Maine (Statewide) RBA
January 22, 2010
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Name: Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert
Reporting Period: January 16 - 22, 2010
Area: State of Maine
Compilers: Eric Hynes, Stella Walsh
Of Special Note
Top birds this week are: KING EIDER, THAYER'S GULL, DOVEKIE, NORTHERN HAWK OWL,
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, and PAINTED BUNTING.
Other noteworthy species included: SNOW GOOSE, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, THICK-BILLED
MURRE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE,
BOHEMIAN WAXWING, and PINE GROSBEAK.
A conspicuous pulse of NORTHERN SHRIKES, particularly in the Midcoast region,
was noted recently. Several NORTHERN FLICKERS were found across southern Maine
this week.
Gulf of Maine
Highlights on Jeffrey's Ledge on January 15 were six NORTHERN FULMARS, 23
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, three DOVEKIE, and 10 COMMON MURRES.
York County
Ten THICK-BILLED MURRES were seen on January 16 some distance out from The Cliff
House in Ogunquit.
A pair of GADWALL continues off Beach Street in Ogunquit.
Sightings of a lone SNOW GOOSE continue in the marsh behind the old Hattie's
Restaurant in Biddeford Pool.
Once again, a dark morph ROUGH- LEGGED HAWK was spotted on Wood Island from East
Point Sanctuary in Biddeford Pool.
Greater Portland
The YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER persists at the feeders at 51 Carroll Street in
Falmouth but sightings have become more infrequent and unpredictable.
Three BRANT were spotted over several days at Kettle Cove or from Dyer Point in
Cape Elizabeth.
An elusive drake KING EIDER was back at Dyer Point on January 17.
A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER and a SWAMP SPARROW remain at Gilsland Farm in
Falmouth.
Lewiston/Auburn
An adult ICELAND GULL was seen from the Main Street Bridge in Auburn on the
21st.
Kennebec River Valley (Augusta-Waterville)
Potentially, Maine's first THAYER'S GULL was found at the Hatch Hill Landfill in
Augusta on January 21. The first winter gull was relocated on the 22nd.
A dark morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen over fields on Denico Lane in Benton on
January 16.
Midcoast
At times, as many as one thousand gulls can be seen on the Kennebec River from
the Town Landing off Front Street in Bath. This week as many as four GLAUCOUS
GULLS and three ICELAND GULLS were present among the many Herring.
In Warren village, a female AMERICAN WIGEON and two BARROW'S GOLDENEYES are
being seen near the Main Street Bridge.
Penobscot Bay
An adult and an immature BLACK-HEADED GULL continue in Owl's Head Harbor. The
adult was reported most often from the Lobster Pound at the end of Lobster Lane
in Owl's Head where several BONAPARTE'S and ICELAND GULLS are also being seen.
A dark morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK is still being seen off Hawes Bridge Road in
Prospect.
A drake AMERICAN WIGEON was in Owl's Head Harbor on January 17.
Four RAZORBILLS and four BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were seen from the Owl's Head
Light State Park on January 16.
A GREAT BLUE HERON persists at Weskeag Marsh in South Thomaston.
A drake KING EIDER, 33 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 18 RAZORBILLS, and four
THICK-BILLED MURRES were among the highlights seen from the ferry between
Rockland and Vinalhaven Island on January 21.
Carver's Pond in Vinalhaven held a drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE and a drake AMERICAN
WIGEON on January 21.
Two BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were seen on Cape Jellison in Stockton Springs on
January 17.
Downeast
A male PAINTED BUNTING is still making daily visits to a private feeder in Blue
Hill.
A COMMON GRACKLE came to a feeder in Surry on January 19.
A flock of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was near the orchard on Center Drive in Orrington
on January 19.
Western Mountains
A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen in Kingfield near Sugarloaf on January 17.
Northern Maine
The Blaine NORTHERN HAWK OWL continues to be seen in an "island" of trees in an
overgrown pasture just south and east of the intersection of Pierce Road and
Robinson Road.
Roving flocks of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS are widespread with 60+ seen on the January
20 in Presque Isle.
A WHITE-THROATED SPARROW visited a feeder in Wade on the January 19.
A COMMON GRACKLE lingers at a feeder in Presque Isle.
PINE GROSBEAKS were reported in Caswell, Ashland, Nashville Plantation and
Stockholm this week.
Small flocks of WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were seen along the Beaver Brook Road in
T14, R5 on January 18.
Several EVENING GROSBEAKS are visiting a feeder regularly in Castle Hill.
Bill Sheehan's excellent summary of birds in Aroostook County 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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