[Maine-birds] Maine RBA - June 11, 2013

Name: Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert
Reporting Period: June 5 – 11, 2013
Area: State of Maine
Compilers: Doug Hitchcox

Noteworthy Species Mentioned:
White-faced Ibis+
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
American Oystercatcher
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Eurasian Collared-Dove+
Black-backed Woodpecker
Yellow-breasted Chat
Seaside Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Painted Bunting

(+ Details requested by Maine Bird Records Committee)

York County

The CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was apparently joined by a second this week at Kennebunk Plains.

Greater Portland

Up to five AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS continue to be seen at Pine Point in Scarborough. At least six ROSEATE TERNS and two BLACK TERNS were present here on the 6th.

Seven MUTE SWANS were photographed in the Scarborough Marsh off the Eastern Trail on the 7th. At least one WHITE-FACED IBIS continued here throughout the week. On the 10th, a SEASIDE SPARROW was caught by banders working here.

The apparent SNOWY EGRET X TRICOLORED HERON hybrid continued in the salt pannes along Route 1 through the marsh on the 8th.

Kennebec River Valley (Augusta-Waterville)

Five SANDHILL CRANES and 14 BLACK TERNS were reported from Messalonskee Lake in Belgrade on the 6th.

Midcoast

17 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were at Seawall Beach in Phippsburg on the 10th.

Penobscot Bay

On the 7th, a single EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was reported making a brief visit near a home on Bower Road in Searsport.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was recorded at Beech Hill Preserve in Rockport on the 9th.

Central Maine

A male PAINTED BUNTING apparently spent the week visiting a private yard in Levant.

A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was filmed near Baxter State Park on the 5th.

Northern Maine

An adult RED CROSSBILL was seen with fledglings at a feeder on Canterbury Street in Presque Isle on the 4th.

On the 9th, Lake Josephine in Easton hosted an AMERICAN COOT and two REDHEADS.

Two BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were at Square Lake on the 11th.

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