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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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April 5, 2007 - RBA * Maine * Southcoastal * April 5, 2007 * MESC0704.05 - Species Mentioned: *BLACK VULTURE* Snow Goose Brant MUTE SWAN Gadwall American Wigeon Greater Scaup Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Snowy Egret Glossy Ibis Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper’s Hawk Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel Merlin AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Willet Wilson’s Snipe Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Northern Flicker Fish Crow Tree Swallow Carolina Wren Winter Wren Marsh Wren Hermit Thrush Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Fox Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Rusty Blackbird - Transcript: Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert (Internet Only). Date: Thursday, April 5, 2007 compiled at: 4:30pm. 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: Yuck. Temps were above normal Fri through Sun despite a NW flow- reinforced by a dry cold front Fri pm – through Sat. Then, things took a turn for the worse as wintry conditions and below-normal temps (mostly upper 30s for highs, normal = 49/31) for the rest of the week, with mostly easterly winds grinding the progress of migration to a virtual halt. A series of lows and a persistent onshore flow produced periods of light rain, drizzle, sleet, and/or snow Sun night through Tues night. A stronger system then dumped up to 16” of snow between Wed and Thurs mornings, the 5th highest 24-hour snowfall in April on record for Portland (11.6”; records began in 1882). The Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch, sponsored by the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth (www.yarmouthbirds.com/hawkwatch.asp) has totaled 368 raptors to date. This week’s highlight was a *BLACK VULTURE* at 9:40 am on 4/1, that was spotted in the extreme distance to the southeast – possibly over the shoreline of Freeport, heading north. The first OSPREY of the season passed by on 3/30, with many reports from around the area being received in the following days. 104 birds were counted on 4/1, but a single adult NORTHERN GOSHAWK in the afternoon of 4/3 broke a day and a half-long shutout streak. In the past seven days (Thurs, 3/29 to Wed, 4/4) 155 birds have been tallied: 1 Black Vulture, 21 TURKEY VULTURES, 6 Osprey, 5 BALD EAGLES, 5 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 26 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 10 COOPER’S HAWKS, 1 Northern Goshawk, 3 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 50 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 22 AMERICAN KESTRELS, 1 MERLIN, and 4 unidentified. 4 SNOW GEESE passed the Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch on 4/1, while 9 were in Scarborough Marsh on the same day. 20 BRANT were at Hill’s Beach in Biddeford on 3/30, 8 were at East Point in Biddeford Pool on 4/1, and 27 were at Cape Elizabeth’s Kettle Cove on 4/1. The pair of MUTE SWANS continues on Legions Pond at the intersection of Paul St and Rte 103 in Kittery (Delorme Map 1: B-4). A pair of GADWALL were behind the Pelreco building in Scarborough Marsh on the 31st, while one was behind Saco’s Laurel Hill Cemetery on the next day. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was over Scarborough’s Pine Point on 3/30. The first AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER of the season returned to Hill’s Beach on the 30th, and an early SEMIPALMATED PLOVER was reported from Fortunes Rocks Beach on the 31st. The 3rd Cycle ICELAND GULL continues at Union Wharf, off of Commercial Street in Portland (Delorme Map 73: F-4), through at least 4/1 and a GLAUCOUS GULL was at Biddeford Pool’s East Point on the same day. A pair of RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS have been visiting a cavity in Cape Elizabeth, while the overwintering YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER continues in Evergreen Cemetery. A CAROLINA WREN was in Bowdoinham on 3/31, 1-2 continues here at the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth, and an apparent pair continues in a Gorham yard. Calm winds and clearing skies Sat night produced a great flight, led by SONG SPARROWS – including 152 tallied at Winslow Park – and DARK-EYED JUNCOS for the morning of 4/1. Meanwhile, the 11 FOX SPARROWS under a Cumberland feeder on 3/31 was a great total. Feeders have been particularly active with these species during the snowfall this week. A female RUSTY BLACKBIRD was along Browns Point Rd in Bowdoinham (Delorme Map 6: A-4) on the 31st, while one was reported from a Topsham yard on the next day. Observations and reports of AMERICAN WIGEON, GREATER SCAUP, PIED-BILLED GREBE, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, PIPING PLOVER, NORTHERN FLICKER, FISH CROW, and TREE SWALLOW increased this week, while other new arrivals included SNOWY EGRET, GLOSSY IBIS, WILLET, WILSON’S SNIPE, WINTER WREN, MARSH WREN, HERMIT THRUSH, SAVANNAH SPARROW, and SWAMP SPARROW. - End transcript March 29, 2007 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. 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. 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