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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 12, 2007 - RBA * Maine * Southcoastal * April 12, 2007 * MESC0706.12 - Species Mentioned: Brant Gadwall Blue-winged Teal Green-winged Teal “EURASIAN” GREEN-WINGED TEAL “EURASIAN” X “AMERICAN” GREEN-WINGED TEAL HYBRID REDHEAD (no) REDHEAD X RING-NECKED DUCK HYBRID Lesser Scaup Barrow’s Goldeneye RUDDY SHELDUCK (origin unknown) Snowy Egret Little Blue Heron Glossy Ibis Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper’s Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon American Coot Lesser Yellowlegs Wilson’s Snipe Red-bellied Woodpecker Northern Shrike Northern Rough-winged Swallow Carolina Wren Winter Wren American Robin Chipping Sparrow “Ipswich” Savannah Sparrow Fox Sparrow - Transcript: Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert (Internet Only). Date: Thursday, April 12, 2007 compiled at: 5:15pm. To report: (207) 846-8002, or wbcbirds_ AT_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: More snowshowers Thurs night gave way to clearing skies and light winds through Sat night, facilitating a pulse of migrants. A deepening low over the Maritimes then kept us in a steady W to NW flow Sun through Wed, with temps remaining up to 15F below normal through week’s end (normal in Portland is now 52/34F). The next winter-like storm was underway today, with heavy snow falling this afternoon, mixing at times with sleet and rain, especially along the coast. 19 BRANT were on Hill’s Beach in Biddeford on 4/5, while 5 were on Long Sands Beach in York Beach on 4/8. A pair of GADWALL continues behind the Pelreco building in Scarborough Marsh, while a drake “EURASIAN” GREEN-WINGED TEAL was identified within a group of about 40 “AMERICAN” GREEN-WINGED TEAL at Seavy’s Landing in Scarborough Marsh on 4/8. Seavy’s Landing is at the end of Seavy’s Landing Rd, off of Pine Point Rd. Likely the same individual was seen in the Dunstan Landing section the next day. The mouth of the Abagadasset River in Bowdoinham has now opened up, and the duck numbers are building there, such as the 112 GREEN-WINGED TEAL tallied on the 9th, with a drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE present there on the 6th through at least the 9th. A REDHEAD reported from Prout’s Pond in Scarborough on 4/7 turned out to be a probable REDHEAD X RING-NECKED DUCK HYBRID. Photographs and notes can be found at: http://outdoors.mainetoday.com/naturewatching/fieldnotes/010826.html. The bird continued at least through 4/11. Prout’s Pond is behind the Pleasant Hill Driving Range and the Food Guy restaurant on Pleasant Hill Rd in Scarborough (Delorme Map 3: A-4). The assortment of waterfowl there also included a “EURASIAN” X “AMERICAN” GREEN-WINGED TEAL HYBRID on 4/8. This bird has not been seen again. A RUDDY SHELDUCK, obviously of questionable origin, was photographed in Lobster Cove at the south end of Long Sands in York Beach (Delorme Map 1: B-5) on 4/10. The first LITTLE BLUE HERON of the season arrived at Biddeford’s Granite Point (Delorme Map 3: D-3) on the 5th and continued through at least the 9th. The Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch, sponsored by the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth (www.yarmouthbirds.com/hawkwatch.asp) has totaled 459 raptors to date. This week’s highlight was a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK on 4/6. In the past seven days (Thurs, 4/5 to Wed, 4/11) only 117 birds have been tallied (thanks to the persistent westerly winds): 3 TURKEY VULTURES, 27 OSPREY, 3 BALD EAGLES, 10 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 41 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 1 COOPER’S HAWKS, 3 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 21 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 1 Rough-legged Hawk, 6 AMERICAN KESTRELS, and 1 unidentified. Elsewhere, an early BROAD-WINGED HAWK visited a Freeport yard on 4/11. Three ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS (2 light morph, 1 dark) were tallied in the NW end of Scarborough Marsh on 4/6, and one light morph was behind the Pelreco building on 4/8. An adult PEREGRINE FALCON was also spotted behind Pelreco that day, while one was at Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport (Delorme Map 3: D-3) on 4/6. A single AMERICAN COOT was in Jones Creek in Scarborough Marsh (opposite the Pelreco building) on 4/8. A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER continues to visit yards on Cousin’s Island in Yarmouth, one continues at Saco’s Laurel Hill Cemetery, and one was spotted along I-295 in Richmond on the 9th. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was spotted along Saco’s Boom Rd (Delorme Map 3: B-1) on 4/5, one was along Western Ave in South Portland (Delorme Map 73: G-1) on 4/10, and one at Fuller Farm (off of Broadturn Rd in Scarborough; Delorme Map 3: A-2) on 4/11. A vanguard NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW was spotted over Phippsburg’s Center Pond (Delorme Map 6: D-5) on the 8th. Two CAROLINA WRENS are now on Hermit Island in Phippsburg (Delorme Map 6: E-4), one was in Yarmouth’s Bayview Preserve (off Bayview Rd, Delorme Map 6: D-1) on 4/12, and the pair continues here at the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth. Large flocks of “reverse-migrant” AMERICAN ROBINS were seen heading south after last week’s snowstorm. Large flocks were heading south past the Bradbury Mtn Hawkwatch, for example, during the 5th through 7th, before northbound flocks began to be seen again on the 10th. Two “IPSWICH” SAVANNAH SPARROWS were found at Goose Rocks Beach on 4/6 and this week’s high count of FOX SPARROWS was 10 in a Scarborough yard on 4/11. Observations and reports of SNOWY EGRET, GLOSSY IBIS, OSPREY, WILSON’S SNIPE, WINTER WREN, and CHIPPING SPARROW also increased this week, while other new arrivals included BLUE-WINGED TEAL, LESSER SCAUP, and LESSER YELLOWLEGS. - End transcript April 5, 2007 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. 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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