Bird Alert

January 16-22, 2012

Name: Maine Audubon Rare Bird Alert
Reporting Period: January 16 – 22, 2012
Area: State of Maine
Compilers: Doug Hitchcox

York County

A WINTER WREN was reported in Kittery on the 16th.

A pair of BARROW’S GOLDENEYES has been reliable from Water Street in Saco.

Greater Portland

There have been no positive reports of the LARK SPARROW at the Eastern Promenade since the 11th. Another LARK SPARROW was seen along Fessenden Road in Cape Elizabeth on the 19th, possibly the same bird that was found here on December 17th.

A late YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was found at the Gilsland Farm Audubon Center on the 21st.

An immature NORTHERN SHOVELER was seen just north of the Haraseekett Yacht Club in South Freeport on the 21st and 22nd.

Kennebec River Valley (Augusta-Waterville)

An EASTERN TOWHEE was photographed at feeders on W River Road in Augusta on the 16th.

Midcoast

Two PINE WARBLERS continue to visit feeders in Brunswick.

Penobscot Bay

Notable birds from Belfast Harbor on the 16th included: a late BELTED KINGFISHER, an adult PEREGRINE FALCON, and five BARROW’S GOLDENEYES.

An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen flying around the piling near the MV Monhegan dock in Rockland on the 17th, 18th, and 19th.

Downeast

Two AMERICAN WIGEONS have been lingering around Somesville Pond on Mount Desert Island.

Northern Maine

A pair of EVENING GROSBEAKS visited a feeder in New Sweden on the 21st.
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