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Rare Bird Alert
Nov 29, 2009 05:53 PM
Categories: Trips
Of Special Note
Top birds this week are: PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, CACKLING GOOSE, TUFTED DUCK, BOREAL OWL, and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER.
Other noteworthy species included: PACIFIC LOON, DOVEKIE, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE.
York County
An injured DOVEKIE was photographed at Seapoint Beach in Kittery on November 23.
Two PEREGRINE FALCONS were seen at Factory Island in Saco on November 24 after an absence of three weeks.
A pair of NORTHERN PINTAILS and an AMERICAN COOT were at the Sanford Sewerage District on November 21.
A PACIFIC LOON was seen briefly from Perkins Cove in Ogunquit on the 21st along with a number of HARLEQUIN DUCKS.
Greater Portland
The three PINK-FOOTED GEESE were last reported on November 21 at Sunrise Acres Farm, along Winn Road in Cumberland. The geese have used a number of fields in the area including those at Thornhurst Farm on Route 115 in North Yarmouth, 228 Greely Road in Cumberland, and Idleknot Farm as seen from 293 Woodville Road in Falmouth.
A CACKLING GOOSE continues to be seen periodically at Thornhurst Farm on Route 115 in North Yarmouth.
The YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and the BALTIMORE ORIOLE continue at Maine Audubon's Gilsland Farm in Falmouth through November 25. Look for the warbler gleaning insects off the buildings and in the apple orchard. The BALTIMORE ORIOLE is most often found feeding on apples in the orchard. A hen BARROW'S GOLDENEYE on the Presumpscot River was in view from the west meadow at Gilsland Farm on November 25.
A NORTHERN PINTAIL hen was on Grondin Pond in Scarborough on November 22.
A lingering BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON is still fairly reliable in the Old Port between the ferry terminal parking garage and Flatbread restaurant in Portland.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, first found on November 13, continued in a small woodlot between townhouses on Sheridan Street in the East End of Portland at least through the 25th. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was noted at this location as well on the 25th.
Lewiston-Auburn
A drake TUFTED DUCK continued to be seen on Sabattus Pond in Sabattus through the 24th. Look for it among the large, mixed flock of diving ducks in the southeast end of the pond, best viewed from Riley Road (in the morning).
Midcoast
A PEREGRINE FALCON arrived at Ft. Andros on the Androscoggin River in Brunswick on November 7 marking the seventh year this species has wintered at the falls. It is best seen from the Topsham side of the Androscoggin. The falcon perches on the roof-top corners or window sills and hunts daily.
An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER turned up in a Brunswick yard on the 25th.
Downeast
A BOREAL OWL was photographed on November 22, at Acadia National Park one quarter of a mile east of Jordan Pond on a trail between Pemetic Mountain and The Triad. The bird has not been relocated.
Compiled by Eric Hynes and Stella Walsh, of the Maine Audubon Society
Top birds this week are: PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, CACKLING GOOSE, TUFTED DUCK, BOREAL OWL, and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER.
Other noteworthy species included: PACIFIC LOON, DOVEKIE, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE.
York County
An injured DOVEKIE was photographed at Seapoint Beach in Kittery on November 23.
Two PEREGRINE FALCONS were seen at Factory Island in Saco on November 24 after an absence of three weeks.
A pair of NORTHERN PINTAILS and an AMERICAN COOT were at the Sanford Sewerage District on November 21.
A PACIFIC LOON was seen briefly from Perkins Cove in Ogunquit on the 21st along with a number of HARLEQUIN DUCKS.
Greater Portland
The three PINK-FOOTED GEESE were last reported on November 21 at Sunrise Acres Farm, along Winn Road in Cumberland. The geese have used a number of fields in the area including those at Thornhurst Farm on Route 115 in North Yarmouth, 228 Greely Road in Cumberland, and Idleknot Farm as seen from 293 Woodville Road in Falmouth.
A CACKLING GOOSE continues to be seen periodically at Thornhurst Farm on Route 115 in North Yarmouth.
The YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and the BALTIMORE ORIOLE continue at Maine Audubon's Gilsland Farm in Falmouth through November 25. Look for the warbler gleaning insects off the buildings and in the apple orchard. The BALTIMORE ORIOLE is most often found feeding on apples in the orchard. A hen BARROW'S GOLDENEYE on the Presumpscot River was in view from the west meadow at Gilsland Farm on November 25.
A NORTHERN PINTAIL hen was on Grondin Pond in Scarborough on November 22.
A lingering BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON is still fairly reliable in the Old Port between the ferry terminal parking garage and Flatbread restaurant in Portland.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, first found on November 13, continued in a small woodlot between townhouses on Sheridan Street in the East End of Portland at least through the 25th. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was noted at this location as well on the 25th.
Lewiston-Auburn
A drake TUFTED DUCK continued to be seen on Sabattus Pond in Sabattus through the 24th. Look for it among the large, mixed flock of diving ducks in the southeast end of the pond, best viewed from Riley Road (in the morning).
Midcoast
A PEREGRINE FALCON arrived at Ft. Andros on the Androscoggin River in Brunswick on November 7 marking the seventh year this species has wintered at the falls. It is best seen from the Topsham side of the Androscoggin. The falcon perches on the roof-top corners or window sills and hunts daily.
An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER turned up in a Brunswick yard on the 25th.
Downeast
A BOREAL OWL was photographed on November 22, at Acadia National Park one quarter of a mile east of Jordan Pond on a trail between Pemetic Mountain and The Triad. The bird has not been relocated.
Compiled by Eric Hynes and Stella Walsh, of the Maine Audubon Society
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