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* August 22, 2005
* MAEA0508.22


- Birds mentioned
FRANKLIN'S GULL
Great Egret
Blue-winged Teal
Black Scoter
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Semipalmated Plover
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Forster's Tern
Black Tern
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
WILSON'S PLOVER
CURLEW SANDPIPER
White-winged Scoter
Black-bellied Plover
American Oystercatcher
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black Skimmer
Least Bittern
Peregrine Falcon
Merlin
Sora
American Golden-Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Little Gull
Northern Waterthrush
Canada Warbler
Green-winged Teal
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Sedge Wren
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Brown Thrasher
American Redstart
Indigo Bunting
Baltimore Oriole
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
SABINE'S GULL
HOODED WARBLER

- Transcript

hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: August 22, 2005
number: (888) 224-6444
to report: anytime day or night, 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler: Simon Perkins, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage: Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Barbara Volkle barb620@theworld.com

EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS -

This is the Voice of Audubon for Monday, August 22.

A FRANKLIN'S GULL was seen briefly at Richmond Pond in Westport on
Saturday but it has not been reported since. Other birds in the Westport area
included 148 GREAT EGRETS, 9 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 5 BLACK SCOTER,
59 OSPREY, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 951 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS,
787 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 36 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS,
1 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 98 LAUGHING GULLS, 3 FORSTER'S
TERNS, 3 BLACK TERNS, and 9 SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS.

The WILSON'S PLOVER and the CURLEW SANDPIPER at South Beach in
Chatham were both still present there this weekend, and other reports from
South
Beach included 7 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS,
2800 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, roughly 3000 SEMIPALMATED
PLOVERS, 140 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, 250 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 225 WILLETS, 10 WHIMBREL, 55 HUDSONIAN
GODWITS, 7 MARBLED GODWITS, 250 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 800
RED KNOTS, 3500 SANDERLINGS, 2800 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS,
3 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 75 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 400 WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS, 1 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, 1300 SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS, 4 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 5 LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULLS, 1 BLACK TERN, and 1 BLACK SKIMMER.

Seen at Plum Island were 1 LEAST BITTERN, 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS,
1 MERLIN, 2 SORAS, 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 650 SEMI-
PALMATED PLOVERS, 1 UPLAND SANDPIPER, 150 WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS, 3 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 80 LEAST SANDPIPERS,
500 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 1 BUFF-
BREASTED SANDPIPER, 20 STILT SANDPIPERS, 70 SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS, 5 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 1 LITTLE GULL, 3
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES, and 1 CANADA WARBLER.

Reports from the Great Meadows Refuge in Concord included 1 BLUE-
WINGED TEAL, 6 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 GREAT EGRET, 18
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 5 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 4 SOLITARY
SANDPIPERS, 15 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 80 LEAST SAND-
PIPERS, 6 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 1
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, 5 WILSON'S SNIPE, and 1 SEDGE
WREN, and in Woburn there was an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, 9
WARBLING VIREOS, 3 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, 4 BROWN
THRASHERS, 7 AMERICAN REDSTARTS, 1 CANADA WARBLER,
1 INDIGO BUNTING, and 7 BALTIMORE ORIOLES.

Seen on a boat trip from Newburyport to Jefferies Ledge were 14
GREATER SHEARWATERS, 4 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 10 MANX
SHEARWATERS, 120 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, and 2
unidentified jaegers, and miscellaneous reports included 1 MANX
SHEARWATER, roughly 1000 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, and
a SABINE'S GULL at Stellwagen Bank, and a HOODED WARBLER
at Morris Island in Chatham.

Thank you for calling.
- End transcript