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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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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 - RBA * Maine * Southcoastal * October 19, 2006 * MESC0610.19 - Species Mentioned: *BLACK SKIMMER* Common Eider White-winged Scoter Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Snowy Egret Turkey Vulture Broad-winged Hawk Peregrine Falcon American Coot Hudsonian Godwit Pectoral Sandpiper LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER Wilson’s Snipe Red-eyed Vireo Carolina Wren Eastern Bluebird American Pipit ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER Nashville Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Scarlet Tanager CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Grasshopper Sparrow “Ipswich” Savannah Sparrow Lapland Longspur DICKCISSEL Rusty Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole - Transcript: Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert (Internet Only). Date: Thursday, October 19, 2006 compiled at: 4:30pm. 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 reports can be found at www.yarmouthbirds.com. Weather Summary: A cold front early Fri am ushered in unseasonably cool air for the weekend through Mon. – including widespread frost and freezes – as high pressure dominated. Clear nights, with light, mostly westerly winds, allowed migrants to proceed unimpeded and days were simply beautiful. A southerly flow – and much warmer temps – ahead of an approaching warm front produced showers Tues night and Wed. morning, before the passage of a weak cold front Wed. pm. A juvenile *BLACK SKIMMER* was discovered on the sandbar at Hill’s Beach in Biddeford Pool on 10/17. Hill’s Beach is the northern shore of Biddeford Pool, public access to the beach is possible from a trail just west of Bufflehead’s Restaurant. No further reports have been received. Seaducks, especially WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS increased significantly this week, and approximately 4,000 COMMON EIDERS massing off of Popham Beach State Park on 10/15 was a very good mid-October count. About 50 RUDDY DUCKS were at the Sanford Sewerage facility (off of Rte 4; Delorme Map 2: C-4) on 10/14. Two SNOWY EGRETS were still in Scarborough Marsh, off of the Eastern Rd. Trail, as of the 15th. A PEREGRINE FALCON passed the Eastern Promenade in Portland on 10/15, and one was over the Casco Bay Bridge on 10/19. Meanwhile, the very unofficial hawkwatch (1 hour per day, mid-Sept. through mid-Oct) here at the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth concluded its second “season” with 353 raptors of 12 species (incl. TURKEY VULTURE, a non-raptor) including 275 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS and two PEREGRINE FALCONS in only 27.5 hours of observation. One AMERICAN COOT was at the Sanford Sewerage facility on the 14th. A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was discovered at Popham Beach State Park in Phippsburg on 10/15. Good numbers of PECTORAL SANDPIPERS continue, including 36 at the Sanford Sewerage facility on the 14th and 26 in the salt pannes on the east side of the northern end of the Eastern Road Trail in Scarborough Marsh on the 15th. One juvenile LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was at the Sanford Sewerage facility on the 14th. Portland’s Capisic Pond Park hosted 4 WILSON’S SNIPE on the 13th. Single CAROLINA WRENS were noted at Fort Foster in Kittery on 10/17, in the neighborhood near The Nubble Light in Cape Neddick on the same day. Two were seen in Cape Elizabeth on 10/19: One along Fessenden Road (Delorme Map 3: B-5) and the other in Two Lights State Park. Small migrant flocks of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS were widely reported this week. Numerous AMERICAN PIPITS are passing overhead, including a good count of 25+ from the Eastern Road Trail through Scarborough Marsh on 10/15. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and a NASHVILLE WARBLER, shared a bush at the edge of Great Pond, at the 90 degree curve of 1st Street on the pond’s northern side, on 10/16. Another ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was found at Cape Elizabeth’s Crescent Beach State Park on 10/19. Meanwhile, a nice total for the date of 11 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS was made along the Cliff Walk in York Harbor (Delorme Map 1: B-5) on 10/17. Other tardy Neotropical migrants also included a male BALTIMORE ORIOLE at Portland’s Capisic Pond Park on 10/13, a SCARLET TANAGER at Portland’s Eastern Promenade on 10/15, and multiple RED-EYED VIREOS and BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS. Maxwell’s Farm in Cape Elizabeth (between Sawyer Rd and Spurwink Avenue, Delorme Map 3: A-4) hosted a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW on the 15th and it continues through the 19th. Single GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were found at Bug Light Park, behind the fence along the park’s western boundary and at Crescent Beach State Park on the 19th. “IPSWICH” SAVANNAH SPARROWS are on the move, with this week’s high count of three coming from Seapoint Beach in Kittery on the 17th. Single LAPLAND LONGSPURS were noted at East Point Sanctuary in Biddeford Pool on the 16th and at Kittery’s Seapoint Beach on the 17th. Another DICKCISSEL has appeared at the feeders here at the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth, with an adult female-type dropping by on 10/18 and continuing through today. Kittery’s Fort Foster hosted one RUSTY BLACKBIRD on the 17th, while 100+ BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS had amassed along Fessenden Road in Cape Elizabeth on the 19th. NOTE: The results of our survey on the Economic Impact of the Western Reef-Heron on Kittery, Maine is now available on our website: http://www.yarmouthbirds.com/pdf/W-Reef-Heron-Economics-Report.pdf - End transcript 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. 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