Maine (Statewide) RBA
November 14, 2008
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] Maine RBA - November 14, 2008
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Name: Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert
Reporting Period: November 8-14, 2008
Area: State of Maine
Compilers: Eric Hynes, Stella Walsh
Of Special Note
CAVE SWALLOWS topped this week's highlights with individuals spotted in
Kittery, Scarborough, and at Pemaquid Point.
The incursion of RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS this fall is impressive.
Sightings too numerous to list continue to pour in from southern and
midcoast Maine. A few individuals have turned up farther north and east
and are highlighted in the report.
Two more SNOWY OWLS were found this week. Photos of one can be viewed
at:
http://www.maineaudubon.org/nature/birdalert_gallery.php
Some other noteworthy species mentioned in the report include: SNOW
GOOSE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, RUDDY DUCK,
GREAT EGRET, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER,
NORTHERN SHRIKE, GRAY JAY, BOREAL CHICKADEE, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, RUSTY
BLACKBIRD, and WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL.
York County
A CAVE SWALLOW was seen over Kittery's Seapoint Beach on November 12
along with a very late BOBOLINK, an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, and two
RUSTY BLACKBIRDS.
A tardy RED-EYED VIREO was in York on November 8.
An immature SNOWY OWL was seen at Biddeford Pool behind Hattie's on
November 8. Also in Biddeford Pool, one AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, a
lingering GRAY CATBIRD, a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, and a DICKCISSEL turned
up on the 9th.
On November 9, three MUTE SWANS, five NORTHERN PINTAILS, an AMERICAN
WOODCOCK, a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, a BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, a
PINE WARBLER, and one WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL were found in Kittery and
York.
In Ogunquit, seven HARLEQUIN DUCKS, a PINE WARBLER, a CHIPPING SPARROW,
and five WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were discovered on November 9.
Several sizable flocks of WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS flew over Goose Rocks
Beach in Kennebunkport just after sunrise on November 9.
A RUDDY TURNSTONE was among a number of SANDERLINGS on the 9th at
Kennebunk Beach.
Waterfowl species on November 9 at the Sanford Sewage Treatment Facility
included RUDDY DUCK, AMERICAN WIGEON, NORTHERN PINTAIL, and BLUE-WINGED
TEAL.
Greater Portland
A CAVE SWALLOW was seen briefly flying from Ferry Beach to Pine Point in
Scarborough on November 11.
Three CAVE SWALLOWS foraged briefly on November 13 at Two Lights State
Park in Cape Elizabeth.
Another possible CAVE SWALLOW was seen over Higgins Beach in Scarborough
around midday on the 13th. Also at Higgins, three MUTE SWANS were seen
flying by over the ocean on the 11th.
A SNOWY OWL spent the morning of November 13 roosting at the edge of the
Presumpscot River across from Gilsland Farm in Falmouth. Other
highlights there that morning were multiple flocks of WHITE-WINGED
CROSSBILLS totaling over 60 individuals and two tardy MARSH WRENS.
Three NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS (of the interior races) and a late
SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROW were found along the Eastern Road Trail
across Scarborough Marsh on the 13th.
A Northern Harrier flushed a flock of 31 LAPLAND LONGSPURS up out of
Scarborough Marsh behind the Audubon Center on November 11.
An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen at Kettle Cove on November 8.
Three MUTE SWANS were seen flying over the ocean at Higgins Beach on
November 11.
A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was at Portland Headlight on November 11.
In Portland, a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, a PEREGRINE FALCON, a RED-EYED
VIREO, two NASHVILLE WARBLERS, a NORTHERN PARULA, a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT,
a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, a FIELD SPARROW, two NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED
SPARROWS, and two FOX SPARROWS were rounded-up on November 9.
A DICKCISSEL continues at the Wild Bird Center on Route 1 in Yarmouth.
An immature SNOW GOOSE and a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE continued at
least through November 12 at Thornhurst Farm on Route 115 in North
Yarmouth. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was at Thornhurst Farm on November 13.
Lewiston-Auburn
Fourteen AMERICAN COOTS were seen on Sabattus Pond on November 12 along
with 130 COMMON MERGANSERS, and both LESSER and GREATER SCAUP totaling
~150 ducks.
Midcoast
A CAVE SWALLOW was well studied in the late afternoon on November 12
cooperatively flying around the parking lot at Pemaquid Point in
Bristol.
Two RUDDY DUCKS were in a pond behind Lowe's in Brunswick on November 8.
Two PEREGRINE FALCONS continue to be seen on the Andros Mill in
Brunswick.
A PEREGRINE FALCON was hunting near the Morse River mouth at Popham
Beach State Park in Phippsburg on November 11.
A late BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and 45 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were at
Head Beach on Hermit Island in Phippsburg on November 13.
Thirty WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were seen on Route 32 just south of Round
Pond on November 10.
Two adult PEREGRINE FALCONS were soaring over Griffith Head at Reid
State Park in Georgetown on November 11 while 68 RED-NECKED GREBES
floated in rafts along the coast.
A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Keene Neck Road in Bremen on November 10.
Kennebec River Valley (Augusta-Waterville)
An immature ICELAND GULL was picked out of a flock of gulls foraging in
a pasture along Route 8 in Smithfield on November 14.
A singing CAROLINA WREN arrived in a Gardiner yard on November 9.
A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was calling in Whitefield on November 11.
A male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was spotted with COMMON GOLDENEYES in the
Kennebec River at Fort Halifax in Windsor.
The Flood Farm on River Road at the Clinton/Benton town line hosted a
surprisingly late GREAT EGRET on November 13. Other good birds there
this week included SNOW BUNTINGS, AMERICAN PIPITS, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER,
a PALM WARBLER and a tardy BOBOLINK.
Central Maine
A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was seen in Holden on November 13.
Penobscot Bay
Three WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS, a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, and a lingering
NORTHERN PARULA and GRAY CATBIRD were all found recently on private
property off Steamboat Wharf Road in Stockton Springs recently.
Two CAROLINA WRENS were seen at a window feeder in Camden on November 8.
A yard in Blue Hill has hosted a DICKCISSEL this past week and a
BALTIMORE ORIOLE on November 10.
A DICKCISSEL was seen on Deer Isle on November 11. An impressive tally
of 235 RED-NECKED GREBES was reported from Deer Isle on the 13th.
Western Mountains
Three BOREAL CHICKADEES were seen in Katahdin Ironworks near White Cap
Mountain on November 9.
A NORTHERN CARDINAL female and two TUFTED TITMICE visited a yard in
Dexter on November 8.
Downeast
A late PINE WARBLER visited a mealworm feeder in Bar Harbor on November
10.
A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was soaring at Seawall Beach on Mount Desert Island
on November 9.
The first time visit of a NORTHERN CARDINAL to feeders in Talmadge on
November 10 illustrates the slow expansion of this species northward.
Northern Maine
An EVENING GROSBEAK visited a feeder in New Sweden on November 9.
Birds seen during five days spent in the Haynesville Woods, Route 2A
from Webster to Houlton, included 12 GRAY JAYS, one BOREAL CHICKADEE,
three BARRED OWLS, a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL, and an AMERICAN THREE-TOED
WOODPECKER.
In Masardis, approximately 20 SNOW BUNTINGS were on the road to Oxbow on
the 13th.
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
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