From: "Linda Woodard" <lwoodard@MAINEAUDUBON.ORG>

To: <BIRDEAST@listserv.arizona.edu>

Subject: [BIRDEAST] Maine Bird Alert 4/22/03

Date: Saturday, April 26, 2003 8:19 AM

Name: Maine Audubon Bird Alert

Date: 4/22/03

Compilers: Kay Gammons and Steve Pollock

Transcribers: Maine Audubon (birdalert@maineaudubon.org)

In York there were FOX and CHIPPING SPARROWS, HERMIT THRUSH, 2 PIPING

PLOVERS, BARN and TREE SWALLOWS, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, PINE and PALM

WARBLERS, and 7 BRANT. Elsewhere in York there was a CAROLINA WREN and a

PURPLE FINCH.

Along the Mousam River in Wells, there were OSPREY, RED-TAILED HAWK, BELTED

KINGFISHER, FOX SPARROWS, FIELD SPARROWS, WOOD DUCK (pair), PILEATED

WOODPECKER, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, TREE SWALLOWS, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, PINE

WARLBERS, and EASTERN TOWHEES.

At Biddeford Pool, at the pool inlet, there were WHITE-WINGED and BLACK

SCOTERS. Near the golf course entrance there were a pair of HARLEQUIN

DUCKS, HORNED GREBE, SURF SCOTERS, and PURPLE SANDPIPERS. On Wood Island

there were 6 BRANT, RED-NECKED GREBE, and GREAT CORMORANT. On the fresh

water pond there were 4 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS. On Friday, 4/18 at

Rotary Park in Biddeford there were PINE, PALM, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS,

RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS and a pair of displaying RED-TAILED HAWKS.

Greater Portland and western Maine

At Pelreco on Scarborough Marsh there were a pair of BLUE-WINGED TEALS, 2

pairs of NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 2 LITTLE BLUE HERONS, many GLOSSY IBIS, 4

GADWALLL, NORTHERN HARRIER, KILLDEER, and SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. Along Eastern

Road there were 3 GADWALL, 7 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, RUBY and GOLDEN-CROWNED

KINGLETS, SAVANNAH SPARROW, and SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Also in Scarborough

there were 9 PIPING PLOVERS on Higgins Beach at low tide. On Fowler Road

Extension on 4/22, just before noon, were many CHIPPING SPARROW and 1 PALM

WARBLER.

A BROWN THRASHER was at Two Lights in Cape Elizabeth.

At Evergreen Cemetery in Portland there were BROWN CREEPERS, HERMIT THRUSH,

YELLOW-RUMPED WARLBER, RUBY and GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, TURKEYS, PINE and

PALM WARBLERS, and 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. In Capisic Pond also in

Portland, there were HOODED MERGANSERS and a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON. At

the old railroad bridge in Portland Harbor, there were 15 LAUGHING GULLS and

one OSPREY has been seen in the nest closest to shore. An ICELAND GULL was

at East End Beach.

A female NORTHERN HARRIER flew up the shoreline of Flying Point in Freeport

In Pownal there were CHIPPING SPARROWS and an AMERICAN KESTREL.

Midcoast

Along Sam Day Hill Rd. in Phippsburg, there were 2 PALM WARBLERS, a pair of

WOOD DUCKS, 2 CHIPPING SPARROWS, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, SONG and CHIPPING

SPARROWS, and YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER

On Weskeag marsh in Thomaston there were 14 AMERICAN WIGEON, 2 GADWALL, a

pair of PINTAILS, 3 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 NORTHERN SHOVELER, 7 GREATER

YELLOWLEGS, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, and MERLIN.

Three NORTHERN SHOVELERS were seen in Union.

At Clary Hill there were VESPER and SAVANNAH SPARROWS.

In Rockland, below the Baptist Church, there was a BLACK-HEADED GULL.

At Pemaquid Point there was a KING EIDER and 12 LAUGHING GULLS.

On Monhegan there were PALM and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, RUBY and

GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, FOX, CHIPPING, SAVANNAH, WHITE THROATED and SONG

SPARROWS, CEDAR WAXWINGS, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, NORTHERN HARRIER, and

EASTERN BLUEBIRD.

Eastern Maine

In the vicinity of Mt. Desert Island and Bar Harbor, NORTHERN FLICKERS

experienced a large increase since last week. Also seen were EASTERN PHOEBE,

which also slightly increased since last week. Other notables around Acadia

National Park included WINTER WREN and 20 HERMIT THRUSH. At the Bass Harbor

Marsh, there were PALM WARBLERS, INDIGO BUNTING, CHIPPING and FOX SPARROWS,

and 6 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. Non-migrants in Acadia National Park included:

GRAY JAY, BOREAL CHICKADEE, and PEREGRINE FALCONS (three pair on territory).

Seen from the Woods Hole research ship Albatross while trawling around Mount

Desert Rock, were NORTHERN FULMAR, and RAZORBILLS.

A VESPER SPARROW was seen here on Pertville Road in Sedgewick.

Central Maine

At the Pine State Arboretum in Augusta there was a pair of WILSON'S SNIPE.

A TREE SWALLOW and a TURKEY VULTURE were seen in Turner.

PALM, PINE, YELLOW-RUMPED and BLACK AND WHITE WARBLERS were in the vanguard

of the warbler migration in the Bangor area on April 19.

Northern Maine

The list from Houlton included AMERICAN WOODCOCK, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER,

GOSHAWK, NORTHERN HARRIER, NORTHERN FLICKER, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and 4

TREE SWALLOWS.

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