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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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September 7, 2006 - RBA * Maine * Southcoastal * September 7, 2006 * MESC0609.07 - Species Mentioned: ***WESTERN REEF-HERON*** **EARED GREBE** *YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON* *CONNECTICUT WARBLER* Harlequin Duck Greater Shearwater Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Little Blue Heron TRICOLORED HERON American Golden-Plover AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper “WESTERN” WILLET Upland Sandpiper Whimbrel Red Knot Semipalmated Sandpiper WESTERN SANDPIPER Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper BAIRD’S SANDPIPER STILT SANDPIPER BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER WILSON’S PHALAROPE RED-NECKED PHALAROPE Parasitic Jaeger LITTLE GULL Bonaparte’s Gull FORSTER’S TERN ATLANTIC PUFFIN Red-bellied Woodpecker Olive-sided Flycatcher Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Philadelphia Vireo Carolina Wren American Pipit Tennessee Warbler CAPE MAY WARBLER Prairie Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Mourning Warbler LARK SPARROW DICKCISSEL - Transcript: Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert (Internet Only). Date: Thursday, September 7, 2006 compiled at: 5:00pm. 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: High pressure remained in control through Sat., with mostly easterly winds. The remnants of Ernesto produced showers on Sun, with very cool high temps in the low 60’s as onshore winds continued. A shortwave produced scattered showers on Mon, while an offshore low produced showers and/or drizzle Tues. night through Wed, until a cold front pushed through Wed night. Temps were near, or below normal, all week yet again (normal high/low in Portland = 72/52). Good passerine movements occurred Thurs and Mon. nights. The ***WESTERN REEF-HERON*** continues this week, although all observations have been made in New Hampshire. All reports continue to be posted at: www.yarmouthbirds.com/bird_news.asp. A basic-plumaged **EARED GREBE** was discovered at the Sanford Sewage Ponds on 9/2. The grebe was in the east (“L-shaped” pond with the small brick pumphouse at the southeast corner), and continues through 9/6. After being closed for construction, the Sanford wastewater treatment plant is once again open for birding. The hours are 7am-3pm, Monday through Friday, and 7-9am on weekends and most holidays. Stop by the office, sign in, and have an employee open the gate to allow you to walk in (you are no longer able to drive the dikes). Thanks to Lysle Brinker for providing the logistical info (as well as the bird!). To reach the Sewage Ponds from the intersection on Rtes 4A/109 and Rte 4 in South Sanford, follow Rte 4 North to a right onto Gavel Road (at a usually-blinking stoplight). Follow to the end (Delorme Map 2: C/D-4). In addition to the Grebe, and some high counts of more common shorebirds – see below - the treatment plant also hosted: a rare-inland-in-Maine LITTLE BLUE-HERON on 9/6; one juvenile WESTERN SANDPIPER on 9/5 with two the next day; 1 juvenile BAIRD’S SANDPIPER on 9/2 and 3; 1 STILT SANDPIPER in 9/5 and 6; 1-2 juvenile BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS on 9/2, with one on 9/3. 5 juvenile RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were present on 9/2, with one juvenile WILSON’S PHALAROPE continuing through week’s end. An immature *YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON* was hanging around Appledore Island (Delorme Map 1: D-5) as of 9/1, while a *CONNECTICUT WARBLER* was banded there on 9/2. A female HARLEQUIN DUCK was found on Appledore Island on the 2nd. The TRICOLORED HERON continues in the salt pannes on the east side of the north end of the Eastern Road Trail through Scarborough Marsh this week. One AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was on the Basket Island sandbar at Hill’s Beach in Biddeford on 9/2, while another passed Prout’s Neck on 9/7. An excellent count of 5 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS were at Western Beach in Scarborough (Delorme Map 3: B-4) on the 7th. Two adults and a kid were on the beach, while two others were spotted flying out of the Scarborough River, heading towards Stratton Island. 3 “WESTERN” WILLETS and 20 RED KNOTS were reported from Scarborough Marsh on 9/1, with presumably the same Knots (19 juveniles, one adult) present on Ferry Beach (Delorme Map 3: B-4). One UPLAND SANDPIPER visited the Wainright Farm Recreation Area in South Portland (off of Highland Rd; Delorme Map 3: A-4) on the 7th. Four STILT SANDPIPERS were in the Eastern Road Trail salt pannes on the 31st. BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS put in a good showing this week, with two juveniles each at the Wainright Farm Recreation Area on 9/5, and two more juveniles on the Mayall Road sod fields on the Gray/New Gloucester border (Delorme Map 5: B-4) the next day. With the length of this week’s report, plus the diminishing quantities of migrant shorebirds at this time of year, I will now forgo reporting high counts for every species. Instead, here’s a selection of this week’s more noteworthy high counts: 85 LESSER YELLOWLEGS at Wharton Point on 9/2; 10 SOLITARY SANDPIPER at the Sanford sewage ponds on 9/2; 3-5 WHIMBREL from Scarborough Marsh on 9/1; 375 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS in the Eastern Rd salt pannes on 8/31; 125 LEAST SANDPIPERS at the Sanford sewage ponds on 9/2; 26 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS in the Eastern Rd salt pannes on 8/31. A subadult PARASITIC JAEGER passed Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth (Delorme Map 3: B-5) on the 3rd during strong easterly winds. A LITTLE GULL was found in Pepperrell Cove in Kittery Point (Delorme Map 1: C-4) on the 1st, as viewed from the Town Landing pier. A basic plumaged adult was noted at Western Beach among about 200 BONAPARTE’S GULLS on the 7th. One FORSTER’S TERN was spotted in Scarborough Marsh – presumably at or near Pine Point – on the 1st, while one continues off of Kittery Point, at least through 9/1. Birders aboard the Odyssey Whale Watch out of Portland on 9/5 were treated to an exceptional look at a juvenile ATLANTIC PUFFIN. Otherwise, the birding was slow, with 12+ GREATER SHEARWATERS and 34 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS being the only tube-noses seen. Single RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS continue in a Windham yard, and on Cousin’s Island in Yarmouth. 10 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS were banded on Appledore Island on 8/31, while one was in Portland’s Evergreen Cemetery on 9/2. One OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER passed over Sandy Point Beach on Cousin’s Island in Yarmouth on 9/5. Two PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were at Sandy Point Beach on 9/5. A CAROLINA WREN was found in Kittery Point, along Chauncey Creek Rd, on the 1st, while another reappeared in a Windham yard this week. An early AMERICAN PIPIT passed over Prout’s Neck in Scarborough on 9/7. A Falmouth yard hosted 6 TENNESSEE, 4 BAY-BREASTED, and 4 PRAIRIE WARBLERS among others on the 1st. A CAPE MAY WARBLER was banded on Appledore on the 1st with another on private property in Gray on 9/6. Meanwhile, 36++ BLACKPOLL WARBLERS passed over or through Sandy Point Beach on the 5th and two MOURNING WARBLERS were banded on Appledore on the 31st. A LARK SPARROW was observed on Appledore on 8/31, with possibly the same individual seen again on the 4th. One DICKCISSEL passed over Appledore on 8/31. NOTES: If you searched for the Western Reef-Heron in Kittery, please take a few moments to respond to a brief survey being conducted by the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth on the economic impact of the Western Reef-Heron on Kittery. The survey can be found at: www.yarmouthbirds.com/bird_news.asp. Thank you in advance. - End transcript 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 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. 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