Reporting Period: February 1 � 7, 2014 Compilers: Doug Hitchcox Noteworthy Species Mentioned: Northern Pintail Pacific Loon Golden Eagle Snowy Owl Red-headed Woodpecker York County On the 1st, a SNOWY OWL was found at the Wells Beach �north’ parking area, perched on a chimney and best seen from the path leading toward the beach. At […]
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Rare Bird Alert – January 4 – 10, 2014
Area: State of Maine Compilers: Doug Hitchcox Noteworthy Species Mentioned: Northern Pintail Golden Eagle Purple Gallinule American Coot Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl Long-eared Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Townsend’s Solitaire Lincoln’s Sparrow Swamp Sparrow York County A deceased LONG-EARED OWL found in a yard along Fortunes Rocks in Biddeford on the 6th. Up to eight SNOWY […]
Rare Bird Alert � November 30 – December 6, 2013
Area: State of Maine Compilers: Doug Hitchcox Noteworthy Species Mentioned: Greater White-fronted Goose King Eider Sandhill Crane Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl Black-backed Woodpecker Hooded Warbler York County A SNOWY OWL was seen at Seapoint Beach in Kittery on the 5th. On the 2nd, a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was photographed along Circuit Road in Berwick. […]
Rare Bird Alert ��November 23 � 29, 2013
Area: State of Maine Compilers: Doug Hitchcox Noteworthy Species Mentioned: King Eider American Golden-Plover Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl Lark Sparrow York County A hen KING EIDER was seen off Seapoint Beach in Kittery on the afternoon of the 23rd. On the 25th, a LARK SPARROW was reported from the Old Orchard Beach Transfer Station. […]
Rare Bird Alert � November 2 � 8, 2013
Area: State of Maine Compilers: Doug Hitchcox Noteworthy Species Mentioned: Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Cackling Goose Barnacle Goose+ Eastern Screech-Owl+ Eastern Wood-Pewee Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler �Audubon’s’ Yellow-rumped Warbler Prairie Warbler Clay-colored Sparrow (+ Details requested by Maine Bird Records Committee: https://sites.google.com/site/mainebirdrecordscommittee/) York County The �AUDUBON’S’ YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER continued to be seen at Fort […]
Rare Bird Alert � October 26 � November 19, 2013
Reporting Period: October 26 � November 1, 2013 Area: State of Maine Compilers: Doug Hitchcox Noteworthy Species Mentioned: Greater White-fronted Goose Pacific Loon Sandhill Crane White-eyed Vireo Bell’s Vireo+ Rock Wren+ Orange-crowned Wabler �Audubon’s’ Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Clay-colored Sparrow Lark Sparrow Dickcissel (+ Details requested by Maine Bird Records Committee: https://sites.google.com/site/mainebirdrecordscommittee/) York County An […]
Rare Bird Alert � October 19 � 25, 2013
Area: State of Maine Compilers: Doug Hitchcox Noteworthy Species Mentioned: Pink-footed Goose+ Cackling Goose Iceland Gull Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Ash-throated Flycatcher+ White-eyed Vireo Bell’s Vireo+ Townsend’s Solitaire Orange-crowned Warbler Lark Sparrow Blue Grosbeak (+ Details requested by Maine Bird Records Committee: https://sites.google.com/site/mainebirdrecordscommittee/) York County On the 23rd, a SHORT-EARED OWL was seen […]
Rare Bird Alert � August 21-27, 2013
Area: State of Maine Compilers: Doug Hitchcox Noteworthy Species Mentioned: American White Pelican+ Marbled Godwit Mew Gull+ Forster’s Tern Hooded Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Dickcissel (+ Details requested by Maine Bird Records Committee) York County On the 21st, a HOODED WARBLER was banded on Appledore Island, part of the Isles of Shoals. A MARBLED GODWIT continued […]
Rare Bird Alert � August 7-13, 2013
Reporting Period: August 7 � 13, 2013 Area: State of Maine Compilers: Doug Hitchcox Noteworthy Species Mentioned: Tricolored Heron Long-billed Dowitcher Little Gull Mew Gull+ Forster’s Tern (+ Details requested by Maine Bird Records Committee) York County On the 10th, a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was reported from Hills Beach in Biddeford at low tide.�A LITTLE GULL […]