From: "Linda Woodard" <lwoodard@MAINEAUDUBON.ORG> To: <BIRDEAST@listserv.arizona.edu> Subject: [BIRDEAST] Maine Bird Alert July 11, 2002 Date: Thursday, July 11, 2002 7:40 PM
Date: July 11, 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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Along the Cape Elizabeth waterfront Saturday morning at Kettle Cove there was a 2nd-summer GLAUCOUS GULL on grassy knoll & ledge next to boat ramp.
Two BRANT were seen at Egg Rock in Frenchman's Bay near Bar Harbor on 7/2.
A FOX SPARROW was seen on Roque Island in Eastern Maine.
SHOREBIRDS are starting their fall migration through the state several species were seen at Biddeford Pool, Scarborough marsh and Phippsburg.
York County
Birds at Deer Field Estates in North Berwick included: INDIGO BUNTINGS, SCARLET TANAGERS, PRAIRE WARBLERS, EASTERN WOOD PEWEE, 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS, one GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, and a PURPLE FINCH.
At Goose Rocks there were BONAPARTE'S GULLS and COMMON TERNS.
At the Hills Beach section of Biddeford Pool there was a DUNLIN, 3 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and BONAPARTE'S GULLS. Seen from Eastern Point were several WILSON'S PETRELS, NORTHERN GANNETS, BLACK GUILLEMOTS, and COMMON LOONS.
A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was along the Ferry Road in Saco.
A RED-NECKED GREBE and 3 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen off the Bay View section of Saco.
At the Saco Heath there were PRAIRE, PINE, NASHVILLE and other WARBLERS plus WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, EASTERN TOWHEES, and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS.
Scarborough Marsh Area
At Pine Point there were 2 WHIMBRELS, 4 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and 1 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER. Behind the Pelreco building there were GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, GREAT EGRET, and LITTLE BLUE and TRICOLORED HERON. Along Eastern Road in Scarborough there were 6 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, WILLETS, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, MARSH WREN and both species of SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS.
Out on Stratton Island there were a total of 7 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and nesting COOT. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was found destroying TERN EGGS and killing nestlings. Off shore there were WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS and BLACK GUILLEMOTS.
Greater Portland and western Maine
At Two Lights State Park in Cape Elizabeth a one hour (7-8 am) sea watch from the Lobster Shack produced: 1 JAEGER, probably a Parasitic, 25 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 20 GANNETS, ROSEATE, COMMON and ARCTIC TERNS and 15 COMMON LOONS.
A TENNESEE WARBLER was seen on Macworth Island in Falmouth.
In Lovell there was a BALD EAGLE.
In Sweden there was a SCARLET TANAGER.
In Bridgton there was ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS and CEDAR WAXWINGS.
Over in Wilton there was a CAROLINA WREN, AMERICAN BITTERN, several species of WARBLERS, and a SCARLET TANAGER.
A PRAIRIE WARBLER was seen in Topsham.
Midcoast
In Phippsburg there was a PEREGRINE FALCON. At Seawall Beach near Phippsburg there were 20 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 8 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 6 LEAST SANDPIPERS, and 8 ROSEATE and 20 COMMON TERNS.
At Reid State Park in Georgetown there were PIPING PLOVERS and ROSEATE, COMMON and LEAST TERNS.
A whale watch out of Boothbay saw GREATER and MANX SHEARWATERS and WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS.
Eastern Maine
Report from Bar Harbor included RED-THROATED LOON off South Gouldsboro. Up to 10 COMMON LOONS were seen in Frenchman Bay. NORTHERN FULMARS were seen daily 40 mi SE of Bar Harbor until 7/2 and none after that date. GREATER SHEARWATERS seen daily off Bar Harbor. MANX SHEARWATER were seen on 6/30 12 mi south of Petit Manan Island. SOOTY SHEARWATER were seen 10 mi south of Mt. Desert Rock on 6/29. WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS were seen daily on whale watch trips in Frenchman Bay just off town of Bar Harbor. A few LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS were seen daily on whale watch trips, 2 off Egg Rock in Frenchman Bay 7/2. NORTHERN GANNETS were seen daily both offshore and in Frenchman Bay. GREAT CORMORANTS were seen daily in Frenchman Bay, one carrying nesting material to Thrumcap Island on 7/1. A PARASITIC JAEGER was seen about 20 miles SE of Mt. Desert Rock on 7/3. COMMON TERNS are seen daily at mouth of Frenchman Bay. ARCTIC TERNS were seen off Petit Manan Island daily from morning whale watch trip. Fifteen COMMON MURRES were on Petit Manan Island along with 42 RAZORBILLS, and 80 to 100 ATLANTIC PUFFINS.
A Trip in the CAT ferry from Bar Harbor to Yarmouth NS on 7/8: counted 2 COMMON LOONS, 1500 GREATER SHEARWATER, 12 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 400 WILSON'S STORM PETRELS, 10 LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS, 28 GANNETS, several small flocks of DOWITCHERS, 15 LAUGHING GULLS, 3 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 20 ARCTIC and 50 COMMON TERNS, 4 RAZORBILLS, and 6 PUFFINS.
A BARRED OWL and a COMMON NIGHTHAWK were found in Dennysville.
A GRAY JAY was seen in Cutler.
At Grand Lake Stream there were 2 CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED, and BLACK and WHITE WARBLERS.
A GRAY JAY was in Machiasport and Columbia Falls.
In Township 19 there were 40 UPLAND SANDPIPERS and 60 VESPER SPARROWS.
Birds seen in the Baring Unit of Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge included 3 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS, 1 WILLOW FLYCATCHER, 2 WARBLING VIREOS, 3 GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHERS, 9 VIRGINIA RAILS, 7 SORA, 2 MARSH WRENS, and 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Elsewhere in Moosehorn there was a KESTREL, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, BALD EAGLE, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, and HOODED MERGANSERS.
Central Maine
A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen in Richmond.
MARSH WRENS and EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen in Belgrade.
A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen in Smithfield.
A BALD EAGLE was in Newport.
In Bangor's Penjajawoc Marsh, Wed. July 3, a LEAST BITTERN, 2 GREEN HERONS, a GREAT EGRET, and 4 GREAT BLUE HERONS were seen.
Northern Maine
A BROAD-WINGED HAWK was in Houlton.
A MERLIN was found in Fort Kent.
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