Rare Bird Alert
Name:
Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert
Reporting 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.
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