MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • April 28, 2024
Spring migration is ramping up, and each evening we have tens of thousands of birds pass over Maine. Some birds are migratory species whose range doesn’t usually reach Maine. These include, in the past week: at least seven blue grosbeaks; several summer tanagers; a yellow-throated warbler in Kennebunk; a swallow-tailed kite over Portland; and a painted bunting in Saco. These “overshoots” are migrating north but instead of stopping within their range, they overshoot and end up farther north than they would usually go. ~ Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox