From: "Linda Woodard"
<lwoodard@MAINEAUDUBON.ORG>
To: <BIRDEAST@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
Subject: [BIRDEAST]
Date:
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Date: March 17,
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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This past week we received a very large number of TURKEY
VULTURE reports
ranging from York and Cumberland
Counties in southwestern Maine through
central and midcoastal
regions into eastern Maine. There was a high
count of 12 TURKEY VULTURES in
Camden.
BRANT are now common along much of the southwest coast.
WATERFOWL are
confined to the southwest coast
this week most reports were from
Scarborough south.
Early FOX SPARROWS showed up in one or two places. A SONG
SPARROW or two
were reported and a few early
migratory AMERCIAN ROBINS also made it
into the state ahead of the snow
storm.
Seen in
A THICK-BILLED MURRE was at the Nubble
Light.
An AMERICAN WOODCOCK was seen in Berwick. An ICELAND GULL
was at the
Cliff House in Ogunquit.
The KING EIDER continues at
One hundred fifty PURPLE SANDPIPERS were at
OWL was at
Two RING-NECKED DUCKS were at the south end of
Waterboro.
One hundred BRANT were at
there were 17 DUNLIN, 1 NORTHERN
SHRIKE, and 4 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS.
A WOOD DUCK was seen along the
Off Route 111 there were HOODED MERGANSERS and a WOOD
DUCK.
Along the
GREEN-WINGED TEAL.
Greater
The list from Pine Point and the Pelreco
building this past week
included: the SNOWY OWL, which
is being seen infrequently near the
Clambake restaurant, 30 BRANT,
BONAPARTE'S GULL, and NORTHERN PINTAIL.
An
dune grasses at jetty end of
beach. At
of the
PINTAILS, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, GADWALL, 3
GREATER SCAUP, and KILLDEER. A
CAROLINA WREN was seen at Dunstan
Landing. BOHEMIAN and CEDAR WAXWINGS
were seen in the vicinity of Dunstan Corner. At feeders near Grondin
Pond in
At Kettle Cove in
and 6 BRANT. A BELTED KINGFISHER
was seen along the
A birder had 300 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in his yard on
A FOX SPARROW and 2 WOODCOCK were seen in
EASTERN BLUEBIRDS were seen in
EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, 20 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, 20 GRACKLES,
and 20 COMMON
REDPOLLS were in
EASTERN BLUEBIRDS were seen in
WAXWINGS were on the
A SONG SPARROW appeared in
A NORTHERN GOSHAWK and AMERCIAN ROBINS were seen in
A dark morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was reported from
The SNOWY OWL continues along the
area were RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS,
COMMON GRACKLES, and a KILLDEER.
In
of
A HOARY REDPOLL stood out amongst a flock of COMMON
REDPOLLS at a feeder
in Orono.
COMMON REDPOLLS were reported in Dover Foxcroft.
In
there were 12 SNOW BUNTINGS.
Midcoast
At Hansen's Bay in Woolwich there were NORTHERN PINTAILS
and RING-NECKED
DUCKS.
A FOX SPARROW was seen in Phippsburg. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
was seen at
HARRIER were at
A male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was in
Two BLACK-HEADED
GULLS were behind the
Birds seen on
small flock of BOHEMIAN
WAXWINGS, RUDDY TURNSTONES, and SONG SPARROWS.
A flock of about 15+ COMMON GRACKLE with 5 RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRDS was
seen in Machias.
Along the
GOLDENEYE, 16 Common Grackles, 12 Red-winged Blackbirds,
6 American Tree
Sparrows, and a COMMON REDPOLL.
A single TURKEY VULTURE was over
Hannaford's along Rte. 1 in Machias.
East of Roque Bluffs, along Roque Bluffs Road, there were 25 COMMON
GRACKLES and 3 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS.
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Waterfowl of Deer Hollow Sanctuary
Deer Hollow Sanctuary-aka Mud
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behind bustling Route 302 in
before all the big lakes nearby.
So for a few short weeks every spring
it becomes a staging area for
migrant waterfowl pushing inland with the
advancing spring. Ring-necked
ducks, buffleheads, hooded mergansers and
other waterfowl often gather
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Wednesday, April 7,
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Linda Woodard
207-781-2330 ext 213
lwoodard@maineaudubon.org
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