- RBA
* Maine
* Southcoastal
* September 23, 2005
* MESC0509.23
- Species Mentioned:
**LARK BUNTING**
*WORM-EATING WARBLER*
*PROTHONATORY WARBLER*
*CONNECTICUT WARBLER*
*HOODED WARBLER*
American Wigeon
KING EIDER
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
American Golden Plover
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER
WESTERN SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaeger
Laughing Gull
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
CASPIAN TERN
FORSTER'S TERN
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Yellow-throated Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER
"BREWSTER'S" WARBLER
Northern Parula
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Mourning Warbler
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow (poss. Interior race).
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
DICKCISSEL
Evening Grosbeak
- Transcript:
Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert (Internet
Only).
Date: September 23, 2005 compiled at: 10:00am.
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.
This alert was updated on Friday, September 23, 2005
with highlights that include: *LARK BUNTING*,
*WORM-EATING WARBLER*, *PROTHONATORY WARBLER*,
*CONNECTICUT WARBLER*, *HOODED WARBLER*, three LARK
SPARROWS, and MUCH, MUCH MORE!
A series of weak systems (along with Tropical Storm
Ophelia passing well offshore on Saturday) combined to
produce a steady onshore flow and batches of rain
through Sunday. However, winds were light enough,
even calm, at night to allow a steady trickle of
migrants in and through. Clearing skies and light
west winds Sunday night produced an excellent flight
for Monday morning. Rain on Tuesday was cleared out by
a weak, late-day cold front. The last day of summer
and first day of fall were unseasonably warm on
southerly winds, with temperatures reaching the low
80's in many places. This week's active weather made
for some very active birding!
A female **LARK BUNTING** was reported from
Scarborough on the morning of the 18th. It was
observed behind the wastewater pumping station at the
north end of Eastern Road (just south of Black Point
Road). The same observer also reported that it made a
brief appearance at about 7:00am the next day. There
are only 7-8 previous records of this species, so
further documentation is sought - subsequent searches
did not relocate the bird.
A *WORM-EATING WARBLER* was discovered at Fort Foster
in Kittery on 9/18. It was within a flock of RED-EYED
VIREOS foraging in birches and alders in an island of
vegetation between the grassy-topped bunker and the
Ocean Trail. No follow-up reports were received.
Banders on Appledore Island (Delorme Map 1: D-5)
either saw and/or banded the following great birds
this week: *PROTHONATORY WARBLER* (9/19); *CONNECTICUT
WARBLER* (9/19); *HOODED WARBLER* (9/18); RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER (9/19), and BLUE-WINGED WARBLER (9/19).
An early basic/eclipse plumaged KING EIDER arrived in
Wells Harbor on 9/19.
6 GREATER, 4 SOOTY, and 2 MANX SHEARWATERS were
spotted from Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth (Delorme Map
3: B-5) on the 17th, with two Sooties there the next
day. Another Sooty was off of Ocean Ave in Biddeford
Pool on the 18th.
Single AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS were at the Mayhall
Road sod farm on the Gray/New Gloucester border
(Delorme Map 5: B-4) on the 16th-17th and Hill's Beach
in Biddeford on the 18th.
One AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER was on Hill's Beach on
9/18, while three continue in the mouth of Scarborough
Marsh.
One WESTERN SANDPIPER was at Wharton Point in
Brunswick (Delorme Map 6: C-3) on 9/17. 31 PECTORAL
SANDPIPERS were off of Eastern Road in Scarborough
Marsh, a good count.
One PARASITIC JAEGER passed by Cape Elizabeth's Dyer
Point on 9/17, along with a good tally of 100+
LAUGHING GULLS. A juvenile LESSER-BLACKED GULL also
passed by Dyer Point on the 17th, and was later
relocated roosting at nearby Kettle Cove.
An adult CASPIAN TERN was at Kettle Cove in Cape
Elizabeth on the 17th and an adult FORSTER'S TERN was
unexpected at the Cumberland Town Landing on 9/15.
A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was at East Point Sanctuary in
Biddeford Pool on 9/20.
One YELLOW-THROATED VIREO was seen on Mount
Agamenticus in York on the 18th. Single PHILADELPHIA
VIREOS were noted from multiple locations this week,
while an impressive 5 were reported from behind the
wastewater pumping station at the north end of Eastern
Road in Scarborough on the 19th.
One CAROLINA WREN was noted in a Cape Elizabeth yard,
off of Spurwink Ave (Delorme Map 3: A-5), on the 15th.
A BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER was at Fort Foster in Kittery
on 9/18.
800-1000 passerines passed over and through Sandy
Point Beach on Cousin's Island in Yarmouth between
6:15 and 8:00am on the 19th. 15 species of WARBLERS
were tallied, led by large numbers of BLACKPOLL,
NORTHERN PARULA, and BLACK-THROATED GREENS.
A Probable "BREWSTER'S" WARBLER was described from
Portland's Evergreen Cemetery on the 18th. The bird
was observed near the Leaf Dump, on the trail between
the ponds and the Leaf Dump.
Other warbler highlights included one MOURNING WARBLER
was at East Point Sanctuary in Biddeford Pool on 9/18
and a CAPE MAY WARBLER on Mount Agamenticus in York on
the 19th.
An impressive three CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were
discovered in Biddeford Pool on 9/18, at the sandy pit
behind the golf course, bordering the East Point
Sanctuary.
A LARK SPARROW was found on L.B. Orcutt Road in
Biddeford Pool, about 10 meters west of the entrance
to the East Point Sanctuary, on the morning of the
18th. Another LARK SPARROW was discovered at Reid
State Park in Georgetown on the 19th, frequenting the
area around the snack bar at the Griffith Head parking
lot. Yet another LARK SPARROW was found at the edge
of Ferry Beach in Scarborough the next day.
A NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW, apparently of one of
the interior races, was in the grass and brush at the
end of East Point Sanctuary in Biddeford Pool on 9/20.
Meanwhile, an immature WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW arrived
nearby on the 18th.
Single DICKCISSELS were at the Mayhall Road sod farms
on the 16th; Dragon Field (at the intersection of
Ocean and Presumpscot, behind the Quarry Run Dogpark
in Portland; Delorme Map 73: C-3) on the 16th; East
Point Sanctuary, Biddeford Pool, 9/18; and Sandy
Point, Yarmouth, 9/19.
Two EVENING GROSBEAKS passed over a Falmouth yard on
the 15th.
Other new arrivals this week included: AMERICAN
WIGEON, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, and DARK-EYED JUNCO
(away from local breeding areas).
- End transcript
* Maine
* Southcoastal
* September 23, 2005
* MESC0509.23
- Species Mentioned:
**LARK BUNTING**
*WORM-EATING WARBLER*
*PROTHONATORY WARBLER*
*CONNECTICUT WARBLER*
*HOODED WARBLER*
American Wigeon
KING EIDER
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
American Golden Plover
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER
WESTERN SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaeger
Laughing Gull
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
CASPIAN TERN
FORSTER'S TERN
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Yellow-throated Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Carolina Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER
"BREWSTER'S" WARBLER
Northern Parula
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Mourning Warbler
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow (poss. Interior race).
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
DICKCISSEL
Evening Grosbeak
- Transcript:
Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert (Internet
Only).
Date: September 23, 2005 compiled at: 10:00am.
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.
This alert was updated on Friday, September 23, 2005
with highlights that include: *LARK BUNTING*,
*WORM-EATING WARBLER*, *PROTHONATORY WARBLER*,
*CONNECTICUT WARBLER*, *HOODED WARBLER*, three LARK
SPARROWS, and MUCH, MUCH MORE!
A series of weak systems (along with Tropical Storm
Ophelia passing well offshore on Saturday) combined to
produce a steady onshore flow and batches of rain
through Sunday. However, winds were light enough,
even calm, at night to allow a steady trickle of
migrants in and through. Clearing skies and light
west winds Sunday night produced an excellent flight
for Monday morning. Rain on Tuesday was cleared out by
a weak, late-day cold front. The last day of summer
and first day of fall were unseasonably warm on
southerly winds, with temperatures reaching the low
80's in many places. This week's active weather made
for some very active birding!
A female **LARK BUNTING** was reported from
Scarborough on the morning of the 18th. It was
observed behind the wastewater pumping station at the
north end of Eastern Road (just south of Black Point
Road). The same observer also reported that it made a
brief appearance at about 7:00am the next day. There
are only 7-8 previous records of this species, so
further documentation is sought - subsequent searches
did not relocate the bird.
A *WORM-EATING WARBLER* was discovered at Fort Foster
in Kittery on 9/18. It was within a flock of RED-EYED
VIREOS foraging in birches and alders in an island of
vegetation between the grassy-topped bunker and the
Ocean Trail. No follow-up reports were received.
Banders on Appledore Island (Delorme Map 1: D-5)
either saw and/or banded the following great birds
this week: *PROTHONATORY WARBLER* (9/19); *CONNECTICUT
WARBLER* (9/19); *HOODED WARBLER* (9/18); RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER (9/19), and BLUE-WINGED WARBLER (9/19).
An early basic/eclipse plumaged KING EIDER arrived in
Wells Harbor on 9/19.
6 GREATER, 4 SOOTY, and 2 MANX SHEARWATERS were
spotted from Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth (Delorme Map
3: B-5) on the 17th, with two Sooties there the next
day. Another Sooty was off of Ocean Ave in Biddeford
Pool on the 18th.
Single AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS were at the Mayhall
Road sod farm on the Gray/New Gloucester border
(Delorme Map 5: B-4) on the 16th-17th and Hill's Beach
in Biddeford on the 18th.
One AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER was on Hill's Beach on
9/18, while three continue in the mouth of Scarborough
Marsh.
One WESTERN SANDPIPER was at Wharton Point in
Brunswick (Delorme Map 6: C-3) on 9/17. 31 PECTORAL
SANDPIPERS were off of Eastern Road in Scarborough
Marsh, a good count.
One PARASITIC JAEGER passed by Cape Elizabeth's Dyer
Point on 9/17, along with a good tally of 100+
LAUGHING GULLS. A juvenile LESSER-BLACKED GULL also
passed by Dyer Point on the 17th, and was later
relocated roosting at nearby Kettle Cove.
An adult CASPIAN TERN was at Kettle Cove in Cape
Elizabeth on the 17th and an adult FORSTER'S TERN was
unexpected at the Cumberland Town Landing on 9/15.
A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was at East Point Sanctuary in
Biddeford Pool on 9/20.
One YELLOW-THROATED VIREO was seen on Mount
Agamenticus in York on the 18th. Single PHILADELPHIA
VIREOS were noted from multiple locations this week,
while an impressive 5 were reported from behind the
wastewater pumping station at the north end of Eastern
Road in Scarborough on the 19th.
One CAROLINA WREN was noted in a Cape Elizabeth yard,
off of Spurwink Ave (Delorme Map 3: A-5), on the 15th.
A BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER was at Fort Foster in Kittery
on 9/18.
800-1000 passerines passed over and through Sandy
Point Beach on Cousin's Island in Yarmouth between
6:15 and 8:00am on the 19th. 15 species of WARBLERS
were tallied, led by large numbers of BLACKPOLL,
NORTHERN PARULA, and BLACK-THROATED GREENS.
A Probable "BREWSTER'S" WARBLER was described from
Portland's Evergreen Cemetery on the 18th. The bird
was observed near the Leaf Dump, on the trail between
the ponds and the Leaf Dump.
Other warbler highlights included one MOURNING WARBLER
was at East Point Sanctuary in Biddeford Pool on 9/18
and a CAPE MAY WARBLER on Mount Agamenticus in York on
the 19th.
An impressive three CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were
discovered in Biddeford Pool on 9/18, at the sandy pit
behind the golf course, bordering the East Point
Sanctuary.
A LARK SPARROW was found on L.B. Orcutt Road in
Biddeford Pool, about 10 meters west of the entrance
to the East Point Sanctuary, on the morning of the
18th. Another LARK SPARROW was discovered at Reid
State Park in Georgetown on the 19th, frequenting the
area around the snack bar at the Griffith Head parking
lot. Yet another LARK SPARROW was found at the edge
of Ferry Beach in Scarborough the next day.
A NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW, apparently of one of
the interior races, was in the grass and brush at the
end of East Point Sanctuary in Biddeford Pool on 9/20.
Meanwhile, an immature WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW arrived
nearby on the 18th.
Single DICKCISSELS were at the Mayhall Road sod farms
on the 16th; Dragon Field (at the intersection of
Ocean and Presumpscot, behind the Quarry Run Dogpark
in Portland; Delorme Map 73: C-3) on the 16th; East
Point Sanctuary, Biddeford Pool, 9/18; and Sandy
Point, Yarmouth, 9/19.
Two EVENING GROSBEAKS passed over a Falmouth yard on
the 15th.
Other new arrivals this week included: AMERICAN
WIGEON, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, and DARK-EYED JUNCO
(away from local breeding areas).
- End transcript