- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* August 15, 2005
* MAEA0508.15
- Birds mentioned
CACKLING GOOSE
SEDGE WREN (not reported)
Green-winged Teal
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Black-bellied Plover
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Northern Shoveler
Hooded Merganser
Least Bittern
Little Blue Heron
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Harrier
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Whimbrel
Red Knot
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Little Gull
Tree Swallow
Black Scoter
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Marbled Godwit
Wilson's Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Arctic Tern
Black Skimmer
Peregrine Falcon
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Willow Flycatcher
Northern Waterthrush
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Black Tern
Green Heron
American Kestrel
Cooper's Hawk
Roseate Tern
Solitary Sandpiper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Common Raven
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: August 15, 2005
number: (888) 224-6444
to report: anytime day or night, 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler: Wayne Petersen, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage: Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Barbara Volkle barb620@theworld.com
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS -
This is the Voice of Audubon for Monday, August 15.
A CACKLING GOOSE that was found at the Great Meadows Refuge in
Concord last week was still present over the weekend. The goose has also
been seen in cornfields along Old Bedford Road off Route he 62, a short
distance east of Monsen Road, which is the entrance road to the Great Meadows
Refuge. A SEDGE WREN seen at Great Meadows last Friday has not been
positively sighted since then.
Among other birds found at Great Meadows were 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL,
19 GREAT EGRETS, 2 SNOWY EGRETS, a GREEN HERON, 2 BLACK-
CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, a GLOSSY IBIS, a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER,
2 NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, and 400 BARN SWALLOWS.
Weekend reports from the Parker River Refuge at Plum Island included a
NORTHERN SHOVELER, a HOODED MERGANSER, a LEAST BITTERN, a
LITTLE BLUE HERON, 8 GLOSSY IBISES, a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, 3
NORTHERN HARRIERS, a calling CLAPPER RAIL across from the boat ramp,
2 VIRGINIA RAILS, a WHIMBREL, 2 RED KNOTS, 85 WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS, 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 8 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS,
a LITTLE GULL at the Bill Forward Pool, and many thousands of TREE
SWALLOWS congregated over the dunes and salt marshes.
Among the thousands of shorebirds and terns located in the vicinity of South
Beach in Chatham, assorted highlights included 8 BLACK SCOTERS, 3 GREATER
SHEARWATERS, 9 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 2 MANX SHEARWATERS, 7
WHIMBRELS, a MARBLED GODWIT, 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, 7
PARASITIC JAEGERS, 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, an ARCTIC
TERN, 3 BLACK TERNS, and 2 BLACK SKIMMERS.
At Belle Isle Marsh in East Boston there was a PEREGRINE FALCON, a VIRGINIA
RAIL, 90 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 70 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 730
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, a WESTERN SANDPIPER, a WILLOW
FLYCATCHER, a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, and 6 SALTMARSH
SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS.
A whale-watching trip out of Provincetown recorded 6000 WILSON'S STORM-
PETRELS, 4 NORTHERN GANNETS, and a BLACK TERN.
Miscellaneous reports included a GREEN HERON, a NORTHERN HARRIER,
and an AMERICAN KESTREL at the Daniel Webster Sanctuary in Marshfield; 2
COOPER'S HAWKS and NORTHERN HARRIER at the Burrage Pond Wildlife
Management Area in Hanson; 2 WHIMBRELS, 100 ROSEATE TERNS, and a
BLACK TERN at the Allen's Pond Sanctuary in South Dartmouth; a SOLITARY
SANDPIPER and a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER in Pembroke; and a
COMMON RAVEN that was seen flying over the Wayland Country Club
off Route 27.
Thank you for calling.
- End transcript
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* August 15, 2005
* MAEA0508.15
- Birds mentioned
CACKLING GOOSE
SEDGE WREN (not reported)
Green-winged Teal
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Black-bellied Plover
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Northern Shoveler
Hooded Merganser
Least Bittern
Little Blue Heron
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Harrier
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Whimbrel
Red Knot
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Little Gull
Tree Swallow
Black Scoter
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Marbled Godwit
Wilson's Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Arctic Tern
Black Skimmer
Peregrine Falcon
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Willow Flycatcher
Northern Waterthrush
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Black Tern
Green Heron
American Kestrel
Cooper's Hawk
Roseate Tern
Solitary Sandpiper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Common Raven
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: August 15, 2005
number: (888) 224-6444
to report: anytime day or night, 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler: Wayne Petersen, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage: Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Barbara Volkle barb620@theworld.com
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS -
This is the Voice of Audubon for Monday, August 15.
A CACKLING GOOSE that was found at the Great Meadows Refuge in
Concord last week was still present over the weekend. The goose has also
been seen in cornfields along Old Bedford Road off Route he 62, a short
distance east of Monsen Road, which is the entrance road to the Great Meadows
Refuge. A SEDGE WREN seen at Great Meadows last Friday has not been
positively sighted since then.
Among other birds found at Great Meadows were 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL,
19 GREAT EGRETS, 2 SNOWY EGRETS, a GREEN HERON, 2 BLACK-
CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, a GLOSSY IBIS, a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER,
2 NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, and 400 BARN SWALLOWS.
Weekend reports from the Parker River Refuge at Plum Island included a
NORTHERN SHOVELER, a HOODED MERGANSER, a LEAST BITTERN, a
LITTLE BLUE HERON, 8 GLOSSY IBISES, a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, 3
NORTHERN HARRIERS, a calling CLAPPER RAIL across from the boat ramp,
2 VIRGINIA RAILS, a WHIMBREL, 2 RED KNOTS, 85 WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS, 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 8 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS,
a LITTLE GULL at the Bill Forward Pool, and many thousands of TREE
SWALLOWS congregated over the dunes and salt marshes.
Among the thousands of shorebirds and terns located in the vicinity of South
Beach in Chatham, assorted highlights included 8 BLACK SCOTERS, 3 GREATER
SHEARWATERS, 9 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 2 MANX SHEARWATERS, 7
WHIMBRELS, a MARBLED GODWIT, 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, 7
PARASITIC JAEGERS, 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, an ARCTIC
TERN, 3 BLACK TERNS, and 2 BLACK SKIMMERS.
At Belle Isle Marsh in East Boston there was a PEREGRINE FALCON, a VIRGINIA
RAIL, 90 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 70 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 730
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, a WESTERN SANDPIPER, a WILLOW
FLYCATCHER, a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, and 6 SALTMARSH
SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS.
A whale-watching trip out of Provincetown recorded 6000 WILSON'S STORM-
PETRELS, 4 NORTHERN GANNETS, and a BLACK TERN.
Miscellaneous reports included a GREEN HERON, a NORTHERN HARRIER,
and an AMERICAN KESTREL at the Daniel Webster Sanctuary in Marshfield; 2
COOPER'S HAWKS and NORTHERN HARRIER at the Burrage Pond Wildlife
Management Area in Hanson; 2 WHIMBRELS, 100 ROSEATE TERNS, and a
BLACK TERN at the Allen's Pond Sanctuary in South Dartmouth; a SOLITARY
SANDPIPER and a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER in Pembroke; and a
COMMON RAVEN that was seen flying over the Wayland Country Club
off Route 27.
Thank you for calling.
- End transcript