From: Linda Woodard <lwoodard@MAINEAUDUBON.ORG> Subject: [BIRDEAST] Maine Bird Alert May 30, 2002 To: BIRDEAST@listserv.arizona.edu
Name: Maine Audubon Bird Alert
Date: May 30, 2002
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 GOLDEN EAGLE was reported over the Bangor airport in Bangor.
The migration continues to be strong with the number of WARBLER, VIREO, FLYCATCHERS and other passerines being markedly more abundant than in previous weeks of May.
York County
At the Kennebunk Plains there were PRAIRIE WARBLER, VESPER and GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, and UPLAND SANDPIPER.
At Goose Rocks there were 8 PIPING and 18 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 8 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and 8 LEAST SANDPIPERS.
The list from Cape Porpoise was quite extensive. Highlights included BALTIMORE ORIOLE, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, PURPLE FINCH, INDIGO BUNTING, WILSON’S WARBLER, GREAT HORNED OWL, WHIP-POOR-WILL, GLOSSY IBIS, GREAT-CREASTED FLYCATCHER, NORTHERN HARRIER, and RED-TAILED HAWK.
SHOREBIRDS at Biddeford Pool included at least 228 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 130 DUNLIN, 75 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, RUDDY TURNSTONES, LEAST SANDPIPERS, 1 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, SANDERLING, and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER. Other birds at the pool included NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH and other WARBLERS, BANK SWALLOWS, and 6 BLACK GUILLEMOTS.
In Saco a LOUISANA WATERTHRUSH was at Laurel Hill Cemetery. At various localities in Saco there were various species of WARBLERS, COMMON NIGHTHAWKS and several species of FLYCATCHERS.
Greater Portland and western Maine
The 3rd annual Maine Audubon Birdathon in the Portland area recorded 145 species, including LITTLE GULL, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, RED KNOT, CAROLINA WREN, ORCHARD ORIOLE, and 20 species of WARBLERS.
Behind the Pelreco building at Pine Point in Scarborough there was a female NORTHERN SHOVELER, 1 female and 2 male WILSON’S PHALAROPES, SALT MARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROW, TRI-COLORED HERON, CLIFF SWALLOWS, VIRGINIA RAIL, and MARSH WREN. Elsewhere at Pine Point there were 2 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, 1 LITTLE GULL, 8 BRANT, BONAPARTE’S GULLS, 2 LAUGHING GULLS, COMMON TERNS, RUDDY TURNSTONES, LEAST and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, WILLOW, ALDER FLYCATCHERS, and OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER. Along Avenue 4 there was an ORCHARD ORIOLE. EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Pleasant Hill Road in Scarborough.
ROSE-BREASTED and EVENING GROSBEAKS were at Broad Cove in Cape Elizabeth along with 2 CAROLINA WRENS and 8 LAUGHING GULLS. An ORCHARD ORIOLE and 2 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS were seen at Spurwink Cemetery in Cape Elizabeth.
At various times 10 to 18 species of WARBLERS, including a MOURNING, were seen at Hinckley Park in South Portland.
At Evergreen Cemetery in Portland there were LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, MOURNING and BLACKPOLL WARBLER, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, and VEERY and WOOD THUSH. Four COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were at Back Cove. An ORCHARD and BALTIMORE ORIOLES, plus SORA, VIRGINIA RAIL, GREEN HERON and MARSH WRENS were at Capisic Pond along with several WARBLER species.
In Gray on Route 115 there was a BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and a WHIP-POOR- WILL was heard.
An EASTERN TOWHEE and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS were at Highland Lake in Bridgton.
A GRAY JAY was seen in Sweden.
At Brownfield Bog there was a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, and SCARLET TANAGER.
Our reporter in Wilton saw several species of WARBLERS, plus BROAD- WINGED HAWK, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, and GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER.
Central Maine
TENNESSEE and MOURNING WARBLERS were among other WARBLER species seen in Turner along with a BANK SWALLOW.
An EASTERN TOWHEE was seen in Auburn.
Three BLACK TERNS were at Plymouth Pond.
Three RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS were seen at the Bangor airport.
A HOUSE WREN was in Orono.
A MERLIN was in Old Town.
Northern Maine
Seen this weekend in Millinocket area 12 warbler species, 3 VIREOS including PHILADELPHIA, plus MERLIN, OSPREY, BALD EAGLE, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, SCARLET TANAGER, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER.
Good birds in Houlton included ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, and other WARBLERS, and RUBY- THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS.
The following birds were seen in Fort Kent: BLACK & WHITE WARBLER, WOOD THRUSH, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, BLACKBURNIAN, and NASHVILLE WARBLER. On the 24th a SCARLET TANAGER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, LEAST FLYCATCHER and AMERICAN REDSTART were seen, while on the 25th a PHILLADELPHIA VIREO, CAPE MAY WARBLER, OVENBIRD, VEERY, and a GREAT-CREASTED FLYCATACHER were seen.
In Saint Francis a GRAY CATBIRD, CHIPPING SPARROW, TENNESSEE WARBLER, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE were seen.
Midcoast
Rarities on Monhegan this week included CLAY-COLORED and LARK SPARROW, WHITE-EYED VIREO, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, HOODED WARBLER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, and COMMON MURRE. The birds there were far more abundant than the past couple of years. We probably saw 6 - 800 PARULA and 300 - 400 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, a few CAPE MAY and TENNESSEE and 2 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS, over 100 each of ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, and BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
A SWAINSON’S THRUSH and an EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE were in Georgetown.
A lingering ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was in Phippsburg.
Eastern Maine
Off Eastern Egg Rock there were COMMON, ROSEATE and ARCTIC TERNS and 10 ATLANTIC PUFFINS.
On Mount Desert Island there were GREAT CORMORANT, PEREGRINE FALCON, PINE SISKIN, and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. Along with HARLEQUIN DUCK, PURPLE SANDPIPER, and LAUGHING GULL.
Fifty-eight species were seen at Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge near Calais. Among this list were CAPE MAY WARBLER, RING-NECKED DUCKS, and WARBLING VIREO.
Three TURKEY VULTURES and an INDIGO BUNTING were seen in Kossuth.
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