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Rare Bird Alert
Mar 9, 2009 06:44 AM
Categories: Trips
Of Special Note
TUFTED DUCK, KING EIDER, NORTHERN HAWK OWL and VARIED THRUSH continue their reign atop the Maine RBA.
In the southern portion of the state, TURKEY VULTURES and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS lead the newly arrived while winter finches appear to be thinning out. An increasing number of WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS have started taking advantage of feeding stations.
Noteworthy species mentioned below include: BRANT, NORTHERN PINTAIL, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, PEREGRINE FALCON, ICELAND GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, NORTHERN SHRIKE, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, COMMON GRACKLE, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, PINE GROSBEAK, COMMON REDPOLL, HOARY REDPOLL, and EVENING GROSBEAK.
York County
Two male VARIED THRUSHES continue at a private home in Saco at 169 Watson Mill Road at least through March 3. The gracious homeowner continues to allow visitors and requests that you park in the driveway and not on the street for safety purposes. In order to view the thrush(es), you must walk around the right side of the house and look under the feeders to the back and left. Please honor the home owner's hospitality.
Two PEREGRINE FALCONS continue on Saco Island in Saco.
Likely a wintering bird, a BALTIMORE ORIOLE was reported last weekend in Kittery.
A flock of 20 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS on South Street in western Biddeford stands out during what seems to be an above average year for wintering bluebirds in Maine.
Greater Portland
The drake TUFTED DUCK, along with six RING-NECKED DUCKS and a NORTHERN PINTAIL, was seen on February 28 downstream from the prior location at Bridge Street.
A male VARIED THRUSH still makes sporadic visits to the feeders at 31 Spurwink Avenue in South Portland at least through March 2. Please observe the feeders to the left of the home from the road only. Off-street parking is just beyond the house. A CHIPPING SPARROW and a SWAMP SPARROW were observed there this week as well.
Intermittent sightings of a drake KING EIDER continue at Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth.
A dark morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK flew from Prouts Neck over toward Pine Point in Scarborough on March 3.
BRANT sightings this week came from Two Lights State Park and Kettle Cove in Cape Elizabeth and Willard Beach in South Portland; both areas hosted up to 30 birds.
An immature NORTHERN SHRIKE appeared briefly in a Scarborough yard on March 1.
Four EVENING GROSBEAKS flew up along Holmes Road in Scarborough on February 27.
Thirty-five BOHEMIAN and 50 CEDAR WAXWINGS were seen across from Shaw's on Payne Road in Scarborough on February 27.
Seen at Mill Creek behind Hannaford's in South Portland were two immature GLAUCOUS GULLS on February 28 and an adult GLAUCOUS GULL on March 1.
An immature GLAUCOUS GULL and an adult ICELAND GULL continue at the Fish Pier in Portland.
A small flock of PINE GROSBEAKS were seen at Gilsland Farm in Falmouth on March 1.
A flock of 14 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS has been working crabapples in downtown Yarmouth this week.
Lewiston-Auburn
A flock of 200+ COMMON REDPOLLS were at feeders in Lewiston on March 1.
Kennebec River Valley (Augusta-Waterville)
Remarkably, another VARIED THRUSH has turned up in Maine. This bird was first noticed at a feeding station in a Winthrop backyard on February 28 and has been seen every morning since.
Seventy-five BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were in a Gardiner yard on March 3.
A flock of at least 300 COMMON REDPOLLS was seen in Manchester on March 1.
Midcoast
Seen as recently as March 4, the Bristol NORTHERN HAWK OWL remains easy to find along Rt. 130 approximately 0.4 miles south of the Bristol Consolidated School.
An adult NORTHERN GOSHAWK was spotted in Richmond on March 2.
Penobscot Bay
COMMON GRACKLES arrived in numbers at a feeder on Vinalhaven Island on March 1.
Central Maine
A pair of RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS was displaying and calling loudly over Kenduskeag Avenue in Bangor on February 27.
Western Mountains
On March 3, a HOARY REDPOLL visited feeders in an Anson yard which is also hosting 100 to 200 COMMON REDPOLLS, up to 12 PINE GROSBEAKS, 30 to 40 EVENING GROSBEAKS, and three WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS.
Northern Maine
Aroostook County has seen a spike in SNOW BUNTINGS with many flocks throughout the county.
TUFTED DUCK, KING EIDER, NORTHERN HAWK OWL and VARIED THRUSH continue their reign atop the Maine RBA.
In the southern portion of the state, TURKEY VULTURES and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS lead the newly arrived while winter finches appear to be thinning out. An increasing number of WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS have started taking advantage of feeding stations.
Noteworthy species mentioned below include: BRANT, NORTHERN PINTAIL, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, PEREGRINE FALCON, ICELAND GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, NORTHERN SHRIKE, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, COMMON GRACKLE, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, PINE GROSBEAK, COMMON REDPOLL, HOARY REDPOLL, and EVENING GROSBEAK.
York County
Two male VARIED THRUSHES continue at a private home in Saco at 169 Watson Mill Road at least through March 3. The gracious homeowner continues to allow visitors and requests that you park in the driveway and not on the street for safety purposes. In order to view the thrush(es), you must walk around the right side of the house and look under the feeders to the back and left. Please honor the home owner's hospitality.
Two PEREGRINE FALCONS continue on Saco Island in Saco.
Likely a wintering bird, a BALTIMORE ORIOLE was reported last weekend in Kittery.
A flock of 20 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS on South Street in western Biddeford stands out during what seems to be an above average year for wintering bluebirds in Maine.
Greater Portland
The drake TUFTED DUCK, along with six RING-NECKED DUCKS and a NORTHERN PINTAIL, was seen on February 28 downstream from the prior location at Bridge Street.
A male VARIED THRUSH still makes sporadic visits to the feeders at 31 Spurwink Avenue in South Portland at least through March 2. Please observe the feeders to the left of the home from the road only. Off-street parking is just beyond the house. A CHIPPING SPARROW and a SWAMP SPARROW were observed there this week as well.
Intermittent sightings of a drake KING EIDER continue at Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth.
A dark morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK flew from Prouts Neck over toward Pine Point in Scarborough on March 3.
BRANT sightings this week came from Two Lights State Park and Kettle Cove in Cape Elizabeth and Willard Beach in South Portland; both areas hosted up to 30 birds.
An immature NORTHERN SHRIKE appeared briefly in a Scarborough yard on March 1.
Four EVENING GROSBEAKS flew up along Holmes Road in Scarborough on February 27.
Thirty-five BOHEMIAN and 50 CEDAR WAXWINGS were seen across from Shaw's on Payne Road in Scarborough on February 27.
Seen at Mill Creek behind Hannaford's in South Portland were two immature GLAUCOUS GULLS on February 28 and an adult GLAUCOUS GULL on March 1.
An immature GLAUCOUS GULL and an adult ICELAND GULL continue at the Fish Pier in Portland.
A small flock of PINE GROSBEAKS were seen at Gilsland Farm in Falmouth on March 1.
A flock of 14 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS has been working crabapples in downtown Yarmouth this week.
Lewiston-Auburn
A flock of 200+ COMMON REDPOLLS were at feeders in Lewiston on March 1.
Kennebec River Valley (Augusta-Waterville)
Remarkably, another VARIED THRUSH has turned up in Maine. This bird was first noticed at a feeding station in a Winthrop backyard on February 28 and has been seen every morning since.
Seventy-five BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were in a Gardiner yard on March 3.
A flock of at least 300 COMMON REDPOLLS was seen in Manchester on March 1.
Midcoast
Seen as recently as March 4, the Bristol NORTHERN HAWK OWL remains easy to find along Rt. 130 approximately 0.4 miles south of the Bristol Consolidated School.
An adult NORTHERN GOSHAWK was spotted in Richmond on March 2.
Penobscot Bay
COMMON GRACKLES arrived in numbers at a feeder on Vinalhaven Island on March 1.
Central Maine
A pair of RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS was displaying and calling loudly over Kenduskeag Avenue in Bangor on February 27.
Western Mountains
On March 3, a HOARY REDPOLL visited feeders in an Anson yard which is also hosting 100 to 200 COMMON REDPOLLS, up to 12 PINE GROSBEAKS, 30 to 40 EVENING GROSBEAKS, and three WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS.
Northern Maine
Aroostook County has seen a spike in SNOW BUNTINGS with many flocks throughout the county.
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