- RBA
* Maine
* Southcoastal
* June 21, 2007
* MESC0706.21
- Species Mentioned:
**BROWN PELICAN**
Long-tailed Duck
Red-throated Loon
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Little Blue Heron
Peregrine Falcon
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER
Lesser Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
LITTLE GULL
Bonaparte’s Gull
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Fish Crow
Carolina Wren
Prairie Warbler
Mourning Warbler
SEASIDE SPARROW
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL
EVENING GROSBEAK
- Transcript:
Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert
(Internet Only).
Date: Thursday, June 21, 2007 compiled at:
5:30pm.
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 sunny days on Fri and Sat
(finally!) with warm temps (cooler along the coast),
scattered showers and thunderstorms (locally strong)
developed on Sun ahead of a pm cold front. Another
cold front Wed pm produced showers throughout the day.
Temps were appropriately above normal (upper 70’s,
normal high in Portland is 74) on the Thursday, the
first day of summer, ahead of an approaching evening
cold front.
Reports were received of a **BROWN PELICAN** seen in
the north side of Casco Bay on 6/17. The bird(s) was
seen off of Sisters Island in Freeport (southwest of
Merepoint; Delorme Map 6: D-2) and off Snow Island in
Harpswell’s Quahog Bay (Delorme Map 6: D-4). No
further reports have been received.
Two drake and one hen LONG-TAILED DUCKS are lingering
off of Phippsburg’s Hermit Island (Delorme Map 6:
E-4), as observed daily 6/19-6/21.
Five RED-THROATED LOONS were off of Seawall Beach in
Phippsburg (Delorme Map 6: E-5) on the 18th.
WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS are now increasing offshore.
NORTHERN GANNETS have been plentiful along the coast,
with a high of 500+ spotted from Hermit Island on the
18th and 19th.
One LITTLE BLUE HERON was at Hermit Island on 6/19,
north of their usual range.
A pair of PEREGRINE FALCONS appear to be breeding
under the Casco Bay Bridge between Portland and South
Portland (Rte 77; Delorme Map 73: F-4), and can often
be observed roosting from the small park at the end of
Waterman St in South Portland.
Two AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS were at Vines Landing in
Biddeford Pool on 6/18, and a single was off of Pine
Point in Scarborough on 6/20.
One LESSER YELLOWLEGS and 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS
were in the salt pannes on the northeast side of the
Eastern Rd Trail through Scarborough Marsh on the
21st. 5 UPLAND SANDPIPERS were observed at the
Kennebunk Plains on the 20th.
A 1st Cycle LITTLE GULL continues – at least
sporadically - at Hill’s Beach in Biddeford, seen
again on the incoming tide on the morning of 6/18,
along with 120 BONAPARTE’S GULLS. Subsequent searches
have failed so far to relocate the bird, however.
A pair of RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS have been observed
carrying food (chunks of suet) daily in a Cape
Elizabeth yard along Sawyer Rd, and on the 21st showed
up at the feeders with two juveniles. Meanwhile, a
pair also continues in yards on Cousin’s Island in
Yarmouth.
Away from known colonies and their respective feeding
ranges, FISH CROWS are few and far between in the
summer, so singles near the Maine Mall on 6/16 and at
Biddeford Pool on 6/18 seem worth mentioning.
The pair of CAROLINA WRENS continue at and near the
Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth, one continues at Hermit
Island in Phippsburg, and one has been visiting a Cape
Elizabeth yard for about a week and a half now.
13 PRAIRIE WARBLERS were tallied in the high-tension
powerline cut from Sweetser Rd past Fickett Rd in
Pownal (Delorme Map 5: B-5) on 6/17, while a tardy
MOURNING WARBLER was singing in a West Bath yard on
the same day.
A SEASIDE SPARROW was discovered singing in
Scarborough Marsh, in the lower Mill Brook area, on
the 21st.
7 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS flew over the high-tension
powerline cut in Pownal, just northeast of Fickett Rd
on the 17th, while and EVENING GROSBEAK passed through
the Hills Beach neighborhood of Biddeford on the 18th.
* Maine
* Southcoastal
* June 21, 2007
* MESC0706.21
- Species Mentioned:
**BROWN PELICAN**
Long-tailed Duck
Red-throated Loon
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Little Blue Heron
Peregrine Falcon
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER
Lesser Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
LITTLE GULL
Bonaparte’s Gull
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Fish Crow
Carolina Wren
Prairie Warbler
Mourning Warbler
SEASIDE SPARROW
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL
EVENING GROSBEAK
- Transcript:
Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert
(Internet Only).
Date: Thursday, June 21, 2007 compiled at:
5:30pm.
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 sunny days on Fri and Sat
(finally!) with warm temps (cooler along the coast),
scattered showers and thunderstorms (locally strong)
developed on Sun ahead of a pm cold front. Another
cold front Wed pm produced showers throughout the day.
Temps were appropriately above normal (upper 70’s,
normal high in Portland is 74) on the Thursday, the
first day of summer, ahead of an approaching evening
cold front.
Reports were received of a **BROWN PELICAN** seen in
the north side of Casco Bay on 6/17. The bird(s) was
seen off of Sisters Island in Freeport (southwest of
Merepoint; Delorme Map 6: D-2) and off Snow Island in
Harpswell’s Quahog Bay (Delorme Map 6: D-4). No
further reports have been received.
Two drake and one hen LONG-TAILED DUCKS are lingering
off of Phippsburg’s Hermit Island (Delorme Map 6:
E-4), as observed daily 6/19-6/21.
Five RED-THROATED LOONS were off of Seawall Beach in
Phippsburg (Delorme Map 6: E-5) on the 18th.
WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS are now increasing offshore.
NORTHERN GANNETS have been plentiful along the coast,
with a high of 500+ spotted from Hermit Island on the
18th and 19th.
One LITTLE BLUE HERON was at Hermit Island on 6/19,
north of their usual range.
A pair of PEREGRINE FALCONS appear to be breeding
under the Casco Bay Bridge between Portland and South
Portland (Rte 77; Delorme Map 73: F-4), and can often
be observed roosting from the small park at the end of
Waterman St in South Portland.
Two AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS were at Vines Landing in
Biddeford Pool on 6/18, and a single was off of Pine
Point in Scarborough on 6/20.
One LESSER YELLOWLEGS and 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS
were in the salt pannes on the northeast side of the
Eastern Rd Trail through Scarborough Marsh on the
21st. 5 UPLAND SANDPIPERS were observed at the
Kennebunk Plains on the 20th.
A 1st Cycle LITTLE GULL continues – at least
sporadically - at Hill’s Beach in Biddeford, seen
again on the incoming tide on the morning of 6/18,
along with 120 BONAPARTE’S GULLS. Subsequent searches
have failed so far to relocate the bird, however.
A pair of RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS have been observed
carrying food (chunks of suet) daily in a Cape
Elizabeth yard along Sawyer Rd, and on the 21st showed
up at the feeders with two juveniles. Meanwhile, a
pair also continues in yards on Cousin’s Island in
Yarmouth.
Away from known colonies and their respective feeding
ranges, FISH CROWS are few and far between in the
summer, so singles near the Maine Mall on 6/16 and at
Biddeford Pool on 6/18 seem worth mentioning.
The pair of CAROLINA WRENS continue at and near the
Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth, one continues at Hermit
Island in Phippsburg, and one has been visiting a Cape
Elizabeth yard for about a week and a half now.
13 PRAIRIE WARBLERS were tallied in the high-tension
powerline cut from Sweetser Rd past Fickett Rd in
Pownal (Delorme Map 5: B-5) on 6/17, while a tardy
MOURNING WARBLER was singing in a West Bath yard on
the same day.
A SEASIDE SPARROW was discovered singing in
Scarborough Marsh, in the lower Mill Brook area, on
the 21st.
7 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS flew over the high-tension
powerline cut in Pownal, just northeast of Fickett Rd
on the 17th, while and EVENING GROSBEAK passed through
the Hills Beach neighborhood of Biddeford on the 18th.