From: "Linda Woodard"
<lwoodard@MAINEAUDUBON.ORG>
To: <BIRDEAST@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
Subject: [BIRDEAST] Maine Bird Alert July 23, 2003
Date: Friday, July 25, 2003 9:45 PM
Name: Maine Audubon Bird Alert
Date: July 23, 2003
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 BLACK-NECKED STILT was seen on the flats in Lubec on
the 15th.
York County
At Gooserocks beach in Kennebunk there were PIPING
PLOVERS, 30 BONAPARTE'S
GULLS, 3 LEAST TERNS, SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS and
SANDPIPERS.
The monthly Biddeford Pool survey turned up 46 WILSON'S
STORM-PETRELS, 5
WHIMBREL, 7 WILLETS, SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, SANDERLINGS,
SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 3
LAUGHING GULLS, COMMON TERNS, SAVANNAH SPARROWS,
GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER,
YELLOW WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, CEDAR WAXWINGS,
BANK, TREE and
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, and a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER.
Greater Portland and western Maine
A LITTLE GULL was among BONAPARTE'S GULLS on Pine Point
Beach. Numerous
small SHOREBIRDS are behind the Pelreco building at Pine
Point. At Pine
Point there were 2 RED KNOTS, 3 WHIMBREL, and
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS. At
the Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center there were
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS and
PLOVERS, LEAST SANDPIPERS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, OSPREY,
SHORT-BELLIED
DOWITCHERS, GREAT EGRETS, LITTLE BLUE HERON and still
singing both species
of SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS. Two adult and 13 young TURKEYS
were reported from
the Willowdale area of Scarborough.
A pair of ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen along Fore River
Trail (as opposed to
Fore River Sanctuary), in Portland. The birds were seen
from a short
boardwalk leading to Fore River from Hobart Street, short
distance from
where street branches off outer Congress Street. A GLOSSY
IBIS was seen at
Back Cove.
A BARRED OWL was seen in North Waterford.
Central Maine
A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was seen in Belgrade.
An AMERICAN BITTERN and BLACK TERNS were seen on
Messalonski Lake.
COMMON NIGHTHAWKS and a WOOD THRUSH were seen in Dixmont.
On Plymouth Pond there were 6 adult and 1 immature COMMON
LOON. A SCARLET
TANAGER was nearby.
Northern Maine
In Houlton this past week there were BALD EAGLE, NORTHERN
FLICKERS, AMERICAN
BITTERN, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, AMERICAN KESTREL, WINTER
WREN, CEDAR WAXWINGS,
OVENBIRD, and ROSE-BREASTED and EVENING GROSBEAKS.
Midcoast
A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen in Georgetown.
At Reid State Park
there were PIPING PLOVERS and LEAST TERNS.
Eighty SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 6 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 2
WHIMBREL, 2
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 6 SANDERLINGS and 15
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS were at
Seawall Beach in Phippsburg.
An albino GREATER YELLOWLEGS was seen on Westkeag marsh
in Thomaston.
Eastern Maine
A foggy week resulted in reduced numbers of offshore
sightings but there
were still a few. A NORTHERN FULMAR was seen 25 miles
southeast of Mt.
Desert Rock on 7/17. GREATER, SOOTY, and MANX SHEARWATERS
were seen up
inside Frenchman Bay in the fog on 7/19. WILSON'S
STORM-PETRELS were seen to
within 100 ft. of shore along Ocean Drive in Acadia NP on
7/16, 18-19. The
first NORTHERN GANNET seen in two weeks was an immature
bird at the mouth of
Frenchman Bay on 7/20. GREAT BLUE HERONS are seen daily as the fly from
ponds on Mt. Desert Island to the heronry on Turtle
Island, seven miles
distant and across salt water. There is a second hatch of
COMMON EIDERS at
Egg Rock with flocks now showing both fully feathered
fledglings and downy
chicks. The OSPREY mentioned in other reports that has
been incubating on
the nest on Yellow Island daily since 5/10 is now feeding
chicks. Up to six
BALD EAGLES are seen daily with a pair at the Sheep
Porcupine Island nest
every day this past week. This nest has been empty up to
this week but
whether or not they are attempting a late nesting is not
known at this time.
Three of the four PEREGRINE FALCON fledglings were
sitting in a dead tree in
the middle of the DOUBLE-CRESETED CORMORANT colony on
Thrumcap Island. Small
flocks of RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 10-20 birds, were seen
20 miles south of
Schoodic Pt. on 7/16.
A female SPRUCE GROUSE and 6 chicks were at the Great
Wass Island Nature
Conservancy area. Two BOREAL CHICKADEES were along the
Mudhole Trail at the
reserve as well. At Grand Lake Stream there were both RED
and WHITE-WINGED
CROSSBILLS. YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS were seen at
Quoddy Head. NELSON'S
SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS were seen at the barrier in South
Lubec.
Upcoming Maine Audubon Trips- Please call 207-781-2330,
ext 215 or email
lledoux@maineaudubon.org for more information or to make
reservations.
Bird walks are offered every Wednesday morning at the
Scarborough Marsh
Audubon Center at 7:00 a.m. No reservations are necessary
for these walks.
Call 883-5100 for prices and for more information on the
bird walks and all
the other programs offered at the center.
Puffin Cruise III
With its colorful, clown-like face and oversized bill,
the Atlantic puffin
is a most charismatic seabird. Nearly extirpated from the
Maine coast 30
years ago, this species has staged a significant comeback
thanks to the
efforts of dedicated biologists who re-established the
birds' breeding
colonies. Now puffins return each year to nest on a
handful of offshore
Maine islands. This ever-popular evening boat ride sails
out of New Harbor
to Eastern Egg Rock, the southernmost and most accessible
puffin breeding
colony in Maine. In addition to the puffins, other alcids
such as black
guillemot and common murre are good possibilities for
sighting, as well as
gannets, terns and shorebirds.
The trip is timed with the sunset and the rise of the
moon, making for
the perfect opportunity to combine birding and a lovely
summer evening
on the Maine coast.
From New Harbor Friday, August 1 6:30-9 p.m. Led by Pete
Salmansohn
$27/member, $35/nonmember Limited to 75 participants
Linda Woodard
Maine Audubon
20 Gilsland Farm Rd
Falmouth, Maine
207-781-2330 ext. 213
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