-RBA
* Massachusetts
* Western
* Aug. 22, 2005
* MAWE0508.22
- Birds mentioned
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Virginia Rail
Sora
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
STILT SANDPIPER
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Blue-winged Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Prairie Warbler
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
LARK SPARROW
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
Baltimore Oriole
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: Aug. 22, 2005
number: 1-888-224-6444 x2
to report: 1-888-224-6444 x2 (leave message after report)
compiler: 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, Aug. 22.
Observed in Northfield were a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, 5
LEAST SANDPIPERS,. 45 KILLDEER, an OSPREY, a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, an
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, and a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER.
Seen in Hadley were a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 25
LEAST SANDPIPERS, 2 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 3 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, a STILT
SANDPIPER, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 108 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS, a PURPLE MARTIN, and
2,000 TREE SWALLOWS.
Reported in the Lawrence Swamp area of Amherst were a HOODED MERGANSER, a
VIRGINIA RAIL, a SORA, 2 BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS, and 100 BOBOLINKS.
Noted in the meadows of Northampton were 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 2 COOPER’S
HAWKS, a MERLIN, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS, a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 2 SEMIPALMATED
PLOVERS, 3 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, 6 EASTERN KINGBIRDS, a CLIFF SWALLOW, 800 TREE
SWALLOWS, 400 BANK SWALLOWS, 6 YELLOW WARBLERS, a VESPER SPARROW, 120
BOBOLINKS and 6 INDIGO BUNTINGS.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and a LARK SPARROW were found near the airport in the
East Meadows of Northampton on Wednesday, but not found since then.
At the South Quabbin area of the Quabbin Reservoir there were 2 VIRGINIA
RAILS, a SORA, 4 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, 4 BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS, a
PRAIRIE WARBLER and 16 BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
Fifty COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were counted over Turners Falls and 24 were seen
flying over Springfield where a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO called and a
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen.
In Longmeadow there were 140 WOOD DUCKS, 2 GREEN HERONS, an immature PEREGRINE
FALCON, 20 LEAST SANDPIPERS, a SANDERLING and a WHITE- RUMPED SANDPIPER.
At Bondi’s Island in Agawam there were 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, a LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER and 12 LEAST SANDPIPERS.
Reported at Hart’s Pond in Agawam were a BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 50 WOOD DUCKS, and
120 BANK SWALLOWS.
Thank you for calling
- end transcript
* Massachusetts
* Western
* Aug. 22, 2005
* MAWE0508.22
- Birds mentioned
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Virginia Rail
Sora
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
STILT SANDPIPER
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Blue-winged Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Prairie Warbler
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
LARK SPARROW
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
Baltimore Oriole
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: Aug. 22, 2005
number: 1-888-224-6444 x2
to report: 1-888-224-6444 x2 (leave message after report)
compiler: 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, Aug. 22.
Observed in Northfield were a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, 5
LEAST SANDPIPERS,. 45 KILLDEER, an OSPREY, a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, an
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, and a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER.
Seen in Hadley were a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 25
LEAST SANDPIPERS, 2 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 3 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, a STILT
SANDPIPER, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 108 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS, a PURPLE MARTIN, and
2,000 TREE SWALLOWS.
Reported in the Lawrence Swamp area of Amherst were a HOODED MERGANSER, a
VIRGINIA RAIL, a SORA, 2 BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS, and 100 BOBOLINKS.
Noted in the meadows of Northampton were 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 2 COOPER’S
HAWKS, a MERLIN, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS, a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 2 SEMIPALMATED
PLOVERS, 3 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, 6 EASTERN KINGBIRDS, a CLIFF SWALLOW, 800 TREE
SWALLOWS, 400 BANK SWALLOWS, 6 YELLOW WARBLERS, a VESPER SPARROW, 120
BOBOLINKS and 6 INDIGO BUNTINGS.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and a LARK SPARROW were found near the airport in the
East Meadows of Northampton on Wednesday, but not found since then.
At the South Quabbin area of the Quabbin Reservoir there were 2 VIRGINIA
RAILS, a SORA, 4 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, 4 BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS, a
PRAIRIE WARBLER and 16 BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
Fifty COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were counted over Turners Falls and 24 were seen
flying over Springfield where a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO called and a
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen.
In Longmeadow there were 140 WOOD DUCKS, 2 GREEN HERONS, an immature PEREGRINE
FALCON, 20 LEAST SANDPIPERS, a SANDERLING and a WHITE- RUMPED SANDPIPER.
At Bondi’s Island in Agawam there were 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, a LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER and 12 LEAST SANDPIPERS.
Reported at Hart’s Pond in Agawam were a BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 50 WOOD DUCKS, and
120 BANK SWALLOWS.
Thank you for calling
- end transcript