MB Feeds Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 EST Mainebirding.net: Maine Bird Alert Highlights Highlights of the Weekly Maine Bird Alert http://www.mainebirding.net/rba/ pgarrity@mainebirding.net (Paul Garrity) en-us http://www.mainebirding.net/rba/http://www.mainebirding.net/graphics/mbLogo_small.pngMainebirding.netMainebirdingnetBirdAlerthttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with Google Maine Bird Alert Highlights - March 05, 2010 <p>Reporting Period: February 27 - March 5, 2010<br /><br />Top birds this week are: PACIFIC LOON, BLACK-HEADED GULL, and PAINTED BUNTING.<br /><br />Other standouts mentioned include: SNOW GOOSE, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, SPRUCE GROUSE, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, RAZORBILL, NORTHERN SHRIKE, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, RED CROSSBILL, and EVENING GROSBEAK.<br /><br />Arriving TURKEY VULTURES have made it as far north as Hampden. A few RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS and COMMON GRACKLES have begun to trickle back into southern and mid-coast Maine.<br /><br />Likely a result of the big storm, an exceptionally early OSPREY was spotted from Fowler Road in Cape Elizabeth on February 28.<br /></p><p><a href="http://www.mainebirding.net/rba/2010-03-05">Read the full bird alert on Mainebirding.net</a></p> <p>The Weekly Maine Bird Alert is compiled and distributed by Maine Audubon. Current and previous year Bird Alerts are posted on <a href="http://www.mainebirding.net/rba/">Mainebirding.net</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.mainebirding.net/~ff/MainebirdingnetBirdAlert?a=wZ2Lly0S0Dc:VIohc6yvLeI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainebirdingnetBirdAlert?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.mainebirding.net/~ff/MainebirdingnetBirdAlert?a=wZ2Lly0S0Dc:VIohc6yvLeI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MainebirdingnetBirdAlert?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MainebirdingnetBirdAlert/~4/wZ2Lly0S0Dc" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 EST http://feeds.mainebirding.net/~r/MainebirdingnetBirdAlert/~3/wZ2Lly0S0Dc/2010-03-05 www.mainebirding.net/rba/2010-03-05 http://www.mainebirding.net/rba/2010-03-05