From: "Linda Woodard" <lwoodard@MAINEAUDUBON.ORG>
To: <BIRDEAST@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
Subject:      [BIRDEAST] Maine Bird Alert October 2, 2001
Date: Friday, October 05, 2001 5:06 PM
Name: Maine Audubon Bird Alert
Date: October 2, 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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A WESTERN TANAGER was seen in the Cushing area. Another WESTERN TANAGER was
found on Monhegan Island along with 2 CLAY-COLORED and a LARK SPARROW,
CONNECTICUT and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, 2 YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS, BLUE
GROSBEAK, and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. Two LARK SPARROWS were found at the
Sanford sewage treatment plant on the first. On Roque Island there was an
ALDER FLYCATCHER. A CASPIAN TERN was at Popham Beach.
Maine Audubon Society's annual Fall Gulf of Maine Pelagic trip from 6am-1pm
out of Bar Harbor, Maine aboard the Friendship V jet-powered catamaran
visited the waters around Mt. Desert Rock (~25 miles offshore) and the
southern Grand Manan banks (~ 70 miles east of Bar Harbor) and recorded the
following: 1 RED-THROATED LOON, 65 NORTHERN FULMARS, 1 GREAT SKUA, 2 SOOTY,
130 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 2 LEACH'S PETRELS, 86 NORTHERN GANNETS, 10 GREAT
CORMORANTS, 1 PEREGRINE, 1 MERLIN, 1 KESTREL, 7 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 1
SANDERLING, 300 RED and 35 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES plus 35 unidentified
PHALAROPES, 1 POMARINE JAEGER, 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 1 GLAUCOUS GULL,
1 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, 11 ATLANTIC PUFFINS, and 2 RAZORBILLS.
York County
At Laudholm Farm in Wells, there were BLACKPOLL WARBLER and 1 SAW-WHET OWL.
On the Little River marsh there was a GREAT EGRET, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 1
WHIMBREL, 2 WILLETS, DOWITCHERS, and on the beach there were SANDERLINGS.
In Berwick there was a small flight of WARBLERS which included: NORTHERN
PARULA, 4 YELLOW-RUMPED, 2 PALM, 6 BLACKPOLLS, 1 MAGNOLIA, 1 NASHVILLE, 2
COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, and 1 YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. Other birds included:
SWAINSON'S THRUSH, 2 SWAMP and many WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS.
A at the Sanford treatment plant there were 24 CANADA GEESE, 10-15
BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 50+ GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 10 HOODED MERGANSERS, 4 NORTHERN
PINTAIL, and a male GREATER SCAUP. Also seen were 2 SOLITARY, 2 SPOTTED and
1 STILT SANDPIPER, 1 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, 4 GREATER, and 20 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS.
Scarborough Marsh Area
At Scarborough marsh this past week there were 2 lingering GLOSSY IBIS, 6
SNOWY and 2 GREAT EGRETS, 1 MERLIN, and 1 SAVANNAH "IPSWICH" SPARROW. Behind
the Pelreco building at Pine Point there were 1 TRICOLORED HERON, 6 GREATER
and 8 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 MERLIN, and 1 RUSTY BLACKBIRD. On Pine Point
Beach there was a WESTERN SANDPIPER, 1 DUNLIN, and 12 WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS.
Greater Portland and western Maine
A ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was seen in Cape Elizabeth.
A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was at the Willowdale section of Portland. At
Spurwink Cemetery there were WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and 20 to 30 DARK-EYED
JUNCOS. At Back Cove in Portland there were 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, 2
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, and a WHIMBREL. At Evergreen Cemetery there was a
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, a CAROLINA and a WINTER WREN, and 2 SWAINSON'S THRUSH.
In Sebago there was a SOLITARY SANDPIPER and 6 HOODED MERGANSERS. Good birds
in Fryeburg this week included RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, HERMIT THRUSH, SAVANNAH
and WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, AMERICAN PIPITS, and others.
Midcoast
In Georgetown there was a SNOWY EGRET and 1 GRAY-CHEEKED and 1 HERMIT
THRUSH.
At Popham Beach in Phippsburg there was a DUNLIN and a SANDERLING.
Eastern Maine
GRAY JAYS and BOREAL CHICKADEES were seen in Indian Township.
On Roque Island there were STILT SANDPIPER, NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW,
SPRUCE GROUSE, and a PIED-BILLED GREBE
Central Maine
The list from Turner included 50 AMERICAN PIPITS, 35 HORNED LARKS, 1 GOLDEN
PLOVER, 1 VESPER SPARROW, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS.
In Waterville this week there were 15 AMERICAN PIPITS, 2 NORTHERN PARULA and
1 PALM WARBLERS, 2 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, and 1 SWAINSON'S THRUSH.
A NASHVILLE and a YELLOW WARBLER were seen in Winslow.
On Sebasticook Lake there were 2 SOLITARY, 1 PECTORAL and 1 LEAST
SANDPIPERS, 4 AMERICAN WIGEON, 2 RUDDY DUCKS, 4 NORTHERN PINTAIL, 20
BLUE-WINGED and 150 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, and a RED-NECKED GREBE.
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS and EASTERN BLUEBIRDS were in Dixmont.
The following species were found at the Penjajawoc Marsh in Bangor on the
30th: 4 MARSH WRENS, 1 LEAST BITTERN, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, BLUE-WINGED and
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, and 6 GREAT BLUE HERONS.
A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen at the Fields Pond Nature Center in
Orrington.
A pair of CAROLINA WRENS appeared at an Orono feeder.
Northern Maine
In Houlton there were GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, 3 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, and a
WOOD THRUSH.
In Fort Kent there were COMMON LOONS, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, and DARK EYED
JUNCOS.

Linda Woodard
Maine Audubon Society
20 Gilsland Farm Rd
Falmouth, Maine 04105
lwoodard@maineaudubon.org
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