Shop Online
Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch
Private Guiding Service
FREE Bird Walks
Travels, Tours, and Workshops
Derek's Birding Blog
on Mainetoday.com
Derek's Product Reviews
from Birding Magazine
Programs for your Group
Free Seed Delivery Service
Directions
Address
541 Route One
Freeport, ME 04032
207-865-6000
freeportwildbird@yahoo.com
Store Hours
Sunday: 10 - 6 PM
Monday: 10 - 6 PM
Tuesday: "Gone Birding"
Wednesday: 10 - 6 PM
Thursday: 10 - 6 PM
Friday: 10 - 6 PM
Saturday: 10 - 6 PM
Site created by James Bodajlo
 
     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.

  • June 7, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • May 31, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • May 24, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • May 17, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • May 9, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • May 3, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • April 26, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • April 19, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • April 12, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • April 5, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • March 29, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • March 22, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • March 15, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • March 8, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • March 1, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • February 22, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • February 15, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • February 8, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • February 1, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • January 25, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • January 18, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • January 11, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • January 4, 2007
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • December 28, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • December 21, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • December 14, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • December 7, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • November 30, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • November 22, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • November 16, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • November 10, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • November 6, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • November 2, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • October 26, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • October 19, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • October 12, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • October 2, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • September 28, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • September 21, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • September 14, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • September 7, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • August 31, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • August 24, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • August 18, 2006 (Special)
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • August 17, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • August 10, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • August 3, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • July 27, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • July 20, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • July 13, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • July 6, 2006

    - RBA

    * Maine
    * Southcoastal
    * July 6, 2006
    * MESC0607.06

    - Species Mentioned:
    **BRIDLED TERN**
    Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
    Black-bellied Plover
    Semipalmated Plover
    AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER
    Greater Yellowlegs
    Lesser Yellowlegs
    Upland Sandpiper
    Least Sandpiper
    Short-billed Dowitcher
    Roseate Tern
    Willow Flycatcher
    Carolina Wren
    CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
    Grasshopper Sparrow

    - Transcript:
    Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert (Internet Only).
    Date: Thursday, July 6, 2006 compiled at: 4:00pm.
    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: Fri.’s cold front ushered in a more progressive pattern, with a series of rapidly moving systems crossing the region. Heat and humidity increased on SW winds on Sun., Tues., and Wed., before cold fronts – which produced showers and thunderstorms - passed on Sun night and Wed night, reducing heat and humidity for a short time. Scattered thunderstorms also developed on Sat, while temps remained above average on most days this week, except where onshore winds and/or fog kept temps down along the immediate coast.

    The **BRIDLED TERN** continues to be seen on and around Outer Green Island, through the evening of 7/5. The report from a biologist working on the island is that the bird is coming in to roost within the island’s tern colony.

    Although common offshore, a WILSON’S STORM-PETREL was seen around Fort Gorges, near Portland Harbor – where rare – on the 30th.

    8 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were on Biddeford’s Hill’s Beach on the 30th, and four SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS arrived there on the 6th.

    The local pair of AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS was spotted in Biddeford Pool on 7/6.

    A high, southbound LESSER YELLOWLEGS was over Capisic Pond Park in Portland on the same day. Returning shorebirds really began to build on northerly winds on the 5th and 6th. On the 6th, 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 59 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 105 LEAST SANDPIPERS, and 110 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were tallied in the salt pannes off of the Eastern Road Trail at high tide. Meanwhile, 4+ UPLAND SANDPIPERS were noted at the Kennebunk Plains on the 4th.

    15+ ROSEATE TERNS on Seawall Beach in Phippsburg (Delorme Map 6: E-5) on the 1st was a very good local count.

    Somewhat out-of-place WILLOW FLYCATCHERS continue to sing from three Portland parks this week: Capisic Pond Park, the Eastern Promenade, and Dragon Field.

    A CAROLINA WREN visited a North Berwick yard on 6/30.

    One of the CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS continues at the Kennebunk Plains. The bird on the north side of Rte 99 continues to sing through at least the 4th. From the main parking area, follow the road to the left (perpendicular to Rte 99) to the far parking area, just before the road down the hill. The bird is being seen in the brush to the right of the parking area. At least 7 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were heard there that day as well.

    - End transcript

  • June 29, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • June 23, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • June 15, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • June 8, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • June 1, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • May 24, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • 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.

  • March 9, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • March 3, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • February 23, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • February 16, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • February 9, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • February 2, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • January 23, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • January 19, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • January 11, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • January 5, 2006
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • December 29, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • December 22, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • December 15, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • December 8, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • December 1, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • November 23, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • November 17, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • November 11, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • November 7, 2005 (Special Edition)
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • November 3, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • October 27, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • October 20, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • October 13, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • October 6, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • September 29, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • September 23, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • September 15, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • September 8, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • September 1, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • August 25, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • August 18, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • August 11, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • August 4, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • July 27, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • July 21, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • July 14, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • July 7, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • June 30, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • June 23, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • June 16, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • June 9, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • June 2, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • May 26, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • May 19, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • May 12, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • May 5, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • April 28, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • April 21, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • April 14, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • April 7, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • March 31, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • March 24, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • March 17, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • March 10, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • March 3, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • February 24, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • February 17, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • February 10, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • February 3, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • January 27, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • January 20, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • January 12, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • January 6, 2005
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • December 30, 2004
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • December 23, 2004
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • December 16, 2004
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • December 9, 2004
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • December 2, 2004
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • November 24, 2004
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • November 18, 2004
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • November 11, 2004
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • November 8, 2004
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • November 4, 2004
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • October 28, 2004
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • October 21, 2004
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • October 14, 2004
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • October 7, 2004
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • Septmember 30, 2004
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • September 23, 2004
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • September 16, 2004
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • September 9, 2004
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • September 2, 2004
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • August 27, 2004
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • August 20, 2004
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.

  • August 13, 2004
    Click on the date to view the rare bird alert.