Re: [Maine-birds] Tropical Kingbird photo

Steve,

The Tropical Kingbird was first reported via Facebook as a Western Kingbird. That said it was quickly sorted out but not posted to this Google group. (The recent Ferruginous Hawk and Anhinga have been, however.) You can read my notes with the presumed first date of the kingbird, 19 June(!!) with the name of the finder in my checklist for 18 July. I have some photos there and notes what I think is the origin of the bird from a southern, migratory population of Tropical Kingbird in southern South America.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S187601689

Although the Bird Observer site breaks down the eBird rarities by county, it might be easier and simpler to go to the Maine eBird rare bird alert from which those lists are generated. You can sort by date (default), location, or county. You don't need an eBird account or any sign up or sign in to see the list.

https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN35688

Louis

Fairfield, Maine

On Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 9:04:23 AM UTC-4 Steve Plumb wrote:

Thanks for the short list of links on your webpage I didn't know about birdobserver.org. Sure beats trying to sift thru all the data at ebird directly.

I subscribed to this list for the general backyard bird chatter and am not apt to chase after rarities. For me a picture or description taken by others is just fine and keeps my electric bill down.

You should realize though that both this listserve and the Maine Rare Bird Alert GroupMe do require a signup as does viewing facebook video content.

Steve

On Jul 23, 2024, at 5:29 AM, Derek Lovitch <freeport...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Steve and all,

Although I don't want to discourage anyone from reading my blog, it is probably not the best place for the most current rarity news. As I chase much less and less, I try to focus more on seasonal context and overviews of "what's happening." I mostly do this as an organization of my field notes for myself, but I am always happy to hear when others mention they find it of value.  Not that I am not up for a good "twitch" now and again - especially for a state bird - but it's a much smaller part of my birding interests these days and therefore current rarities are not always reflected there.

However, perhaps a better resource for immediate rarity news is the aggregation of outlets on our website: www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com

Scroll down to the bottom, and you can see links to the archives of primary sources of birding info these days: the Maine Rare Bird Alert GroupMe, eBird, and this Listserve. I rarely if ever use those modern groups, so the archive of my blog is there as well for my own stuff. You can access each of them without signing up. You can also see our Facebook feed (without being "on Facebook," which is more current than my summary blogs.

Hope that helps,

Derek

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 22, 2024, at 9:48 PM, Steve Plumb <stevep...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks Jeff

I don't always read Derek Lovitch's blog but now see that he mentions and has a photo of the Tropical Kingbird in his latest post.

Perhaps I need to read it more regularly.

This listserve has been pretty quiet.

Steve

On Jul 22, 2024, at 8:17 PM, Jeff Wells <jwbo...@gmail.com> wrote:

There has been a Tropical Kingbird in residence along the road near the Skelton Dam on the Saco RIver in Dayton, Maine for some weeks (perhaps from late June). I believe I saw that someone had seen it still today (7/22).

Jeff Wells

On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 7:58 PM Steve Plumb <stevep...@gmail.com> wrote:

I haven't seen any info about a Tropical Kingbird on this list.

Perhaps you could pass on the details for those of us not in the know.

Thanks

Steve

On Jul 22, 2024, at 7:44 PM, Jeff Wells <jwbo...@gmail.com> wrote:

Anyone have a photo of the Tropical Kingbird that we could use for our column that you could email over tonight?

Jeff and Allison Wells

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