-RBA
* Massachusetts
* Western
* Aug. 15, 2005
* MAWE0508.15
- Birds mentioned
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Wood Duck
Northern Pintail
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Blue-winged Warbler
Yellow Warbler
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: Aug. 15, 2005
number: 1-888-224-6444 x2
to report: 1-888-224-6444 x2 (leave message after report)
compiler: Scott Surner for Seth Kellogg, skhawk@comcast.net,
sponsored by MA Audubon
transcriber: Trudy Tynan, ttynan@sprynet.com
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
This is the Western Voice of Audubon for Monday, August 15.
Reported in the West Meadows of Northampton were a female NORTHERN PINTAIL 4
RED-TAILED HAWKS, 2 AMERICAN KESTRELS, 2 KILLDEER, 4 RING-BILLED GULLS, 6
CHIMNEY SWIFTS, 3 BELTED KINGFISHERS, a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, a
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, an EASTERN WOOD–PEWEE, 4 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, 20
EASTERN KINGBIRDS, a WARBLING VIREO, a RED-EYED VIREO, 120 TREE SWALLOWS, 50
BANK SWALLOWS, 6 BARN SWALLOWS, 6 HOUSE WRENS, 6 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, a
BROWN THRASHER, 12 YELLOW WARBLERS, an INDIGO BUNTING, and 9 BOBOLINKS.
Seen in Longmeadow on the Longmeadow Sandbar in the Connecticut River were 10
GREAT BLUE HERONS, a GREEN HERON, 10 KILLDEER, 3 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 6
LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 6 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 81 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 3 SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPERS, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER, an OSPREY, and an adult BALD EAGLE.
Reported at Pondside and the Fannie Stebbins Refuge, also in Longmeadow ,
were a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, a GREAT EGRET, 31 WOOD DUCKS, a RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRD, 3 BELTED KINGFISHERS, 4 EASTERN KINGBIRDS, 2 WARBLING VIREOS, a
RED-EYED VIREO, a FISH CROW, 2 CAROLINA WRENS, 3 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, an
EASTERN BLUEBIRD, a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and 2
BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
Highlights from a quick trip to Robinson State Park in Agawam included a
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, an EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, 2 EASTERN KINGBIRDS, a RED-EYED
VIREO, a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, 2 GRAY CATBIRDS, 2 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, 4
SCARLET TANAGERS, 2 INDIGO BUNTINGS, and 3 BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
Seen at a sandbar along the Connecticut river in North Hadley were 2 GREAT
BLUE HERONS, 3 KILLDEER, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 8 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 15 LEAST
SANDPIPERS, a RUDDY TURNSTONE and a mixed flock of 250 BLACKBIRDS in flight.
And lastly, coming to a feeding station in Amherst were 8 MOURNING DOVES, 3
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS, 2 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS, 9 DOWNY WOODPECKERS, 3
HAIRY WOODPECKERS, 4 WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, 2 GRAY CATBIRDS, an AMERICAN
REDSTART, 5 SONG SPARROWS, 5 NORTHERN CARDINALS, 5 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, a
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, a COMMON GRACKLE, and 5 HOUSE FINCH.
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* Massachusetts
* Western
* Aug. 15, 2005
* MAWE0508.15
- Birds mentioned
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Wood Duck
Northern Pintail
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Blue-winged Warbler
Yellow Warbler
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: Aug. 15, 2005
number: 1-888-224-6444 x2
to report: 1-888-224-6444 x2 (leave message after report)
compiler: Scott Surner for Seth Kellogg, skhawk@comcast.net,
sponsored by MA Audubon
transcriber: Trudy Tynan, ttynan@sprynet.com
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
This is the Western Voice of Audubon for Monday, August 15.
Reported in the West Meadows of Northampton were a female NORTHERN PINTAIL 4
RED-TAILED HAWKS, 2 AMERICAN KESTRELS, 2 KILLDEER, 4 RING-BILLED GULLS, 6
CHIMNEY SWIFTS, 3 BELTED KINGFISHERS, a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, a
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, an EASTERN WOOD–PEWEE, 4 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, 20
EASTERN KINGBIRDS, a WARBLING VIREO, a RED-EYED VIREO, 120 TREE SWALLOWS, 50
BANK SWALLOWS, 6 BARN SWALLOWS, 6 HOUSE WRENS, 6 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, a
BROWN THRASHER, 12 YELLOW WARBLERS, an INDIGO BUNTING, and 9 BOBOLINKS.
Seen in Longmeadow on the Longmeadow Sandbar in the Connecticut River were 10
GREAT BLUE HERONS, a GREEN HERON, 10 KILLDEER, 3 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 6
LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 6 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 81 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 3 SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPERS, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER, an OSPREY, and an adult BALD EAGLE.
Reported at Pondside and the Fannie Stebbins Refuge, also in Longmeadow ,
were a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, a GREAT EGRET, 31 WOOD DUCKS, a RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRD, 3 BELTED KINGFISHERS, 4 EASTERN KINGBIRDS, 2 WARBLING VIREOS, a
RED-EYED VIREO, a FISH CROW, 2 CAROLINA WRENS, 3 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, an
EASTERN BLUEBIRD, a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and 2
BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
Highlights from a quick trip to Robinson State Park in Agawam included a
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, an EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, 2 EASTERN KINGBIRDS, a RED-EYED
VIREO, a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, 2 GRAY CATBIRDS, 2 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, 4
SCARLET TANAGERS, 2 INDIGO BUNTINGS, and 3 BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
Seen at a sandbar along the Connecticut river in North Hadley were 2 GREAT
BLUE HERONS, 3 KILLDEER, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 8 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 15 LEAST
SANDPIPERS, a RUDDY TURNSTONE and a mixed flock of 250 BLACKBIRDS in flight.
And lastly, coming to a feeding station in Amherst were 8 MOURNING DOVES, 3
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS, 2 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS, 9 DOWNY WOODPECKERS, 3
HAIRY WOODPECKERS, 4 WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, 2 GRAY CATBIRDS, an AMERICAN
REDSTART, 5 SONG SPARROWS, 5 NORTHERN CARDINALS, 5 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, a
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, a COMMON GRACKLE, and 5 HOUSE FINCH.
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