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Rare Bird Alert
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Maine Audubon Rare Bird AlertReporting Period: January 23 – 29, 2012 Area: State of Maine Compilers: Doug Hitchcox York County A THICK-BILLED MURRE was found at Perkins Cove in Ogunquit on the 24th. Continuing from December 27th, the SNOWY OWL at the Nubble Lighthouse was reported again on the 25th. A pair of BARROW’S GOLDENEYES continues to be reliable from Water Street in Saco. Greater Portland During the incoming tide on the 27th, a KING EIDER was reported from the Lobster Co-op at Pine Point. On the 29th, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen over Highland Avenue in Scarborough. Two BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were spotted in a flock of 80 CEDAR WAXWINGS in Freeport near the LL Bean Corporate Offices on the 23rd. Two THICK-BILLED MURRES spent a few hours around high tide in the river off Commercial Street in Portland on the 24th and one was seen again on the 25th. Kennebec River Valley (Augusta-Waterville) On the 28th, a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was spotted on a fence post along Route 27 in Rome. Midcoast An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER has been seen in Cushing Cemetery on the west side of N Pond Road in Warren since early December. Penobscot Bay An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL continues to be seen around the MV Monhegan dock in Rockland as of the 28th. Two FISH CROWS continue to be reported in downtown Rockland, near the RSU 13 Schools Central Office. Downeast A DOVEKIE was found in Manset, near the Hinckley Boat Yard, on the 23rd and continued until the 29th. Continuing for the 5th year, a hybrid HOODED MERGANSER x COMMON GOLDENEYE was seen again in Southwest Harbor on the 23rd. A NORTHERN PINTAIL was found below the bridge in downtown Blue Hill on the 24th. Three AMERICAN WIGEON continue to be seen at the Somesville Pond on Mount Desert Island. On the 29th a THICK-BILLED MURRE was photographed in the channel from the harbor in Eastport. -- Maine birds mailing list maine-birds@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds https://sites.google.com/site/birding207 |