From: "Linda Woodard"
<lwoodard@MAINEAUDUBON.ORG>
To: <BIRDEAST@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
Subject: [BIRDEAST] Maine Bird Alert 2/4/04
Date: Friday, February 06, 2004 12:08 PM
Name: Maine Audubon Bird Alert
Date: February 4, 2004
Area: State of Maine
Number: (207) 781-2332
Compilers: Steve Pollock and Kay Gammons
Transcriber: Maine Audubon (birdalert@maineaudubon.org)
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An out of season AMERICAN WIGEON was at Damariscotta
Mills.
York County
At Nubble Light in Cape Neddick there were about 8
HARLEQUIN DUCKS and a
GREATER SCAUP. There were also lots of sparrows,
including two SONG and
a handful of WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS.
At the Cliff House in Ogunquit there were a few PURPLE
SANDPIPERS.
Three SANDERLINGS were the only birds of note on Wells
Beach at the end
of Mile Road. Two BARRED OWLS were elsewhere in Wells.
A Barred Owl crossed the road and landed low in a pine
tree just to the
west of 19 Ross Rd. in Saco.
Greater Portland and western Maine
The SHORT-EARED OWL continues to be seen near the Light
House Motel at
Pine Point, Scarborough. At Seavey's Landing near Pine
Point there was a
NORTHERN SHRIKE, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, and a BALD EAGLE.
HOODED
MERGANSERS were seen at Dunstan Landing. A RING-NECKED
PHEASANT was seen
at Prout's Neck.
A KING EIDER and a BARRED OWL were at Two Lights in Cape
Elizabeth.
Two BALD EAGLES were at Spurwink marsh. An ICELAND GULL
was seen at
Willard Beach and Mill Creek in South Portland.
We received numerous PEREGRINE FALCON reports from the
downtown Portland
area this week. At Back Cove there was a GLAUCOUS GULL, 1
AMERICAN
KESTREL, and a COOPER'S HAWK. A BALD EAGLE was near the
sewage treatment
plant off Marginal Way. Seventeen DUNLIN were feeding on
the flats below
the Osteopathic Health Care Office in Portland, and on
the Presumpscot
River there were HOODED and COMMON MERGANSERS. Near
Martin Point Bridge
and the Eastern Promenade near the sewage treatment plant
there was an
adult ICELAND GULL flying by.
Along Cousin Island Road in Yarmouth there was a
PEREGRINE FALCON.
In Freeport along Scotch Pine Drive there was a BARRED
OWL.
At the Double T" Orchards on Orchard Hill Rd in
western Cumberland there
was a large flock of mixed WAXWINGS, ~400 total, with
BOHEMIAN-to-CEDAR
ratio of ~8-to-1. There was also a flock of ~30 mixed
waxwings, mostly
BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in the neighborhood across from the
Mabel Wilson
School on Tuttle Rd in Cumberland.
A BALD EAGLE was seen in Waterford. Also in Waterford 35
-40 COMMON
REDPOLLS were occasional visitors to feeders.
About 50 PINE SISKINS were in a treetop in a front yard
in Brunswick.
Elsewhere in Brunswick there were PINE GROSBEAK, CEDAR
WAXWING, and a
NORTHERN GOSHAWK.
Over in Wilton there were 57 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, 3 PINE
GROSBEAKS, 25
COMMON REDPOLLS, and a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK.
Five COMMON MERGANSERS were seen in Jay.
Central Maine
Sixteen BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen in Richmond.
Three BARRED OWLS were seen on Harmony Hill Road in
Readfield.
In Augusta along lower Capitol Street there were 90
BOHEMIAN and 10
CEDAR WAXWINGS. Another 60 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen
elsewhere in
Augusta.
A female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, HOODED, COMMON and
RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS
were on the Kennebec in Waterville.
Ten to 15 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were in crabapple trees near
Skowhegan
Recreation Center Parking Lot in Skowhegan.
Approximately 250+ BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were flying around
just off Hogan
Rd in Bangor.
In Hudson near Pushaw Lake there are now over a hundred
REDPOLLS coming
to feeders.
Northern Maine
Duck-wise it was the usual suspects with 18 Common
Goldeneyes and 6
Common Mergansers counted at Caribou dam. A mixed flock
of about 20
Black Ducks and Mallards were seen on Presque Isle stream
along with a
single male common Goldeneye. Black Ducks were seen in
Fort Fairfield.
A Sharp-shinned Hawk was reported in Caribou.
Two Boreal Chickadees are becoming regular visitors to a
yard in
Woodland but they are not using the feeders. A single
White-winged
Crossbill was present in a flock of Common Redpolls in a
yard in
Woodland. Pine and
Evening Grosbeaks are still being seen in moderate
numbers around the area. The Redpoll spectacle this
winter just
continues to get better as numbers still appear to be
increasing. Flocks
of 100+ birds are being seen in weedy fields in the area
(Limestone,
Easton) and 50+ birds are visiting feeders in
Woodland. Gray Jays were
seen in Woodland and Mars Hill.
A single flock of 16 in Mars Hill were the only ones
sighted.
A Barred Owl was seen in the middle of day in Limestone
near the west
gate of the old Loring Air Base. The Bohemian Waxwings
seem to have
moved on as quickly as they appeared, possibly after
exhausting the
sparse fruit supply in the area. An unusual flock of 55 American Crows
were seen in Limestone.
The Snow Buntings seem to be enjoying the
sparse snow cover and numerous flocks have been seen, the
largest group
being one of 120 or so birds in Limestone. Other flocks
were seen in
Presque Isle, Easton, Mars Hill and Caribou.
Six Horned Larks were reported in Presque Isle.
A male Northern Cardinal is visiting a feeder near the
Aroostook River
in Fort Fairfield.
A high count of 3 Hoary Redpolls was reported from a
feeder in Caribou.
The list from Houlton included 60 REDPOLLS and 12 PINE
SISKINS.
Midcoast
At Indian Point in Georgetown there were 80 RED-NECKED
GREBES. A BARRED
OWL was sighted at Reid State Park.
In Lincolnville near Youngtown Road at the top of Cameron
Mountain there
was a flock of approximately 20 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS.
Approximately 250 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were reported from
New Castle and
Damariscotta Falls.
Out on Monhegan there were WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS, PINE
SISKINS, 3 BALD
EAGLES, DARK-EYED JUNCOS, and CEDAR WAXWINGS.
Eastern Maine
A RED-TAILED HAWK and 40 COMMON REDPOLLS were seen in
Sedgwick. Also in
Sedgwick, at the junction of Pertville Road and Rt. 176
there were 20
WILD TURKEY.
In Blue Hill, where Carlton Stream passes under Rt. 176
there was a
RED-TAILED HAWK.
In South Gouldsboro at Grindstone Point there were 5
GREATER SCAUP.
At Schoodic Point notables included 3 HARLEQUIN DUCKS, ~
20 PURPLE
SANDPIPERS, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, and an immature
RED-TAILED HAWK. On
Birch Harbor Rt. 186 at the head of Birch Harbor there
was a
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK.
In Prospect Harbor, at Stintson's Fish Processing Plant,
there were 12 +
ICELAND GULLS with 1st.yr., 2nd. yr., 3rd. yr., and
adults represented
and 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS one 1st. yr. and one 2nd. yr. bird.
In Machias of note were two AMERICAN ROBINS in town today
along the
Machias River. Also one second year BALD EAGLE and 2
female COMMON
MERGANSERS were seen. A male PURPLE FINCH was heard and
seen singing on
the University of Maine Machias campus for the second
time this week
In Roque Bluffs, along with the usual waterfowl, was a
RED-THROATED LOON
(in Johnson Cove, at the very end of Johnson Cove Rd.).
Also noted in
Roque Bluffs was a flock of 40+ BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, an
AMERICAN ROBIN,
COMMON REDPOLLS, and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES. Only 1
female BARROW'S
GOLDENEYE was picked out of the Common Goldeneyes.
In Starboard, Point of Maine, Washington County there
were 7 GREAT
CORMORANT.
About 40 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and a AMERICAN ROBIN were seen
in Charlotte.
At Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge there were 2 EAGLES
and a PILEATED
WOODPECKER.
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