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As a service to local and visiting birders, The Freeport Wild Bird Supply provides a weekly update about interesting bird sightings in the area. With a focus on rarities in York, Cumberland, and Sagadahoc Counties, the South Coastal Maine Rare Bird Alert will provide timely, accurate, and detailed information for all birders. You can email your sightings to birds@yarmouthbirds.com. August 16, 2007 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. August 9, 2007 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. August 2, 2007 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. July 22, 2007 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. July 19, 2007 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. July 12, 2007 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. July 5, 2007 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. June 28, 2007 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. June 21, 2007 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. June 14, 2007 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. 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May 24, 2006 - RBA * Maine * Southcoastal * May 24, 2006 * MESC0605.24 - Species Mentioned: **MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD** **MALE FRIGATEBIRD SP.** *SUMMER TANAGER (BELATED)* *BLUE GROSBEAK* Harlequin Duck PACIFIC LOON TRICOLORED HERON Black-bellied Plover Upland Sandpiper Red Knot White-rumped Sandpiper WILSON’S PHALAROPE Least Tern YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Philadelphia Vireo Carolina Wren ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER CAPE MAY WARBLER Bay-breasted Warbler LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH Grasshopper Sparrow Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow ORCHARD ORIOLE - Transcript: Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert (Internet Only). Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 compiled at: 5:30pm. To report: (207) 846-8002, or birds@yarmouthbirds.com. Coverage: York, Cumberland, and Sagadahoc Counties. This is Derek Lovitch welcoming you to the Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert, sponsored by the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth at 500 Route One, Yarmouth, Maine. All locations not found in A Birder’s Guide to Maine by Pierson, et al. are referenced to the Delorme Maine Atlas. Transcripts of current and past messages can be found at www.yarmouthbirds.com. Weather Summary: There was some pretty darn good birds this week, and we finally began to dry out as well. A complex surface low produced more rain and thunderstorms for Fri. Partly to mostly cloudy skies, scattered showers (as a couple of weak disturbances passed), and SW winds continued Fri. evening through Sun, when a cold front passed through bringing more rain and a shift to NW winds that persisted through Wed. with drier air (only a few scattered showers) and slightly cooler, or near normal, temps. Migration proceeded slowly, but steadily, this week. At about 2:50pm, biologists on Outer Green Island spotted an apparent adult female **MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD** The phone message left here said the bird was seen “heading south, towards Cape Elizabeth.” Unbelievably, another observer – who did not know about the Outer Green bird – who happened to be birding Cape Elizabeth spotted an adult MALE **FRIGATEBIRD** over Kettle Cove, also observed heading south. Two *SUMMER TANAGERS* were banded on Appledore Island (Delorme Map 1: D-5) last week. Two *BLUE GROSBEAKS* were reported from a Portland yard on 5/18. Two late HARLEQUIN DUCKS were a surprise off of East Point Sanctuary in Biddeford Pool on the 20th. An adult, breeding plumaged PACIFIC LOON was found off of Biddeford Pool’s East Point Sanctuary on 5/21. It was resighted a little later that morning, but it has not been reported since. A TRICOLORED HERON flew over Eastern Road in Scarborough Marsh on 5/22. Good tallies of BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS included 175+ at Biddeford Pool on the 21st, and 125+ off Pine Point in Scarborough Marsh on the 23rd. 5 UPLAND SANDPIPERS were recorded at Kennebunk Plains on the 20th, with 2 visible at the nearby Sanford Airport (from Route 109; Delorme Map 2: D-4) that day as well. A very good count of 15-20 RED KNOTS were at Pine Point in Scarborough on the 20th, with 4 behind Hattie’s Deli in Biddeford Pool on the same day. Five Red Knots remained at Pine Point on 5/22. Uncommon in spring, two WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were found off of Eastern Road in Scarborough Marsh on the 21st, 2 were at Biddeford Pool on the same day, and two were in the salt pannes of Eastern Road on the 23rd. One WILSON’S PHALAROPE was discovered behind the Pelreco Building in Scarborough Marsh on 5/20 and a male was in the Salt Pannes along Eastern Road on 5/22. A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was banded on Appledore Island on 5/21. The RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER pair continues in South Portland’s Hinckley Park (off of Highland Road; Delorme Map 73: G-4) this week, excavating a cavity. Singles also continue in a Hollis and a Cousin’s Island, Yarmouth yard. Single PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were observed at Capisic Pond Park on 5/19 and at the edge of Great Pond in Biddeford Pool on 5/21. A CAROLINA WRENS are frequenting Portland and Freeport yards, while “our” male continues here at the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth. Very rare in spring, and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was on Appledore Island on the 21st, while a female CAPE MAY WARBLER was one of 15 species at Evergreen Cemetery on the 19th. At least one LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH continues along Hurricane Rd. in Falmouth (Delorme Map 5: D-4). Seven GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were tallied at the Kennebunk Plains on 5/20. A male ORCHARD ORIOLE was found along the pathway along the Royal River between Bridge St. and Grist Mill St. in Yarmouth (Delorme Map 5: D-5) on the 19th, a pair is again frequenting a Yarmouth yard on the north side of town, one female is visiting a Hollis yard, while a pair continues to be seen in Portland’s Capisic Pond Park where they were observed constructing a nest on the 24th. Other new arrivals this week included LEAST TERN, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, NELSON’S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW, and SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROW. NOTES: 1) Due to a problem with a server switch, all of our email addresses were lost. If you had received this RBA directly, please send a note if you would like to resume receiving it directly (i.e. not from Birdeast, Maine-birds, etc.) 2) Due to that aforementioned problem, and poor service in getting it corrected, we switched email hosting companies. Please let us know if you are experiencing any formatting issues. 3) Now available from the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth: The complete, “Official Checklist of Maine Birds” by the Maine Bird Records Committee, and the “Birds of Monhegan Island” by Peter Vickery. See www.yarmouthbirds.com/checklists.asp for more information. - End transcript May 18, 2006 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. May 11, 2006 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. May 4, 2006 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. April 27, 2006 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. April 20, 2006 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. April 13, 2006 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. April 6, 2006 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. March 30, 2006 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. March 23, 2006 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. March 16, 2006 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. 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