DHAINES@BAT.BATES.EDU (06/07/90)
You have reached the bird alert sponsored by Maine Audubon
in Falmouth on Tuesday, June 5.
By now all the resident birds are present and accounted for
and settling into the the breeding business.
An interesting and unusual find this week was a CURLEW
SANDPIPER in breeding plumage seen on June 2 at Biddeford Pool
behind Hattie's Deli.
In the Portland area activity continues at Pine Point in
Scarborough, with the following reports: two BLACK-HEADED GULLS,
100 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, one LEAST TERN, 20 COMMON TERNS, one
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, and one BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON.
In Scarborough Marsh there was a TRICOLORED HERON, a LITTLE
BLUE HERON, an AMERICAN BITTERN, five GLOSSY IBIS, two WHIMBRELS,
13 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, three WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, and a
number of SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS. At Higgins Beach there were 14
BLACK SCOTERS, and 100 COMMON EIDERS, including a small creche of
20 EIDER chicks.
In Cape Elizabeth at Great Pond there were MARSH WRENS and a
VIRGINIA RAIL. At the Spurwink Marsh by the Spurwink Church
there were two female WILSON'S PHALAROPES; and at Ram Island, a
flock of 20 CEDAR WAXWINGS.
In Portland at Capisic Pond an adult male ORCHARD ORIOLE is
still being reported.
And in Pownal there were the following FLYCATCHERS: ALDER,
WILLOW, OLIVE-SIDED, and EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE.
Elsewhere in the state, at Sea Point Beach in Kittery there
was a single PIPING PLOVER, COMMON TERNS, and four CEDAR
WAXWINGS.
In the Wells area, at Wells Marsh, there were SHARP-TAILED
SPARROWS. At Drake's Island, only two pairs of PURPLE MARTINS.
And along the Merriland River, where it crosses under Coles Hill
Road, a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH.
In Kennebunk, at the blueberry barrens, on McGuire Road off
Route 99, there were GRASSHOPPER, VESPER, SAVANNAH, FIELD, and
SONG SPARROWS; PRAIRIE WARBLERS, UPLAND SANDPIPERS, and 20 CEDAR
WAXWINGS. At Crescent Surf in Kennebunk there were 40 LEAST
TERNS, a PIPING PLOVER, and two RED-THROATED LOONS.
At Biddeford Pool, in addition to the Curlew Sandpiper,
there was a KING EIDER, five RED KNOTS, 63 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 15
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, two WHITE-RUMPER SANDPIPERS, 151 BLACK-
BELLIED PLOVERS, 25 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, four BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERONS, and two WILLOW FLYCATCHERS.
Reports indicate that the PINE SISKINS have departed this
week from the southern part of the state, and a new group of 20
PINE SISKINS has just arrived in Topsham.
The captain of the Bluenose, a ferry which runs between Bar
Harbor and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, is beginning to report
sightings of GREATER SHEARWATERS. Ten NORTHERN GANNETS were seen
this weekend off Ocean Drive in Acadia.
On Petit Manan this weekend the following were reported: a
BLACK-HEADED GULL, first year GLAUCOUS GULL, ROSEATE, COMMON,
ARCTIC, and BLACK TERNS, two RED PHALAROPES, and a WILLOW
FLYCATCHER.
In Fort Kent there are ALDER, YELLOW-BELLIED, and OLIVE-
SIDED FLYCATCHERS, MOURNING WARBLERS, seven RING-NECKED DUCKS,
and BLACK DUCKS with young.
In Bridgton there were INDIGO BUNTINGS and YELLOW-BELLIED
SAPSUCKERS.
And on Lake Auburn there was a report of two MUTE SWANS.
Join us on Saturday, June 9, for a free bird walk around
Crescent Beach State Park in Cape Elizabeth. Meet by the gate at
7 am rain or shine.
This tape will next be updated on Tuesday, June 12.
Please leave your messages after the beep, along with the
date, your name, and phone number. Happy birding!
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