was heard at
Florida Lake Park in Freeport (off of Rte 125; Delorme
Map 6: C-1) on the 7th.
EVENTS: The latest in the Maine Artist Feature Day
series here at the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth will
welcome Freeport poet Ken Nye. Ken will be here from
10am to 3:00pm to sign copies of his book, "Poetic
Reflections of Maine," and to share some of his
favorite passages.
- End transcript
_______________________________________________________________________
Jeannette and Derek Lovitch
Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth
500 Route One, Yarmouth, Maine
207-846-8002
www.yarmouthbirds.com
_______________________________________________________________________