Name: Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert
Reporting Period: August 16 - 22, 2014
Area: State of Maine
Compilers: Doug Hitchcox
Noteworthy Species Mentioned:
Mute Swan
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Sandhill Crane
South Polar Skua
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Western Kingbird
Prothonotary Warbler
Lark Sparrow
Yellow-headed Blackbird
York County
On the 18th, a WESTERN KINGBIRD was reported from the mouth of the Mousam River in Wells.
A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was photographed at Timber Point, located at the end of Granite Point Road in Biddeford, on the 16th and 17th.
Two immature YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were found at Biddeford Pool, on the edge of the pond off Elphis Road, on the 19th and continued until at least the 21st.
Greater Portland
Two SANDHILL CRANES were still being reported as of the 17th in Raymond, along North Raymond Road in a field across from Mailman Road.
Kennebec River Valley (Augusta-Waterville)
A SANDHILL CRANE was photographed on the 21st, reportedly presently since the 18th, at "Nettie's Perennials" along Outer Hospital Street in Chelsea.
Midcoast
On the 20th, a LARK SPARROW was photographed on Monhegan Island.
A pair of MUTE SWANS continues to be seen at the Winnegance Causeway in Phippsburg.
One LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was reported from Seawall Beach in Phippsburg on the 21st.
Downeast
A boat trip out of Milbridge on the 20th was highlighted by at least two SOUTH POLAR SKUAS.
On the 22nd, a YELLOW-HEADED BALCKBIRD was photographed at Pond Point on Great Wass Island.
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