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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.
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  • July 12, 2007

    - RBA

    * Maine
    * Southcoastal
    * July 12, 2007
    * MESC0707.12

    - Species Mentioned:
    Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
    Merlin
    Black-bellied Plover
    Greater Yellowlegs
    Lesser Yellowlegs
    Willet
    Whimbrel
    Ruddy Turnstone
    Least Sandpiper
    White-rumped Sandpiper
    Pectoral Sandpiper
    STILT SANDPIPER
    Short-billed Dowitcher
    Red-bellied Woodpecker
    Fish Crow
    SEASIDE SPARROW

    - Transcript:
    Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert (Internet Only).
    Date: Thursday, July 12, 2007 compiled at: 6:00pm.
    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: N/A.

    WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS are increasing along the southcoast. “Dozens” were reported off of Goose Rocks Beach (Delorme Map 3: D-2) on 7/5, and 25+ were tallied off Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth (Delorme Map 3: B-5) on 7/9. Large numbers have been seen farther out in Saco Bay this week.

    A MERLIN was spotted over Goose Rocks Beach on the 5th, and one zipped through South Portland’s Bug Light Park (Delorme Map 3: A-5) on the 12th.

    Shorebird numbers were up considerably this week. One adult STILT SANDPIPER was in the salt pannes on the east side of the north end of the Eastern Rd Trail through Scarborough Marsh on 7/9. A second bird joined it by 7/11.

    8+ BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, ~150 WILLET, 3 WHIMBREL, 20+ RUDDY TURNSTONES, and ~100 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were tallied from Stratton Island in the “last couple of evenings,” as reported on the 12th.

    Other shorebird high counts this week, from the mainland, included: 22 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS at Popham Beach State Park in Phippsburg on 7/12; 112 LESSER YELLOWLEGS in the Eastern Rd Trail salt pannes on 7/9; 45 GREATER YELLOWLEGS in Phippsburg’s Atkin’s Bay (Delorme Map 6: E-5) on 7/6; single WHIMBRELS on Georgetown’s Seawall Beach (Delorme Map 6: E-2) and Atkin’s Bay on 7/6; 38 LEAST SANDPIPERS in the Eastern Rd salt pannes on 7/11, 1 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER in Maquoit Bay on 7/11, and 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER and 35 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS in the Eastern Rd salt pannes on both 7/9 and 7/11.

    A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER flew over Hinckley Park in South Portland (off Highland Rd; Delorme Map 73; G-4) on the 12th.

    Two FISH CROWS visiting the fast food joints on Rte 302 in Windham (Delorme Map 5: C-2) on 7/6, further suggests a new colony nearby.

    The SEASIDE SPARROW continues in Scarborough Marsh this week.

    TRAVEL: PORTLAND PELAGIC.
    It’s not to late to sign up! A limited amount of spaces are still available for the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth and See-Life Paulagics’ ½ Day Pelagic boat trip out of Portland on Saturday, July 14th.

    We’ll be seeking Manx, Sooty, Greater, and perhaps even Cory’s Shearwaters; Wilson’s and Leach’s Storm-Petrels, Roseate and Arctic Terns, whales and dolphins, and hopefully such treats as a South Polar Skua or a Magnificent Frigatebird! For more information, Contact See Life Paulagics (www_DOT_paulagics_DOT_com) or the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth for more information. For reservations, contact See Life Paulagics at info_AT_ paulagics DOT com, or by calling 215-234-6805.

    - End transcript

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