From: "Linda Woodard" <lwoodard@MAINEAUDUBON.ORG>
To: <BIRDEAST@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
Subject:      [BIRDEAST] Bird Alert
Date: Thursday, April 19, 2001 2:06 PM

> Name: Maine Audubon Bird Alert
> Date: April 17, 2001
>
> Area: State of Maine
>
> Number: (207) 781-2332
>
> Compilers: Steve Pollock and Kay Gammons
>
> Transcriber: Maine Audubon (birdalert@maineaudubon.org)
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> A PACIFIC LOON was seen at Two Lights in Cape Elizabeth. Arrivals this
week
> include: AMERICAN BITTERN, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, WINTER WREN, HERMIT
> THRUSH, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, PINE and PALM WARBLERS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS,
> BROAD-WINGED HAWK, BARN and NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, plus several
> species of SPARROWS.
>
> York County
>
> Along Route 236 just south of Marshwood high school there were 26
WOODCOCK,
> 1 pair GREEN- WINGED TEAL, 1 pair BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 HERMIT THRUSH, and a
> singing WINTER WREN.
>
> RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS were in Kittery and Arundel.
>
> A HERMIT THRUSH and a FIELD SPARROW were found in York.
>
> An AMERICAN BITTERN stood in the grass, and then stalked across the salt
> panne at Wells Harbor. A HERMIT THRUSH was seen at Wells Beach. A FISH
CROW
> was at Laudholm Farm.
>
> Four PIPING PLOVER were at Goose Rocks. Near the Clock Farm there were 7
> EASTERN BLUEBIRDS and 12 FOX SPARROWS.
>
> At the Kennebunk Plains there were 2 PALM WARBLERS, plus FIELD SPARROWS,
> EASTERN MEADOWLARKS, and KESTRELS
>
> At Eastpoint in Biddeford Pool there were 90 PURPLE SANDPIPERS. 1 MERLIN,
1
> HERMIT THRUSH, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 2 FOX SPARROWS, 1 RED-THROATED LOON,
and
> 13 BRANT. Twelve ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS were seen in Biddeford. A partial
> list from Hills Beach included: HERMIT THRUSH, 30 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS,
1
> DICKCISSEL, FIELD, CHIPPING and 6 SAVANNAH SPARROWS, and 1 PALM WARBLER.
>
> Sixty COMMON SNIPE, 60 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, and 4 AMERICAN WIGEON were along
> the Boom Road in Saco.
>
> Scarborough Marsh Area
>
> The partial list from Dunstan's Landing included 1 BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, 12
> SNOWY EGRETS, 2 EASTERN PHOEBES, 6 HOODED and 2 COMMON MERGANSERS, 40 and
60
> GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS. Behind the
> Pelreco building there were 1 RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, 20 GLOSSY IBIS, 1
LITTLE
> BLUE HERON, 8 NORTHERN PINTAIL, 60 GREEN-WINGED and 3 BLUE-WINGED TEAL,
and
> 3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS. Elsewhere at the marsh there were: 9 GLOSSY IBIS, 1
> AMERICAN BITTERN, 1 SNOW GOOSE, 2 NORTHERN SHOVERLERS, 6 AMERICAN WIGEON,
2
> GADWALL, 7 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, GREEN-WINGED TEAL (at least 100), PALM
> WARBLER, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, CHIPPING SPARROW, MERLIN,
> BARN SWALLOW, 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS, and 2 SNOW BUNTINGS. In the
> vicinity of Broad Turn Road, Scarborough there were: PALM WARBLER, FOX
> SPARROW, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, and
> WOODCOCK. On Higgin's Beach there were 8 PIPING PLOVER. At Rachel Carson
> National Wildlife Refuge, on 77 near the church there were 5 AMERICAN
> KESTRELS, 1 BALD EAGLE, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, and a pair of GADWALL.
>
> Greater Portland and western Maine
>
> At Two Lights State Park in Cape Elizabeth there were 5 RAZORBILLS.
>
> GREATER and LESSER SCAUP were seen at the Willowdale section of Portland.
A
> GLAUCOUS GULL and a pair of NORTHERN SHOVELERS were at Mill Creek in South
> Portland. A HERMIT THRUSH was at Evergreen Cemetery and a LAUGHING GULL
was
> at the sewage treatment plant. Capisic Pond opened up and hosted a
> BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, and 5 COMMON MERGANSERS.
>
> At Maine Audubon in Falmouth there were 2 HERMIT THRUSH, 1 SNOW GOOSE, and
> an OSPREY.
>
> Three SNOW GEESE were in a cornfield along the Rust Road in Gorham.
>
> Despite a foot of residual snow and cool temperatures, recent south winds
> brought some migrants to the Casco area including: 2 HERMIT THRUSH,
OSPREY,
> YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, CHIPPING SPARROW, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, and the
first
> PINE WARBLER of the year.
>
> Along Rt. 201 in Bowdoin, there was a NORTHERN HARRIER.
>
> In Bridgton this week there were PINE WARBLER, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW,
> EVENING GROSBEAK, BLUEBIRDS, and HOODED MERGANSERS.
>
> Midcoast
>
> Waterfowl on Merrymeeting Bay included: GREEN-WINGED and BLUE-WINGED TEAL,
> PINTAILS, AMERICAN WIGEON, TREE and BARN SWALLOWS, and 12 BALD EAGLES.
>
> In the Bath area, the New Meadows river is showing much more open water as
> well, were 30+ HOODED MERGANSERS, COMMON MERGANSERS, 6 COMMON GOLDENEYE,
and
> 11 RING-NECK DUCKS. An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Stinson factory in
Bath.
>
> Fourteen COMMON SNIPE were found in Winterport.
>
> Out on Monhegan Island there were MERLIN, PALM WARBLER, YELLOW-BELLIED
> SAPSUCKER, FOX and SAVANNAH SPARROW, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, and HERMIT
> THRUSH.
>
> Eastern Maine
>
> In the Bar Harbor/Acadia area the following were seen: 2 pair of HARLEQUIN
> DUCKS, a TREE SWALLOW, VEERY, HERMIT THRUSH, PURPLE SANDPIPERS,
RING-NECKED
> DUCKS, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, COMMON MERGANSERS, PEREGRINE FALCON, and
> YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER.
>
> In Machiasport on the shores of Machias Bay the first OSPREY arrived.
>
> At Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge there were WOOD DUCKS, GREEN-WINGED
> TEALS, PINTAILS, AMERICAN BITTERN, COMMON and HOODED MERGANSERS,
RING-NECKED
> DUCKS, OSPREY, KESTRELS, and HARRIERS.
>
> Central Maine
>
> In Lewiston a PHOEBE, HERMIT THRUSH, and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW were
seen.
>
> A WINTER WREN was in Turner.
>
> Seen in Richmond this week were 2 SNOW GEESE, 6 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 1 PINE
> WARBLER, HERMIT THRUSH, and FOX and CHIPPING SPARROWS.
>
> A CAROLINA WREN was in Augusta today. Also in Augusta there were
> BROAD-WINGED HAWK, PALM WABLER, BLACK and WHITE WARBLER, GREAT-CRESTED
> FLYCATCHER, and a SWAMP SPARROW.
>
> In Manchester there was a PALM WARBLER, while in Winthrop there were 8
> RING-NECK DUCKS, and in Readfield 2 WOOD DUCK, 1 COMMON SNIPE, and 4
HOODED
> MERGANSERS. Three GADWALL and 2 PIED-BILLED GREBES were in Belgrade.
>
> In Waterville this week there were 68 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, and a NORTHERN
> ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW.
>
> Arrivals in Dixmont included WINTER WREN, HERMIT THRUSH, and TREE SWALLOW.
>
> A COMMON LOON was on mostly icebound Plymouth Pond.
>
> A flock of SNOW GEESE were reported in a Hermon near Bangor field.
>
> At the Orrington Marsh at the bridge there were 5 OSPREY, 3 BALD EAGLES,
and
> 2 COMMON LOONS.
>
> Along route 6 from Lincoln to Lambert Lake produced about 25 WHITE-WINGED
> CROSSBILLS, a hundred PINE SISKINS, a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, a RED-SHOULDERED
> HAWK, and 6 EVENING GROSBEAKS.
>
> Northern Maine
>
> Observed in Houlton were FOX SPARROW, KILLDEER, NORTHERN HARRIER, 20 TREE
> SWALLOWS, AMERICAN KESTREL, and YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER.
>
> In Fort Kent there were 50 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS.
>
> A KILLDEER was seen in Ashland.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Linda Woodard
> Maine Audubon Society
> 20 Gilsland Farm Rd
> Falmouth, Maine 04105
> lwoodard@maineaudubon.org
>

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