October 2012 Newsletter - Town of Phippsburg

AMPHIBIANS/REPTILES:
SPOTTED TURTLE- Route 209 near
Pride Rock Road and Sprague Pond
Preserve (Ashdale)- June 10, 2011.
turtle was crossing the road. Status:
endangered
Spotted Turtle, June 10, 2011
MAMMALS:
COYOTES – numerous reports have
been made of coyotes on various
roads around Small Point and along
Route 209. Sightings have been
made mostly around dawn.
GRAY FOX- have been seen on
Fiddler’s Reach Road, Heron Cove
Road (Winnegance), Periwinkle Lane
(West Point), Newberry Point Road
(West Point) - a breeding pair with
kits! Though not rare, Gray foxes
were previously only a southern
United States mammal that has
inched its range northward.
MOOSE- moose have been reported
on Periwinkle Lane (West Point), Sam
Day Hill Road - east end, Popham
Road near Sprague River marsh
WHITE-TAILED DEER- A twelve
point buck was reported in the last
two weeks of September on the
Parker Head Road, south end.
BIRDING IN ‘THE BURG
Maine has 416 species of birds identified
as of July, 2012. Of those 416 species, 314
have been identified in Phippsburg. How
many birds have you seen in Phippsburg?
Can you name them?
The Phippsburg peninsula juts southward
into the Atlantic ocean about fifteen miles
from Bath at the most easterly part of
Casco Bay. This makes Phippsburg and
ideal stop over place for migrating birds that
need to land and rest after crossing
stretches of ocean. Migration is still
underway. Keep your eyes open - you could
see a rarity pass through!
For a list of birds seen in Sagadahoc
County, who reported them, when and
where with maps, visit Cornell’s ornithology
data base at
list of birds reported in Sagadahoc County,
Maine
Think about becoming a reporter to eBird,
the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s data base.
It’s free!
The birds that you see and report are
important to this citizen science initiative.
Falling and stable populations of birds are
monitored through your input.
CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY
Information about birding in Maine,
Sagadahoc County and Phippsburg with
checklists. Post your bird sightings to eBird and
have your data count! The birds you see,
common or rare, migrants or year round are
important!
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