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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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December 21, 2006 - RBA * Maine * Southcoastal * December 21, 2006 * MESC0612.21 - Species Mentioned: Canada Goose Snow Goose Brant MUTE SWAN Wood Duck Gadwall American Wigeon American Black Duck Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal CANVASBACK RED-CRESTED POCHARD (presumed escapee) Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Harlequin Duck Barrow’s Goldeneye Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck GREATER SHEARWATER PACIFIC LOON Red-necked Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Ring-necked Pheasant Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon Virginia Rail American Coot Black-bellied Plover Killdeer Wilson’s Snipe Unidentified “peep” Purple Sandpiper Pomarine Jaeger BLACK-HEADED GULL Glaucous Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Razorbill DOVEKIE Snowy Owl Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Northern Shrike Common Raven Carolina Wren Marsh Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush Gray Catbird ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER Yellow-rumped Warbler Chipping Sparrow Savannah Sparrow “Ipswich” Savannah Sparrow LINCLON’S SPARROW (Lincoln County) Swamp Sparrow Lapland Longspur Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle BALTIMORE ORIOLE American Goldfinch - Transcript: Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert (Internet Only). Date: Thursday, December 21, 2006 compiled at: 3:30pm. To report: (207) 846-8002, or wbcbirds_AT_yarmouthbirds_dot_com. (Please note new email address) 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: The El Nino-influenced zonal flow pattern (which keeps Arctic air to our north) continued to provide temperatures 10-20 degrees above normal through Mon. Weak cold fronts Fri (producing a few showers) and Sun night (only a few sprinkles) did little to reduce temps. However, colder air finally began to filter in behind Mon night’s cold front, but “colder” only meant high temps a few degrees above normal (normal equals 35/17F) before warming again to 50F on W winds on Thurs. Mild weather has produced more birds and more birding activity this week, for a record long SCMRBA. The Portland Christmas Bird Count was conducted on Saturday, the 16th. Unbelievably mild weather increased participation and helped to produce 106 species (plus two count week), a new record (old record was 101). Highlights included: a GREATER SHEARWATER (3rd Count Record), PACIFIC LOON (it has not been relocated) and 5 DOVEKIES off of Two Lights State Park in Cape Elizabeth; 6 RING-NECKED PHEASANTS in Cape Elizabeth; 3 TURKEY VULTURES (2nd Count Record); a dark-morph adult ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK over Richmond Island in Cape Elizabeth; 1 VIRGINIA RAIL (1st count record) and 2 WILSON’S SNIPE near the sewage treatment plant at the north end of Eastern Rd in Scarborough Marsh (2nd count record); an unidentified peep (1st count record of any peep) along the Eastern Rd Trail through Scarborough Marsh; 477 PURPLE SANDPIPERS, 17 RAZORBILLS, a NORTHERN SHRIKE off of Rte 77 in Cape Elizabeth; a lingering GRAY CATBIRD on Peak’s Island; an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER (2nd Count Record) along West Commercial St, in Portland; 38 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS (34 of which were on Richmond Island); a CHIPPING SPARROW (2nd Count Record) in a yard on Frederic St. in Portland; two SAVANNAH SPARROWS; 10 LAPLAND LONGSPURS along the Eastern Rd Trail through Scarborough Marsh; and one male RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD that continues in a Scarborough yard. Waterfowl also made headlines, with large numbers and great diversity. Prout’s Pond hosted 2 drake GADWALL (and three on 12/17), and single pairs of AMERICAN WIGEON and RING-NECKED DUCKS (both still present through at least 12/17). Grondin Pond (see directions from last week’s SCMRBA) hosted – all continuing from last week, and seen through at least 12/17 – a hen CANVASBACK, both LESSER and GREATER SCAUP, 22 RUDDY DUCKS, and 10 AMERICAN COOTS. Other waterfowl highlights included 3 BRANT; 1 SNOW GOOSE off of Mackworth Island, a WOOD DUCK at the Portland Municipal Golf Course, and a GREEN-WINGED TEAL in Spurwink Marsh, with new high counts of CANADA GOOSE (911), HARLEQUIN DUCK (19), and RED-BREASTED MERGANSER (670). Other record high counts included: 15 RED-THROATED LOONS, 141 RED-NECKED GREBES; 2-3 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS; 15 BALD EAGLES; 3 PEREGRINE FALCONS; 52 DOWNY WOODPECKERS; 12 COMMON RAVENS (previous high was 4); 27 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS (previous high was 10); 4 SWAMP SPARROWS; 147 NORTHERN CARDINALS; and 616 AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES. The 3 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 4 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS, 4 PILEATED WOODPECKERS, 4 CAROLINA WRENS, and 2 HERMIT THRUSHES tied previous record high counts. The Lower Kennebec CBC (mostly in Sagadahoc County, but also Lincoln County) was also conducted on 12/16, recording 84 species. A TURKEY VULTURE over Phippsburg and a LINCOLN’S SPARROW in Southport were first count records, while the 1194 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 68 RED-THROATED LOONS, and 232 RED-NECKED GREBES set new record highs. Other highlights included two GREEN-WINGED TEAL (4th count record); a NORTHERN PINTAIL in the Little River in Georgetown; 1 RING-NECKED DUCK (4th Count Record); 6 BARROW’S GOLDENEYES; 1 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 1 AMERICAN KESTREL; a BLACK-HEADED GULL in Phippsburg; 169 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES and 183 RAZORBILL, most of which were tallied off of Small Point in Phippsburg; a SNOWY OWL in Westport or Woolwich; a CAROLINA WREN in a Georgetown yard, and a MARSH WREN at Small Point. The Southern York County CBC was held on Monday, 12/18. 74 species were recorded. Highlights included: 2 MUTE SWANS in the Ogunquit River in Moody Beach; a NORTHERN PINTAIL; 89 HARLEQUIN DUCKS; a PACIFIC LOON (no details were available at this time); a KILLDEER; a very impressive 16 DOVEKIES (8 from Ogunquit’s Cliff House) and 71 RAZORBILLS; 4 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS; 4 CAROLINA WRENS all in Ogunquit/Moody; 26 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS; two YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS; a CHIPPING SPARROW on Kimball Lane in Wells; and two “IPSWICH” SAVANNAH SPARROWS on Ogunquit Beach. Meanwhile, away from the Christmas Counts . . . Six SNOW GEESE were at Laudholm Farms in Wells 12/13-15, while an estimated 1000 CANADA GEESE spent the evening of 12/15 in Portland’s Back Cove. A drake AMERICAN WIGEON was along Portland’s Eastern Promenade on 12/20. While there’s little doubt that the origins of this bird involve captivity, a RED-CRESTED POCHARD is quite the sight at a Falmouth feeder (and small backyard pond) as part of a small flock of MALLARDS that visits daily. A dark-morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was over Two Light’s State Park in Cape Elizabeth on the 17th, likely the same bird seen at Richmond Island the day before on the CBC. Meanwhile, an AMERICAN KESTREL is hanging around fields on Gray Rd in Falmouth (Delorme Map 5: D-4) and a MERLIN was seen on multiple occasions this week in Portland’s Evergreen Cemetery. Approximately 300 PURPLE SANDPIPERS were roosting off of Ocean Ave in Biddeford Pool on 12/19. 1-2 POMARINE JAEGERS were spotted from Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth (Delorme Map 3: B-5) on the 17th. A 2nd Cycle GLAUCOUS GULL arrived at Reid State Park in Georgetown on 12/19. In addition to the great CBC totals, some good alcid counts included 5-6 DOVEKIES (two very close to shore) and 40+ RAZORBILLS off of Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth on 12/17, and 1 DOVEKIE and 47 RAZORBILLS passing Biddeford Pool’s East Point Sanctuary on 12/19. An immature male YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was detected in Evergreen Cemetery (at the south end of Summit Rd) on the 20th. Other late passerines included: a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET at Pratt’s Brook Park in Yarmouth (off of North Rd; Delorme Map 5: D-5) on 12/16; a HERMIT THRUSH and a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER in the Biddeford Pool neighborhood on 12/19; a CHIPPING SPARROW at a Cumberland feeder on 12/19; single tardy COMMON GRACKLES at feeders in Topsham on 12/17 and Cumberland on 12/18; and an immature male BALTIMORE ORIOLE that was found in the “chat lot” on Sheridan St. in Portland (near its western end at Walnut St; Delorme Map 73: E-4) on the 15th. - End transcript 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. 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