Maine (Statewide) RBA
March 6, 2008
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 21:18:56 -0500
Reply-To: Eric Hynes <ehynes@MAINEAUDUBON.ORG>
Sender: "National Birding Hotline Cooperative (East)"
<BIRDEAST@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
From: Eric Hynes <ehynes@MAINEAUDUBON.ORG>
Subject: [BIRDEAST] Maine RBA - March 6, 2008
To: BIRDEAST@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Precedence: list
List-Help: <http://listserv.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/wa?LIST=BIRDEAST>,
<mailto:LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU?body=INFO BIRDEAST>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:BIRDEAST-unsubscribe-request@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:BIRDEAST-subscribe-request@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
List-Owner: <mailto:BIRDEAST-request@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
List-Archive: <http://listserv.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/wa?LIST=BIRDEAST>
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at email.arizona.edu
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by virtualbirder.com id
m272Hr5B027010
Name: Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert
Reporting Period: March 4 - 6, 2008
Area: State of Maine
Compilers: Eric Hynes and Stella Walsh
Of Special Note
The KING EIDER in Cape Elizabeth has not been seen.
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS are returning.
DARK-EYED JUNCOS have reappeared at feeders in some southern and central
Maine locations.
Notable species mentioned include KILLDEER, FOX SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW
and HOARY REDPOLL.
York County
March 6 marked the first report of a FOX SPARROW which arrived in a yard
in York.
A RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD was noted in West Kennebunk on March 4.
Birds seen in Biddeford Pool on March 6 included a PEREGRINE FALCON, two
drake NORTHERN PINTAILS, four AMERICAN WIGEONS, and a COMMON GRACKLE.
Six PINE SISKINS, present for several weeks, continue at a feeder on
Hills Beach Road in Biddeford.
A TURKEY VULTURE was seen over the Saco River by the University of New
England campus in Biddeford.
A male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE continues above the falls on the Saco River in
Biddeford.
Greater Portland
The KING EIDER at Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth was looked for and not
found on March 3 and March 6.
Two RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS were noted at a feeder in Scarborough on March
4.
A KILLDEER was heard in Portland at the Dragon Fields on March 4.
Seen on March 4 at Capisic Pond in Portland were 18 RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRDS, 4 COMMON GRACKLES, and a SWAMP SPARROW.
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS were singing at Scarborough Marsh and at Gilsland
Farm in Falmouth.
Midcoast
A first winter GLAUCOUS GULL and a THICK-BILLED MURRE were seen at
Pemaquid Point on March 4.
A TURKEY VULTURE was soaring over Camden on March 5.
Kennebec Valley (Augusta-Waterville)
A HOARY REDPOLL was at a feeder on Pleasant Street in Clinton on March
5.
Western Mountains
A RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD was seen in a snowy wetland off School Street in
Kezar Falls on March 4.
Eric Hynes
Staff Naturalist / Gilsland Farm Center Manager
Maine Audubon
20 Gilsland Farm Road
Falmouth, ME 04105
207-781-2330 ext. 237
ehynes@maineaudubon.org
www.maineaudubon.org
For Birdeast archives, and to join, leave, or change address, see:
http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdeast.html