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

To: <BIRDEAST@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Subject: [BIRDEAST] Maine Bird Alert 7/28/03

Date: Saturday, August 02, 2003 2:09 PM

Name: Maine Audubon Bird Alert

Date: July 28, 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 WHITE-WINGED DOVE has been showing up regularly (July 25, 26, 27, 28) at

feeders in the Orchard Hills neighborhood of Bangor, which is off Broadway

on the right, about a mile from I-95.

A GREAT EGRET was seen in northern Maine in a frog pond along the Hughes

Road in the town of Mapleton.

SANDHILL CRAINES have been seen in a field in Leeds. To get there, take 202

out of Lewiston and turn left on 106. Go 5.2 miles and the field is on the

left. It is a bright green field with short plants in it. The birds do

sometimes go into the higher grass and have been spotted in surrounding

fields and at the school right nearby.

York County

At Laudholm Farm in Wells, this past week there were BROWN THRASHER, EASTERN

TOWHEE, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, NELSON'S and SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS,

LEAST and COMMON TERNS, PIPING PLOVERS, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS and PLOVERS.

A BALD EAGLE was seen at Cox Pond off Witchtrot Road in South Berwick.

The list from Goose Rocks in Kennebunk included PIPING PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED

PLOVER and SANDPIPER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, and LEAST SANDPIPERS.

A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was off the Ferry Road in Saco. At the Saco Heath

there were PRAIRIE WARBLER, PURPLE FINCH, HERMIT THRUSH, VEERY, and EASTERN

TOWHEES.

Along the Whitehouse Road in Hollis there were BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER,

2 EVENING GROSBEAKS, SCARLET TANAGER, GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER, and

YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS with young.

Greater Portland and western Maine

Behind the Pelreco building at Pine Point in Scarborough there were SOLITARY

and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, and CLIFF, TREE and BARN SWALLOWS. Elsewhere in

Pine Point there were SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS and SANDPIPERS, LEAST SANDPIPER,

SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, WHIMBREL, an HUDSONIAN GODWIT, and BONAPARTE'S

GULLS. Water levels/conditions are near optimal at the pannes along Eastern

Road in Scarborough Marsh-at high tide recently there were ~800-900

shorebirds, highlights included: 12 adult STILT SANDPIPER, 2 faded adult

WILSON'S PHALAROPE, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, ~120

SEMIPALMATED and >600 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 25 LESSER and 40 GREATER YELLOWLEGS,

plus a few GREEN-WINGED TEAL and LEAST TERNS. Most of the activity was in

the pannes well out from Eastern Road. At the Scarborough Marsh Audubon

Center were SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS and PLOVERS, SHORT-BELLIED DOTWITCHERS,

LEAST SANDPIPERS, NORTHERN HARRIER, an immature BALD EAGLE, 8 GREAT EGRETS,

immature LITTLE BLUE HERONS and a GREEN HERON. A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen

from a canoe on its' way from the Nature Center to Pine Point. There were

approximately 25-30 BONAPARTE'S GULLS feeding during low tide flats at

Scarborough Beach State Park.

An immature YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHTHERON was seen in Evergreen Cemetery in

Portland.

Central Maine

A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO and a GOSHAWK were seen in Richmond.

A YELLOW-THROATED VIREO was seen in Mount Vernon along with COMMON LOONS,

and a BALTIMORE ORIOLE.

HERMIT THRUSHES and EASTERN BLUEBIRDS were seen in Dixmont.

Two BLACK TERNS were seen on Plymouth Pond.

An EVENING GROSBEAK was seen in Hampden.

A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen sitting on a light pole on the Penobscot bridge

in Bangor.

Midcoast

One hundred forty SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 70 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 27 LESSER

YELLOWLEGS, 30 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, and 9 SNOWY EGRETS were seen in

Phippsburg.

Eastern Maine

Whale watch trips out of Bar Harbor are seeing GREATER, SOOTY and MANX

SHEARWATERS daily. One to 2 FULMARS are being seen daily on trips to the

vicinity of the South Grand Manan Banks. Small numbers of WILSON'S

STORM-PETRELS continue to appear in the upper reaches of Frenchman Bay,

often within 100 yards of shore. Appearances are related to the presence of

light fog or haze. The foggier the day the more likely the petrels move in

close to shore. There is a continued increase in the numbers of young COMMON

LOONS arriving in Frenchman Bay; some of this might be due to the vast

numbers of sardines appearing in the area.

Small flocks 10-20 birds, of GREATER YELLOWLEGS and DOWITCHERS have been

seen passing down the coast this past week. A flock of 15-20 RED-NECKED

PHALAROPES was seen at mouth of Frenchman Bay. Three of the four young

PEREGRINE FALCONS from the Precipice Nest in Acadia National Park are seen

nearly daily at the Double-crested Cormorant nesting site on Thrumcap

Island. Young Double-crested Cormorants are nearly ready to fledge from the

Thrumcap Island site. Quite a few young birds, both Double-crested and GREAT

CORMORANTS are appearing all around the bay this past week. Immature and

winter plumaged BONAPARTE'S GULLS started appearing in Frenchman Bay on

Sunday 7/27. CLIFF SWALLOWS are actively feeding young in nests inside

Anemone Cave in Acadia NP as of 7/28. This is possibly a second nesting as

they had been feeding young back in early June. Possibly a renewed attempt

at nesting by the birds from the disrupted nest site on Great Head. Small

flocks of RED CROSSBILLS are starting to appear at several places in and

around Mt. Desert Island. The cone crop is the most abundant to be seen in

many years.

Linda Woodard

Maine Audubon

20 Gilsland Farm Rd

Falmouth, Maine

207-781-2330 ext. 213

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