- RBA
* Maine
* Southcoastal
* April 26, 2007
* MESC0704.26
- Species Mentioned:
Brant
Gadwall
EURASIAN WIGEON (NO)
American Wigeon
Blue-winged Teal
CANVASBACK
Ruddy Duck
Northern Gannet
Little Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER
Spotted Sandpiper
LITTLE GULL
Bonaparte’s Gull
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Blue-headed Vireo
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Brown Thrasher
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Rusty Blackbird
Evening Grosbeak
- Transcript:
Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert
(Internet Only).
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2007 compiled at:
8:30pm.
To report: (207) 846-8002, or
wbcbirds_AT_yarmouthbirds_dot_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 last week’s weather mayhem, a
quiet pattern was most welcome by both birds and
birders! Dry and mild conditions, with ABOVE average
temps (10-20F above normal, with highs reaching the
70’s on Sat and 80’s inland on Mon) as high pressure
dominated the week, with a Tues am cold front
returning temps to near normal (N=57/38 in Portland).
Clear and calm conditions most nights allowed for the
progress of migration to catch up, with an especially
good flight overnight 4/23-24. Rarities were few and
far between, but the volume of returning species and
individuals was impressive.
10 BRANT were seen at the East Point Sanctuary in
Biddeford Pool on 4/24.
Three GADWALLS were in the Eastern Rd Trail Salt
Pannes on 4/23, while two pairs are now being seen
behind the Pelreco building. The drake EURASIAN
WIGEON on Brown’s Point Rd in Bowdoinham (Delorme Map
6: A-5) was last seen on Thursday, 4/19, just before
dusk. However, the 20 AMERICAN WIGEON in the same
flooded farm field there on 4/20 was a decent count.
A pair of CANVASBACKS were reported from Saco’s Laurel
Hill Cemetery on the 23rd, but they have not been
reported since and three RUDDY DUCKS were at the
Sanford Sewerage facility on the 24th.
Most unexpectedly, the first LITTLE BLUE HERON of the
season was found inland in Portland’s Capisic Pond
Park on 4/23.
The Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch, sponsored by the Wild
Bird Center of Yarmouth
(www.yarmouthbirds.com/hawkwatch.asp) has totaled
1,514 raptors to date, as the hawk flight caught up as
well this week, including a high of 250 birds tallied
on the 23rd. 49 OSPREYS were tallied on 4/22, 56
AMERICAN KESTRELS on 4/23, and 153 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS
were counted on 4/25. The first 5 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS
of the season were spotted on 4/20. In the past seven
days (Thurs, 4/19 to Wed, 4/25) 873 raptors were
totaled: 137 Osprey, 1 BALD EAGLE, 16 NORTHERN
HARRIERS, 153 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 2 COOPER’S HAWKS, 2
RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 431 Broad-winged Hawks, 4
RED-TAILED HAWKS, 120 American Kestrel, 11 MERLIN, and
3 unidentified.
An AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER was off of Scarborough’s
Ferry Beach on 4/24.
A bit early was a SPOTTED SANPIPER at Freeport’s
Florida Lake Park (off Rte 125; Delorme Map 6: C-1) on
the 19th.
Four adult LITTLE GULLS were observed within a flock
of 25-40 newly arrived BONAPARTE’S GULLS in the Bay
View Section of Saco (Delorme Map 3: C-3) on 4/19.
A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER visited a Gorham yard on the
23rd.
A CAROLINA WREN continues at Yarmouth’s Bayview
Preserve (off of Bayview Rd; Delorme Map 6: D-1), and
a pair continues at and around the Wild Bird Center of
Yarmouth.
A single RUSTY BLACKBIRD was at Evergreen Cemetery on
the 23rd, while two were in the Biddeford Pool area
the next day.
Up to four EVENING GROSBEAKS have been frequenting a
Casco yard.
Reports and observations of BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN
GANNET, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, NORTHERN
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET,
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, SAVANNAH SPARROW,
SWAMP SPARROW, and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK all increased this week, while
other new arrivals included YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER,
BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BANK SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW,
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, BROWN THRASHER, BLACK-THROATED
GREEN WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, EASTERN
TOWHEE, FIELD SPARROW, and INDIGO BUNTING.
- End transcript
_______________________________________________________________________
Jeannette and Derek Lovitch
Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth
500 Route One, Yarmouth, Maine
207-846-8002
www.yarmouthbirds.com
_______________________________________________________________________
* Maine
* Southcoastal
* April 26, 2007
* MESC0704.26
- Species Mentioned:
Brant
Gadwall
EURASIAN WIGEON (NO)
American Wigeon
Blue-winged Teal
CANVASBACK
Ruddy Duck
Northern Gannet
Little Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER
Spotted Sandpiper
LITTLE GULL
Bonaparte’s Gull
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Blue-headed Vireo
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Brown Thrasher
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Rusty Blackbird
Evening Grosbeak
- Transcript:
Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert
(Internet Only).
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2007 compiled at:
8:30pm.
To report: (207) 846-8002, or
wbcbirds_AT_yarmouthbirds_dot_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 last week’s weather mayhem, a
quiet pattern was most welcome by both birds and
birders! Dry and mild conditions, with ABOVE average
temps (10-20F above normal, with highs reaching the
70’s on Sat and 80’s inland on Mon) as high pressure
dominated the week, with a Tues am cold front
returning temps to near normal (N=57/38 in Portland).
Clear and calm conditions most nights allowed for the
progress of migration to catch up, with an especially
good flight overnight 4/23-24. Rarities were few and
far between, but the volume of returning species and
individuals was impressive.
10 BRANT were seen at the East Point Sanctuary in
Biddeford Pool on 4/24.
Three GADWALLS were in the Eastern Rd Trail Salt
Pannes on 4/23, while two pairs are now being seen
behind the Pelreco building. The drake EURASIAN
WIGEON on Brown’s Point Rd in Bowdoinham (Delorme Map
6: A-5) was last seen on Thursday, 4/19, just before
dusk. However, the 20 AMERICAN WIGEON in the same
flooded farm field there on 4/20 was a decent count.
A pair of CANVASBACKS were reported from Saco’s Laurel
Hill Cemetery on the 23rd, but they have not been
reported since and three RUDDY DUCKS were at the
Sanford Sewerage facility on the 24th.
Most unexpectedly, the first LITTLE BLUE HERON of the
season was found inland in Portland’s Capisic Pond
Park on 4/23.
The Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch, sponsored by the Wild
Bird Center of Yarmouth
(www.yarmouthbirds.com/hawkwatch.asp) has totaled
1,514 raptors to date, as the hawk flight caught up as
well this week, including a high of 250 birds tallied
on the 23rd. 49 OSPREYS were tallied on 4/22, 56
AMERICAN KESTRELS on 4/23, and 153 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS
were counted on 4/25. The first 5 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS
of the season were spotted on 4/20. In the past seven
days (Thurs, 4/19 to Wed, 4/25) 873 raptors were
totaled: 137 Osprey, 1 BALD EAGLE, 16 NORTHERN
HARRIERS, 153 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 2 COOPER’S HAWKS, 2
RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 431 Broad-winged Hawks, 4
RED-TAILED HAWKS, 120 American Kestrel, 11 MERLIN, and
3 unidentified.
An AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER was off of Scarborough’s
Ferry Beach on 4/24.
A bit early was a SPOTTED SANPIPER at Freeport’s
Florida Lake Park (off Rte 125; Delorme Map 6: C-1) on
the 19th.
Four adult LITTLE GULLS were observed within a flock
of 25-40 newly arrived BONAPARTE’S GULLS in the Bay
View Section of Saco (Delorme Map 3: C-3) on 4/19.
A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER visited a Gorham yard on the
23rd.
A CAROLINA WREN continues at Yarmouth’s Bayview
Preserve (off of Bayview Rd; Delorme Map 6: D-1), and
a pair continues at and around the Wild Bird Center of
Yarmouth.
A single RUSTY BLACKBIRD was at Evergreen Cemetery on
the 23rd, while two were in the Biddeford Pool area
the next day.
Up to four EVENING GROSBEAKS have been frequenting a
Casco yard.
Reports and observations of BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN
GANNET, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, NORTHERN
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET,
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, SAVANNAH SPARROW,
SWAMP SPARROW, and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK all increased this week, while
other new arrivals included YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER,
BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BANK SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW,
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, BROWN THRASHER, BLACK-THROATED
GREEN WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, EASTERN
TOWHEE, FIELD SPARROW, and INDIGO BUNTING.
- End transcript
_______________________________________________________________________
Jeannette and Derek Lovitch
Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth
500 Route One, Yarmouth, Maine
207-846-8002
www.yarmouthbirds.com
_______________________________________________________________________