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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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May 4, 2006 - RBA * Maine * Southcoastal * May 4, 2006 * MESC0605.04 - Species Mentioned: American Bittern Glossy Ibis Peregrine Falcon Purple Sandpiper LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL Whip-poor-will Ruby-throated Hummingbird Red-bellied Woodpecker Blue-headed Vireo Barn Swallow Carolina Wren House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Hermit Thrush Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher American Pipit Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Prairie Warbler Black-and-white Warbler White-crowned Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Rusty Blackbird Baltimore Oriole - Transcript: Hotline: Southcoastal Maine Rare Bird Alert (Internet Only). Date: Thursday, May 4, 2006 compiled at: 5:00pm. To report: (207) 846-8002, or birds@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 messages can be found at www.yarmouthbirds.com. Weather Summary: High pressure produced sunny skies, but cooler temps, on a mostly northeasterly flow (with onshore seabreezes along the coast) Fri. through Sun. Clear and calm nights resulted in colder than normal mornings, but allowed migrants to proceed unimpeded. That changed, on Mon however, as an offshore low slowly moved north and west. Stronger northeast winds and showers developed by Mon. night and continued through Wednesday. 3.41 inches of much-needed rain fell in Portland on Tuesday, a new record for that date. Temps rebounded to the low 70’s on clearing skies and light winds on Thurs. An AMERICAN BITTERN was found at the North Pownal Marsh (along Poland Range Road; Delorme Map 6: C-1) on 4/29. Noteworthy away from the immediate coast, a single GLOSSY IBIS was at Cumberland’s Twin Brook Recreation Area on the 3rd. A PEREGRINE FALCON was spotted along Eastern Road in Scarborough Marsh on 4/28. 28 PURPLE SANDPIPERS off of Portland’s Eastern Promenade on the 4th was both an usual location and a late date. An adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Cumberland’s Twin Brook Recreation Area (off of Greely Rd; Delorme Map 5: D-5) on the 1st. What was likely the same bird was spotted two days later at Thornhurst Farm in North Yarmouth (along Rte 115; Delorme Map 5: D-5). A pair of RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS was spied copulating and entering a cavity in South Portland’s Hinckley Park (off of Highland Rd; Delorme Map 73: G-4) on 5/1. Two CAROLINA WRENS were reported from Cumberland on the 1st, one each along Middle and Schooner Ridge Roads. Meanwhile, one continues here at the Wild Bird Center of Yarmouth. A BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER was found at the Forest City Cemetery in South Portland (off of Lincoln St; Delorme Map 73: G-3). HERMIT THRUSHES were moving through en masse, as exemplified by a good count of 31 at Cumberland’s Twin Brook Recreation Area on the 28th. A GRAY CATBIRD at Portland’s Dragon Field and another at the Eastern Promenade on 5/4 were both continuing overwintering birds. A PRAIRIE WARBLER on 4/30 was one of a number of new arrivals recorded at Portland’s Evergreen Cemetery this week. The Prairie continued at Evergreen, singing at the powerline cut, through 5/4. br> Two RUSTY BLACKBIRDS visited a Richmond yard on the 27th. Observations and reports of BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BARN SWALLOW, and AMERICAN PIPIT increased this week, but the real news was the slew of new arrivals this week (especially this past weekend, before the rain moved in) including: WHIP-POOR-WILL, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, HOUSE WREN, BROWN THRASHER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. - End transcript April 27, 2006 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. April 20, 2006 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. April 13, 2006 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. April 6, 2006 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. March 30, 2006 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. March 23, 2006 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. March 16, 2006 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. March 9, 2006 Click on the date to view the rare bird alert. 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