From: "Linda Woodard" <lwoodard@MAINEAUDUBON.ORG> To: <BIRDEAST@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU> Subject: [BIRDEAST] Bird Alert March 6, 2001 Date: Friday, March 09, 2001 1:58 PM
Name: Maine Audubon Bird Alert
Date: March 6, 2001
Area: State of Maine
Number: (207) 781-2332
Compilers: Steve Pollock and Kay Gammons
Transcriber: Maine Audubon (birdalert@maineaudubon.org)
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The NORTHERN HAWK OWL was present in one of the maple trees on the corner of Goodhue and Tiffany Road on Sunday in Sidney on March 4, 2001.
York County
Bird sightings at Kittery Point included 1 immature NORTHERN SHRIKE and 2 GREAT CORMORANTS. On Sea Point Beach were 12 AMERICAN PIPITS foraging in and around the washed up sea lettuce and 30 BRANT in the north cove just north of the point.
At the Nubble Light in York there was a THICK-BILLED MURRE, 1 RED-NECKED GREBE, 4 DOVKIES. Also in York at the Cliff House there were 15 or so HARLEQUIN DUCKS, and BLACK GUILLEMOT.
There was a pair of HARLEQUIN DUCKS at East Point and 4 BRANT at Biddeford pool.
Behind the Salmon Club in Saco there was a drake BARROWS GOLDENEYE.
Greater Portland and western Maine
At Scarborough Marsh the following birds were seen: two COMMON and 3 HOODED MERGANSERS, many COMMON EIDER, COMMON GOLDENEYE, RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, and CANADA GEESE.
This week at Two Lights State Park in Cape Elizabeth there was 1 GREAT CORMORANT. At Portland Head Light there were 2 PIED-BILLED GEBES and 2 RAZORBILLS.
Two Carolina WRENS were seen off Forest Ave, in Portland at a feeder.
A BARRED OWL was seen on Ledgewood Drive in Yarmouth.
A NORTHERN PINTAIL was down at Land's End in Harpswell.
An AMERICAN KESTRAL was seen in Auburn off the Maine Turnpike.
Central Maine
On the Penobscot River in Bangor, there were 2 ICELAND GULLS, one adult and one first-winter bird.
Seven CEDAR and a small flock of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were in Orono.
Thiry SNOW BUNTINGS were seen in Manchester on Old Belgrade Road.
Midcoast
At Hog Island and vicinity there were 15 PURPLE FINCH. Near the Bremen town office there were 2 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS.
There were about 400 RUDDY DUCKS at Fort Point Cove in Stockton Springs on Saturday 3/3/01. They were in 2 groups and way out. Directions: Take the East Cape Rd. onto Cape Jellison and just where the road turns 90 degrees there is a small gravel parking lot on left (just to the right of a house and garage) with great views of the cove.
A pair of PEREGRINE FALCONS were seen at Stinson factory at Prospect Harbor on March 4. They were team hunting, male flushed pigeons from roof, female came from other direction and took one pigeon. Both birds plucked and ate it on rocks along shore. Gulls and crows ignored the hunting and then feeding peregrines. Included with the gulls were 4 GLAUCOUS and 6 ICELAND GULLS.
There were 50+ NORTHEN GANNETS along Ocean Drive Acadia National Park on March 7th.
Ten plus AMERICAN ROBINS were at feeders in Bar Harbor, along with 8 PURPLE FINCH, 25+ GOLDFINCH, 2 HOUSE FINCH, and 6 TREE SPARROWS. Also in Bar Harbor, BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES have begun courting.
If you are sending in sighting information please give directions. Many people have been asking for detailed information on where to see a bird and we can only pass along this information if it is sent to us. For your convenience we now have a bird reporting form on our web site http://www.maineaudubon.org/nature/birdalert/balert_frm.html
Thank You.
Linda Woodard Maine Audubon Society 20 Gilsland Farm Rd Falmouth, Maine 04105 lwoodard@maineaudubon.org
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