Maine (Statewide) RBA
July 2, 2009
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Name: Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert
Reporting Period: June 27 - July 2, 2009
Area: State of Maine
Compilers: Eric Hynes, Stella Walsh
Of Special Note
Top birds this week are: LEAST BITTERN, TRICOLORED HERON, COMMON MOORHEN,
CASPIAN TERN, and WHITE-WINGED DOVE.
Other noteworthy species included: BRANT, REDHEAD, RUDDY DUCK, SPRUCE GROUSE,
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, GLAUCOUS GULL, COMMON MURRE, BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER,
GRAY JAY, and BOREAL CHICKADEE.
Gulf of Maine
A COMMON MURRE egg was discovered by researchers on Matinicus Rock on June 26,
the first known in Maine waters in over 100 years.
York County
A TRICOLORED HERON was seen on June 28 in Biddeford Pool in the marsh on the
south side of Route 208 - where Bridge Road forms a T with Mile Stretch Road and
Fortunes Rock Road.
A BRANT was seen at Kennebunk Beach on June 28.
WHIP-POOR-WILLS were heard in Sanford and Limington this week.
Greater Portland
Among the birds seen on a trip to Stratton Island on June 30 included SORA,
eight WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, several NORTHERN GANNETS, ROSEATE, COMMON, ARCTIC,
and LEAST TERNS, NORTHERN SHOVELER, GADWALL, BLACK-BELLIED and SEMIPALMATED
PLOVERS, RUDDY TURNSTONE, and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER.
Six SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, an AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, and several ROSEATE
TERNS were at Pine Point in Scarborough on July 1.
A GLAUCOUS GULL continues at Kettle Cove in Cape Elizabeth and was joined on
July 1 by three out-of-season LONG-TAILED DUCKS and a RED-THROATED LOON.
Kennebec River Valley (Augusta-Waterville)
Tough to find even in boreal forest, a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER came as a real
surprise in Pittston on June 27.
Midcoast
In addition to all the breeding terns and ATLANTIC PUFFINS, a MANX SHEARWATER
was seen near Eastern Egg Rock on June 27.
Three BRANT were reported off Rt. 216 in the Small Point area of Phippsburg this
week.
Penobscot Bay
Back on June 25, a WHITE-WINGED DOVE was photographed on Bridge Street in
Belfast.
Seen from the Maine State Ferry run to Matinicus Island on June 26 were over 300
WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, a RAZORBILL, 28 BLACK GUILLEMOTS, 8 NORTHERN GANNETS,
and two SOOTY SHEARWATERS.
Two LEAST BITTERNS and a LEAST TERN were seen at the Sandy Point (Stower's
Meadow) WMA in Stockton Springs on June 30.
Central Maine
Found on Carlton Pond in Troy on June 25 were an AMERICAN BITTERN, 15 adult
BLACK TERNS with 2 chicks, and two WILSON'S SNIPE.
MERLINS are again being seen around the Jefferson/Prentiss Street area of
Bangor.
Several COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were calling at the Bangor State Forest on July 1.
Downeast
A CASPIAN TERN was loafing on a ledge in Back Bay, Milbridge on June 25.
Two SOOTY SHEARWATERS were seen between Cutler and Machias Seal Island on June
28.
Three RAZORBILLS were spotted from the Bold Coast Trail in Cutler on June 28.
SPRUCE GROUSE were seen at the Boot Cove Preserve and on Great Wass Island in
Jonesport.
Western Mountains
A male BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen in the boreal section above
Nesowadnehunk Field Campground in Baxter State Park on June 26. Other birds
seen in Baxter State Park this week included SPRUCE GROUSE, BOREAL CHICKADEES,
GRAY JAYS, BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS, a singing FOX SPARROW, and WHITE-WINGED
CROSSBILLS.
Maine Public Reserve Lands at Scraggly Lake, just northeast of Baxter State
Park, hosted a singing WOOD THRUSH, numerous BOREAL CHICKADEES and GRAY JAYS, as
well as warblers including a CAPE MAY.
A CAPE MAY WARBLER, BOREAL CHICKADEES, and GRAY JAYS were once again found along
a moose trail off Rt. 16 just east of the Cupsuptic Campgrounds in Rangeley in
June 27. Considerable efforts to relocate the previously reported BLACK-BACKED
WOODPECKERS between utility poles 330 and 331 along Rt. 16 in Lincoln Plantation
on June 27 were unsuccessful.
Northern Maine
Recent waterfowl highlights include appearances of one hen and three drake
REDHEADS on the 28th and at least 5 displaying RUDDY DUCK males on the 19th at
Lake Josephine in Easton.
Two COMMON MOORHENS were found in a wetland near Lake Josephine in Easton.
A pair of UPLAND SANDPIPERS was on the Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge in
Limestone.
Bill Sheehan's excellent summary can be found at
www.northernmainebirds.blogspot.com.
Eric Hynes
Gilsland Farm Naturalist /
Adult Education Program Coordinator
Maine Audubon
20 Gilsland Farm Road
Falmouth, ME 04105
207-781-2330 ext. 237
ehynes@maineaudubon.org
www.maineaudubon.org
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