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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. June 7, 2007 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. May 31, 2007 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. May 24, 2007 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. May 17, 2007 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. May 9, 2007 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. May 3, 2007 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. April 26, 2007 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. April 19, 2007 - RBA * Maine * Southcoastal * April 19, 2007 * MESC0704.19 - Species Mentioned: Snow Goose Brant Gadwall EURASIAN WIGEON American Wigeon Northern Shoveler CANVASBACK Lesser Scaup AYTHYA HYBRID SP. Northern Gannet American Bittern Black-crowned Night Heron Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Merlin American Coot Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Greater Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Laughing Gull Razorbill Northern Shrike Carolina Wren Hermit Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Fox Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Rusty Blackbird - Transcript: Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert (Internet Only). Date: Thursday, April 19, 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: The weather was certainly more noteworthy than the birding this week! After last Thursday’s storm dropped 4 to 12” (Bridgeton) of snow by Fri am, we finally reached the normal high of 52F in Portland on Sat. Then, all hell broke loose, as an incredibly powerful Nor’easter developed. Rain began Sun am, changed to snow, and then back to heavy rain. 4 to 8” of rain fell, strong winds (gusts up to 60mph), coastal and inland flooding, beach erosion, downed trees, widespread power outages, etc continued through Tues, with sleet and wet snow Mon night. Conditions then slowly improved, with diminishing northerly winds and scattered showers on Wed, followed by partly sunny skies and temps climbing to above normal highs (normal high in Portland = 54F). One SNOW GOOSE was along Saco’s Boom Rd (Delorme Map 3; B-1) on 4/15 while 42 – including one “Blue” Goose – were along the Kennebec River in Dresden (Delorme Map 12: E-1) on 4/14. Two BRANT were at the East Point Sanctuary at Biddeford Pool on 4/15, while 8 were at Cape Elizabeth’s Kettle Cove on 4/17. A pair of GADWALL continue in the marsh behind the Pelreco building in Scarborough Marsh, while three were observed off of the Eastern Rd. Trail on 4/17. A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was found in a flooded farm field on the north side of Brown’s Point Rd in Bowdoinham (Delorme Map 6: A-4) on 4/18 with 6 AMERICAN WIGEONS and continued the next day. From Bowdoinham Center, follow Rte 24 N to Brown’s Point Rd on the right. Cross the Abagadasset River. When the paved road bends sharply to the left, and becomes Pork Point Rd, stay straight as Browns Point Rd becomes dirt. After being flushed by an eagle, the ducks alighted on the Kennebec River, viewable from about ¼ farther east on Brown’s Point Rd. The wigeons - and a host of other ducks - were joined by a pair of NORTHERN SHOVELERS on 4/19. A hen CANVASBACK arrived on Grondin Pond in Scarborough (view from the end of Woodview Rd, off Fogg Rd; Delorme Map 3: B-4) last week and continued through at least the 17th. The AYTHYA HYBIRD formerly thought to be a Ring-necked Duck x Redhead may in fact be a Tufted Duck x Redhead/Common Pochard. The bird continued on Prout’s Pond behind the Pleasant Hill Driving Range and the Food Guy restaurant on Pleasant Hill Rd in Scarborough (Delorme Map 3: A-4) through at least 4/13, but was not present on 4/17. Single adult NORTHERN GANNETS were spotted from East Point in Biddeford Pool on the 15th and from Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth (Delorme Map 3: B-5) on the 17th. The Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch, sponsored by the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth (www.yarmouthbirds.com/hawkwatch.asp) has totaled 541 raptors to date. In the past seven days (Thurs, 4/12 to Wed, 4/18) only 56 birds have been tallied (thanks to the stormy weather): 25 OSPREY, 1 BALD EAGLES, 6 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 19 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 2 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 1 AMERICAN KESTRELS, 1 MERLIN, and 1 unidentified. The AMERICAN COOT continued in the Jones Creek section of Scarborough Marsh through at least the 15th, seen from behind the Nestling Duck gift shop that day. 17 SANDERLINGS were at Popham Beach State Park on 4/18. Three northbound RAZORBILLS passed Biddeford’s East Point on the 15th. An immature NORTHERN SHRIKE was along Hodson Rd in Pownal (Delorme Map 5: C-5) on 4/13. CAROLINA WRENS continue here at the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth (2), in a Gorham yard (2), a pair is nest-building in a Portland yard, and a York yard that has hosted one for about 6 years is now hosting a pair as well. AMERICAN ROBINS have been unusually common at feeding stations throughout the area – and the state – this week, feeding on everything from the expected mealworm and fruit offerings to the less-expected whole sunflower seeds. An early GRAY CATBIRD arrived in a Cape Neddick Yard on 4/19, possible part of the fallout of early and southern passerines that occurred to our south because of the massive storm system. This week’s FOX SPARROW high count was 6 in a Windham yard on the 14th. An early ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was reported from a York feeder on 4/16-17. Three RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were along the Kennebec River in Dresden on the 14th. Observations and reports of LESSER SCAUP, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LAUGHING GULL, HERMIT THRUSH, and PINE WARBLER also increased this week, while other new arrivals included AMERICAN BITTERN, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, and PALM WARBLER. - End transcript April 12, 2007 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. 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. 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. 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