Maine (Statewide) RBA
April 18, 2008
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] Maine RBA - April 18, 2008
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Name: Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert
Reporting Period: April 11 - 18, 2008
Area: State of Maine
Compilers: Eric Hynes, Stella Walsh and Kay Gammons
Of Special Note
Notable sightings this week include SNOW GOOSE, NORTHERN SHOVELER,
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, SANDHILL CRANE, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKER, and LAPLAND LONGSPUR.
Hawk migration was well underway this week with the first flight of
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS and numerous reports of multiple AMERICAN KESTREL,
OSPREY, and SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS.
The first noticeable wave of WINTER WRENS, both KINGLETS, PINE, PALM and
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, CHIPPING and WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, and PURPLE
FINCHES arrived in (southern) Maine this week.
BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS are still being reported sporadically throughout the
state.
First of the year birds included LITTLE BLUE HERON, GREEN HERON,
BLUE-HEADED VIREO, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW, and
VIRGINIA RAIL.
York County
A pair of RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS was seen in West Kennebunk preparing a
nesting cavity.
A LAPLAND LONGSPUR dropped into the Sanford sewage treatment facility on
April 11.
Scarborough Marsh
A PECTORAL SANDPIPER was seen on April 12 behind the Pelreco building at
the end of Pine Point road.
A first of the year LITTLE BLUE HERON and six AMERICAN KESTREL, a
MERLIN, and a PEREGRINE FALCON were at Pelreco late afternoon on April
13.
As many as nine NORTHERN SHOVELERS and almost 100 GLOSSY IBISES are
being seen at Pelreco as well.
Greater Portland
New arrivals at Gilsland Farm in Falmouth included a BARN SWALLOW on
April 17 and a vocalizing VIRGINIA RAIL for almost a week now.
A BLUE-HEADED VIREO arrived in a Scarborough yard on April 15.
A RUDDY DUCK was on Prout's Pond on Pleasant Hill Road in Scarborough on
April 13.
An ICELAND and a GLAUCOUS GULL were seen from Trundy Point in Cape
Elizabeth on April 14.
An adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was at Twin Brooks in Cumberland on
April 12.
A SANDHILL CRANE was seen migrating from Bradbury Mountain State Park in
Pownal on April 15.
Among the birds seen at Wharton Point in Brunswick this week was a
NORTHERN SHOVELER on April 13.
Midcoast
A EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL was seen in flooded fields along the
Cathance River in Topsham on April 13.
The impressive waterfowl concentration in the mouth of the Abagadasset
River in Bowdoinham has diminished greatly but at one time included up
to 74 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 36 SNOW GEESE, six NORTHERN SHOVELERS and a few
BLUE-WINGED TEAL.
At Green Point Wildlife Management Area in Dresden, a SHORT-EARED OWL
was seen the evening of April 14 and a RUSTY BLACKBIRD and LITTLE BLUE
HERON on April 15.
Kennebec Valley (Augusta-Waterville)
A single NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, among many Tree Swallows, was
over Horseshoe Pond in Litchfield/West Gardiner on April 14.
A light morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK continued to be spotted sporadically
from Indiana Road in West Gardiner as late as April 15.
A SNOW GOOSE, two GADWALL, and four NORTHERN PINTAILS were in Moore's
Eddy on the Kennebec River in Norridgewock.
Two SANDHILL CRANES dropped into a field in Skowhegan on April 14.
Central - Bangor
A pair of BLACK SCOTERS was reported on Alder Stream in Corinna on April
12.
A RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET was seen on the Penobscot River Trail in Orono on
April 13.
Penobscot Bay
A GLOSSY IBIS was seen at the south end of the Bagaduce River in
Brooksville on April 15.
A RUSTY BLACKBIRD was seen in Brooksville on April 15.
Downeast
A HERMIT THRUSH and a PALM WARBLER were seen on April 16 at Sier de
Monts in Acadia National Park.
A pair of NORTHERN SHOVELERS was in flooded fields on the Machias River
on April 13.
Northern Maine- Aroostook
For an excellent summary of recent sightings in northern Maine please go
to Bill Sheehan's site at: http://www.northernmainebirds.blogspot.com/
Eric Hynes
Staff Naturalist / Gilsland Farm Center Manager
Maine Audubon
20 Gilsland Farm Road
Falmouth, ME 04105
207-781-2330 ext. 237
ehynes@maineaudubon.org
www.maineaudubon.org
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