From: "Linda Woodard" <lwoodard@MAINEAUDUBON.ORG> To: <BIRDEAST@listserv.arizona.edu> Subject: [BIRDEAST] Maine Bird Alert 3/12/02 Date: Saturday, March 16, 2002 2:29 PM
Name: Maine Audubon Bird Alert Date: March 12, 2002 Area: State of Maine Number: (207) 781-2332 Compilers: Steve Pollock and Kay Gammons Transcriber: Maine Audubon (birdalert@maineaudubon.org) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arrivals this week included KILLDEER in the southern part of the state along with EASTERN BLUEBIRDS. Two HERMIT THRUSH were early migrants in the Portland area. The waterfowl migration is just sputtering along with very few numbers being reported. BALD EAGLES and TURKEY VULTURES were very widely reported this past week. PEREGRINE FALCONS and NORTHERN HARRIERS are moving into the state in small numbers. RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS arrived locally in Northern Maine.
York County A flock of 20 WILD TURKEYS were seen in Alfred.
A HARLEQUIN DUCK and a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE were at the Cliff House in Ogunquit.
At the Moody Division of Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge in Wells, there were 3 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 AMERICAN WIGEON, 4 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS, 20 COMMON REDPOLLS, and 6 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS. Elsewhere in Wells there was a NORTHERN PINTAIL, 2 COMMON MERGANSERS, and DARK-EYED JUNCOS.
SAW-WHET OWLS were calling for the first time this year in North Berwick.
In Kennebunk this past week there were 2 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS and a SONG SPARROW. A KING EIDER was seen off Ocean Avenue in Kennebunk Beach. In Cape Porpoise there was a KILLDEER, 1 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, and a GREAT HORNED OWL.
At the Hills Beach section of Biddeford Pool there were EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 5 BRANT, and COMMON MERGANSERS.
Along the Boom Road in Saco there was a pair of AMERICAN WIGEON and a KILLDEER. A COMMON REDPOLL and 35 TURKEYS were along Smutty Lane in Saco. At the Saco Yacht Club there were 3 SCAUP, HOODED and COMMON MERGANSERS. A pair of WIGEON was on the marsh below Laurel Hill Cemetery in Saco. Also at Laurel Hill there were 75 CEDAR WAXWINGS, 1 WOOD DUCK, and a BALD EAGLE. Fourteen TURKEY VULTURES were counted along Route 1 in Saco.
Greater Portland and western Maine A SHORT-EARED OWL was near the end of Old Neck Road in Scarborough. You can drive down to the end of Old Neck Road, where there's a good vantage point over the Marsh there. A PEREGRINE FALCON and a NORTHERN HARRIER were at Scarborough marsh. At Seavey's Landing at Pine Point there was a ROUGH- LEGGED HAWK and a TURKEY. A BROWN CREEPER was at the Willowdale section of Scarborough. At different times there was a pair and up to 12 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2 NORTHERN PINTAIL, and 1 GREAT BLUE HERON at Dunstan Landing in Scarborough. A KILLDEER was at Grondin Pond in Scarborough. A SCAUP, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE, and 2 HOODED MERGANSERS were at Prout's Pond off Pleasant Hill Road in Scarborough.
A PEREGRINE FALCON and a PILEATED WOODPECKER were along Woodland Road in Cape Elizabeth.
A pair of HOODED MERGANSERS were in Forest City Cemetery in South Portland. An ICELAND GULL was at Willard Beach in South Portland.
Approximately 50 CEDAR WAXWINGS and a HERMIT THRUSH were at Evergreen Cemetery in Portland. Another HERMIT THRUSH was at East End Beach in Portland.
In Westbrook a NORTHERN PINTAIL was seen off Scott Drive. Also in Westbrook there was a male GREEN-WINGED TEAL.
Signs of Spring in Wilton included a TURKEY VULTURE and a RED WINGED- BLACKBIRD. Also in Wilton were 200 COMMON REDPOLLS, 16 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS, and 1 EASTERN BLUEBIRD.
Along the Androscoggin River from Jay to Dixfield, the list included 5 BALD EAGLES, 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 36 COMMON MERGANSERS, 9 HOODED MERGANSERS, 14 COMMON GOLDENEYES, and 2 KILLDEER.
Over in Raymond there was a flock of 200+ COMMON REDPOLLS.
Two different AMERICAN WOODCOCK were calling in the woods in Durham.
Central Maine A flock of approximately 75 COMMON REDPOLLS were at a feeder, along with an EVENING GROSBEAK in Bowdoin Center.
In down town Farmington there was a flock of COMMON REDPOLLS.
Thirty COMMON REDPOLLS were seen in Belgrade.
EASTERN BLUEBIRDS were checking out nesting boxes near Pittston.
A BELTED KINGFISHER arrived in Newport.
EASTERN BLUEBIRDS arrived in Hampden.
A flock of COMMON GRACKLES were seen in Eddington on RT 9.
A male NORTHERN HARRIER and a GLAUCOUS GULL were seen again last week at Bangor Mental Health Institute in Bangor.
Northern Maine
The list from Houlton this week included 100 COMMON REDPOLLS, 4 EVENING GROSBEAKS, 2 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, 8 DARK-EYED JUNCOS, 1 NORTHERN CARDINAL,1 COOPER'S HAWK, and a BALD EAGLE.
In Woodland this week there was a RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD.
In Easton there was a dark morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK.
In Fort Kent this past week there were 2 GRAY JAYS and 3 PINE GROSBEAKS.
Midcoast Four TURKEY VULTURES were seen in Camden along with a WHITE -THROATED SPARROW.
A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen in Damariscotta Mills. A HERMIT THRUSH has been present for a while in Pemaquid.
A pair of RUDDY DUCKS were at the town pier in Searsport.
Eastern Maine Eight or 9 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS along with a few COMMON REDPOLLS were near Hancock Point.
In the Lucerne and Sedgwick areas approximately one mile north of the Lucerne Inn on Rt.1A on the east side of the road roosting in a poplar tree there were 34 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS. Over the Blueberry Barrens on Pertville Road in Sedgwick there was 1 male NORTHERN GOSHAWK.
A SNOWY OWL was seen in Frenchboro.
Two PURPLE FINCHES, a male and a female, some COMMON REDPOLLS and a flock of about 30 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were reported on the University of Maine Machias campus.
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