[eBird Alert] Maine Rare Bird Alert [email protected] ([email protected]) 8:19 AM https://flickr/photos/7174286@N02/15595945613/player/. If the photos are private, you might be asked to sign-in. *** Species Summary: Pacific Loon (1 Hancock) Northern Gannet (1 Lincoln) Killdeer (2 York) Red-bellied Woodpecker (1 Penobscot) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (2 York) Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (1 York) Hermit Thrush (2 Cumberland) Dickcissel (1 Penobscot) Rusty Blackbird (1 Kennebec, 2 Oxford) --------------------------------------------- Thank you for subscribing to the Maine Rare Bird Alert. The report below shows observations of rare birds in Maine. View this alert on the web at ebird.org/ebird/alert/summary?sid=SN35688 NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) (1) - Reported Jan 06, 2015 10:25 by Michael J Good MS - Hadley Pt., Hancock, Maine - Map: maps.google/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.4441366,-68.3189964&ll=44.4441366,-68.3189964 - Checklist: ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21221456 - Comments: Working Hadley Point and re-located the Pacific Loon for the second time. Head profile distinctively low compared to COLO, with a clear demarcation between black and white from below the very small necklace or chinstrap. Back uniformly black and clearly a much smaller Loon that the Common which has a larger bill and often blurry about the throat. This bird was seen diving and floating to the north north east of the point. Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) (2) - Reported Jan 05, 2015 08:15 by Fyn Kynd - Monhegan Island, Lincoln, Maine - Map: maps.google/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=43.7657055,-69.3131265&ll=43.7657055,-69.3131265 - Checklist: ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21226039 Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 06, 2015 15:48 by Linda Eastman - Rachel Carson NWR--Granite Point Rd., York, Maine - Map: maps.google/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=43.416263,-70.3878808&ll=43.416263,-70.3878808 - Checklist: ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21225788 - Comments: Continuing Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 06, 2015 15:48 by Pat Moynahan - Rachel Carson NWR--Granite Point Rd., York, Maine - Map: maps.google/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=43.416263,-70.3878808&ll=43.416263,-70.3878808 - Checklist: ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21224848 - Comments: Continuing Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 06, 2015 12:30 by Jerry Smith - yard-228 SwettsPondRdOrrington, Penobscot, Maine - Map: maps.google/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.7058114,-68.8018906&ll=44.7058114,-68.8018906 - Checklist: ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21222720 - Comments: lousy photo through the window, while talking on the phone Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 06, 2015 10:16 by Margie Schoeller - US-ME-Biddeford-1 Cole Rd, York, Maine - Map: maps.google/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=43.479023,-70.47601&ll=43.479023,-70.47601 - Checklist: ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21220791 - Comments: Female. Black throat collar on yellow tinted breast. Red head no red in throat. Broad white wing patch on black wing. Back variegated Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 06, 2015 10:16 by Pat Moynahan - US-ME-Biddeford-1 Cole Rd, York, Maine - Map: maps.google/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=43.479023,-70.47601&ll=43.479023,-70.47601 - Checklist: ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21220783 - Comments: Female. Black throat collar on yellow tinted breast. Red head no red in throat. Broad white wing patch on black wing. Back variegated Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 06, 2015 07:00 by Sandra Mitchell - Sandras Front Yard, York, Maine - Map: maps.google/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=43.6227015,-70.550766&ll=43.6227015,-70.550766 - Checklist: ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21229478 - Comments: Clearly seen at feeder - male, black malar patch, black bib, and white rump when flew to nearby tree to drink. Semi-regular visitor to my feeder. Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 06, 2015 15:41 by Nathan Hall - Capisic Pond, Cumberland, Maine - Map: maps.google/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=43.665709,-70.3073291&ll=43.665709,-70.3073291 - Checklist: ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21225299 - Comments: Clear rusty tail and spotty brown chest/belly Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 06, 2015 11:40 by Noah Gibb - Cport Credit Union, Cumberland, Maine - Map: maps.google/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=43.7005355,-70.3139752&ll=43.7005355,-70.3139752 - Checklist: ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21229702 - Comments: Flushed from a bush as soon as I walked out of the Cport C.U. The bird landed in a young pine tree along edge of the parking lot where I had a great view of it. Catharus thrush with the typical drooped wings stance with brick red tail contasting with rest of the upperparts. Dickcissel (Spiza americana) (1) - Reported Jan 06, 2015 14:00 by Erin Barber - Home, Penobscot, Maine - Map: maps.google/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.8127739,-68.9040206&ll=44.8127739,-68.9040206 - Checklist: ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21225599 - Comments: Seen feeding on seeds beneath our bird feeder along with a small flock of American Tree Sparrows. Very obvious yellow coloring on breast. Appeared ever so slightly larger than the sparrows. Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) (2) CONFIRMED - Reported Jan 06, 2015 10:44 by Margaret Viens - Flood Brothers Dairy (Restricted access), Kennebec, Maine - Map: maps.google/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.6453914,-69.5828104&ll=44.6453914,-69.5828104 - Checklist: ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21221335 - Comments: Yellow eyes, dark patch around eye, buffy supercillium, rusty head and back; only managed one photo before I spooked them as I was not expecting them. Seen on the weedy hillside by barns and silage pile covered with tires by the southern manure pond and where many House Sparrows usually are. Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) (2) - Reported Jan 06, 2015 13:40 by Joseph Scott - Fryeburg, Harbor Road, Oxford, Maine - Map: maps.google/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.1232389,-70.9587622&ll=44.1232389,-70.9587622 - Checklist: ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21224920 - Comments: White irises, dark triangle on face below eye, blue and brown coloring Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) (2) - Reported Jan 06, 2015 13:30 by Bob Crowley - Fryeburg, Harbor Road, Oxford, Maine - Map: maps.google/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.1232389,-70.9587622&ll=44.1232389,-70.9587622 - Checklist: ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21224658 - Comments: 2 at a feeder. White eye, rusty plumage ***********
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 16:43:47 +0000
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