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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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March 29, 2007 - RBA * Maine * Southcoastal * March 29, 2007 * MESC0703.29 - Species Mentioned: *BLACK VULTURE* Snow Goose Canada Goose Brant MUTE SWAN Wood Duck Green-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Barrow’s Goldeneye Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper’s Hawk Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon Piping Plover Greater Yellowlegs Purple Sandpiper Dunlin Iceland Gull Short-eared Owl Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Northern Shrike Tree Swallow Carolina Wren House Wren American Pipit Chipping Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark Brown-headed Cowbird RED CROSSBILL - Transcript: Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert (Internet Only). Date: Thursday, March 29, 2007 compiled at: 5:00pm. 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: A weak cold front Fri am produced showers while a shortwave Sat night dropped up to 2” of snow. A warm front Mon associated with a passing surface low Mon pm produced periods of rain through early Tues am. High pressure then took over, with strong NW winds Wed and Thurs. Temps were near, or above, normal for most of the week, with Fri being the warmest day as temps reached the upper 50’s (normal in Portland for today is: 46/29F). A *BLACK VULTURE* was spotted over the Maine Turnpike (I-95) in Wells on the morning of 3/27. 32 BRANT were at Vine’s Landing in Biddeford Pool on 3/23 (5 there on 3/27) while 6 were at Cape Elizabeth’s Kettle Cove on 3/25. A single SNOW GOOSE within a flock of 25 CANADA GEESE passed over a Freeport yard on 3/26, while 19 were observed in Scarborough Marsh, to the west of the Eastern Rd Trail, on 3/28. Meanwhile, the pair of MUTE SWANS had returned to Legion Pond, at the intersection of Paul St and Rte 103 in Kittery (Delorme Map 1: B-4) by 3/25. This week’s high count of HARLEQUIN DUCKS was 20 tallied at Ogunquit’s Cliff House on the 25th. 14 GREATER SCAUP arrived at Wharton Pt in Brunswick (Delorme Map 6: C-3) on the 29th. One drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE continued in the Saco River, as viewed from Water St in Saco (Delorme Map 71: B-2) at least through the 23rd, with another or the same individual farther down the Saco from the boat launch off Rte 9 in Biddeford (Delorme Map 3: C-3) on the 27th. 170 raptors were tallied in the past seven days (Thurs, 3/22 – Wed, 3/28) of the Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch in Pownal, sponsored by the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth: 38 TURKEY VULTURES, 14 BALD EAGLE, 3 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 8 COOPER’S HAWKS, 3 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS, 11 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 84 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 2 AMERICAN KESTRELS, 4 MERLINS, and 3 unidentified. More information, directions, and a link to daily and season count totals can be found at www.yarmouthbirds.com/hawkwatch.asp. Elsewhere, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was observed along the Maine Turnpike, near Exit 5 in York on the 22nd and one was behind the Pelreco building in Scarborough Marsh on the 28th. A NORTHERN GOSHAWK visited a Scarborough yard on the 26th, and a PEREGRINE FALCON was perched on the I-95 bridge over the Piscataqua River (Delorme Map 1: B-3) on the 26th. Single PIPING PLOVERS arrived at Goosefare Brook in Saco and Seawall Beach in Phippsburg on 3/24, and at Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport on 3/26. This week’s PURPLE SANDPIPER high count were 55+ tallied off of the East Point Sanctuary in Biddeford Pool on 3/23, while 85+ DUNLIN was a good count on Hill’s Beach (as observed from Vine’s Landing) on the same day. The 3rd Cycle ICELAND GULL continues at Union Wharf off of Commercial Street in Portland (Delorme Map 73: F-4) through at least the 26th. A SHORT-EARED OWL was observed at Phippsburg’s Seawall Beach (Delorme Map 6: E-5) on 3/24. A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER continues in Saco’s Laurel Hill Cemetery. An immature NORTHERN SHRIKE visited a Georgetown yard on 3/21, and returned three days later. Another was seen in West Bath, at the corner of Berrys Mill Rd and Austin Rd (Delorme Map 6: C-4) on 3/26. The first few pioneering TREE SWALLOWS were detected this week, beginning with two over Cumberland on the 24th and one over Scarborough Marsh the next day. CAROLINA WRENS were seen and/or heard at Harbor Rd in Wells on 3/25, Coles Hill Rd in Wells on 3/28, Hermit Island in Phippsburg (Delorme Map 6: E-4) on 3/28, with 1-2 continuing here at the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth. Meanwhile, an early HOUSE WREN returned to a Cape Neddick yard on 3/27. An early AMERICAN PIPIT passed over the Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch on 3/23. A CHIPPING SPARROW has successfully overwintered at a Cumberland. A RED CROSSBILL was singing at Phippsburg’s Hermit Island on 3/28. Observations and reports of WOOD DUCK, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, RING-NECKED DUCK, GREAT EGRET, AMERICAN KESTREL, BELTED KINGFISHER, EASTERN PHOEBE, and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD also increased this week, while other new arrivals included DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, GREAT BLUE HERON, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and EASTERN MEADOWLARK. - End transcript 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. 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