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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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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 - RBA * Maine * Southcoastal * February 1, 2007 * MESC0702.01 - Species Mentioned: Brant Canada Goose Northern Pintail Harlequin Duck Barrow’s Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck PACIFIC LOON Turkey Vulture Northern Harrier Rough-legged Hawk Purple Sandpiper Dunlin Glaucous Gull THICK-BILLED MURRE Belted Kingfisher Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Northern Flicker Northern Shrike Horned Lark Carolina Wren Eastern Bluebird Yellow-rumped Warbler Fox Sparrow Snow Bunting WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL - Transcript: Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert (Internet Only). Date: Thursday, February 1, 2007 compiled at: 5:30pm. To report: (207) 846-8002, or wbcbirds_AT_yarmouthbirds_dot_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: Bitter cold temps (low of –4 with wind chills around –20 on Fri am, and a temp of –7 Sat am, in Portland for example) moderated through the weekend, with Sun’s high reaching the normal average of 31F. The rest of the week remained below normal, until Thurs., when temps rose into the low 30’s on a SW breeze. Weak lows produced flurries Sat am, a dusting for Sun am, a dusting Wed am, flurries Wed. nights, and more flurries developed on Thurs ahead of an approaching storm system. 11 BRANT were at Kettle Cove in Cape Elizabeth on 1/25. A good mid-winter tally of 136 CANADA GEESE, along with a drake NORTHERN PINTAIL, was found off of Martin’s Point in Portland (Delorme Map 72: D-4) on the 27th. The Pintail was along the southern shoreline that borders Rte 1. This week’s high report of HARLEQUIN DUCKS was 30, tallied from the Cliff House in Ogunquit on the 27th. Six drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, but no hens, were tallied in the Harraseeket River of Freeport (as viewed from Winslow Park and the Town Landing at the end of Main St. this week; Delorme Map 6: C/D-1) this week. More unusual was the 31 RUDDY DUCKS off the tip of Winslow Park on the 29th as well. A shrinking patch of open water in Yarmouth Harbor (visible from either the Town Landing on the north side of the Royal River, or from the Marina area on the south side; Delorme Map 5: D-5) continues to host all three species of MERGANSERS. While a lone RED-BREASTED continues, 6 COMMON (7 through 1/26) and 2 HOODED remain. Meanwhile, 6 Hoodies were in the Scarborough River through Scarborough Marsh on 1/28, with 7 present on 2/1; 4 were in Pratt’s Brook in Yarmouth, just west of I-295 (Delorme Map 6: D-1) on 1/31; and 2 were at Laudholm Farm in Wells on 2/1. Yet another PACIFIC LOON report was received this week, this one from the Cliff House in Ogunquit on the 27th. The TURKEY VULTURE that is apparently attempting to overwinter in the Maine Mall area was seen again this week, most recently over Rte 114 in Scarborough on 2/1. A number of NORTHERN HARRIER reports were received this week, while ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS put in another good showing. An immature dark-morph was reported from the Kennebunk Plains on 1/27, while an immature light morph was seen there on 1/30. At Scarborough Marsh, one of each flavor was spotted on 1/30. While PURPLE SANDPIPERS are regular in winter off of Winslow Park in Freeport (where about 25 continue to be seen, along with 20-30 DUNLIN), they are rarely reported from elsewhere within Casco Bay, so 3 off of Falmouth’s Mackworth Island on the 27th is worth mentioning. This week’s high count of Purples (75), however, was from the Cliff House on the 27th. A first cycle GLAUCOUS GULL found at the Lobster Co-op at Pine Point in Scarborough on the 28th, continued through at least the 30th. A THICK-BILLED MURRE was spotted off the Cliff House on 1/27 and another was seen off of Short Sands Beach in York (Delorme Map 1: A-5) on 1/31. A BELTED KINGFISHER was spotted at Barrel Mill Pond in York on 1/28. A NORTHERN FLICKER has been visiting a Freeport yard for about 2 weeks now, one was at Barrel Mill Pond in York on the 28th and 29th and one was at Laudholm Farm in Wells on the 1st. Two YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS and a NORTHERN SHRIKE were discovered in the small park across Rte 1A from the York Harbor Inn in York Harbor on the 30th. This site is also accessible from the Cliff Walk that begins at the end of Harbor Beach Rd. (Delorme Map 1: B-5). Another NORTHERN SHRIKE was discovered along West Commercial Street in Portland (Delorme Map 73: F-3) on the 27th. HORNED LARKS and SNOW BUNTINGS were noted at a handful of scattered coastal locations with the highest counts being 20+ and 30+, respectively, from Scarborough Marsh on the east side of the Eastern Rd Trail on 1/28. A single CAROLINA WREN continues in a Gorham yard, one was in a Portland yard on 1/27, and one has been present in a Freeport yard for about two weeks now. Eight EASTERN BLUEBIRDS added a splash of color to a Freeport yard on the 25th, while another Freeport yard hosted a pair on the 1st. A lonely YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER continues at Community Park, off of Harbor Rd in Wells through the 30th. A tardy FOX SPARROW visited a Phippsburg yard on 1/27. About a dozen WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were found along the Muskie Trail at Laudholm Farm in Wells on 2/1. - End transcript 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. 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