Name: Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert
Reporting Period: June 4 – 10, 2012
Area: State of Maine
Compilers: Doug Hitchcox
Noteworthy Species Mentioned:
Tricolored Heron
White-faced Ibis
Common Gallinule
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Summer Tanager
York County
A boat trip from Rye Harbor, NH was able to locate a continuing SUMMER TANAGER on Smuttynose Island, ME.
On the 7th a WHITE-EYED VIREO was seen along the Purgis Trail at Laudholm Farm in Wells.
Greater Portland
A drake NORTHERN SHOVELER was found at Payson Park in Portland on the 4th.
Highlights from the Scarborough Marsh this period include continuing WHITE-FACED IBIS and TRICOLORED HERON.
Central Maine
Continuing from June 2nd, the SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was seen along Route 100 at the Burham/Pittsfield town line until the 6th.
Unusual in this region, up to three PRAIRIE WARBLERS are being heard around the Orono Bog Boardwalk.
A COMMON GALLINULE was seen again on the 6th at the Essex Woods Marsh in Bangor.
Downeast
On the 4th, a pair of EVENING GROSBEAKS visited feeders in Cherryfield.
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