- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* March 21, 2006
* MAEA2103.06
- Birds mentioned
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Wood Duck
Gadwall
EURASIAN WIGEON
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
EARED GREBE
American Bittern
Great Egret
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Piping Plover
Killdeer
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wilson’s Snipe
American Woodcock
Black-headed Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Snowy Owl
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Northern Shrike
Tree Swallow
BOREAL CHICKADEE
Gray Catbird
American Pipit
"Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Rusty Blackbird
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: March 21, 2006
number:(888) 224-6444
to report: 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler: Wayne Petersen, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage: Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Marjorie Rines marj@mrines.com
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS –
A Greater White-fronted Goose continues to be reported from the fields
near the end of Barrett’s Mill Road near the rotary in West Concord.
Weekend reports from Plum Island included 43 Gadwalls, 140 Northern
Pintails, 23 Green-winged Teal, 8 Hooded Mergansers, 2 Rough-legged
Hawks, 3 Piping Plovers, an American Woodcock, 2 Snowy Owls, an Eastern
Phoebe, a Gray Catbird, an “Ipswich” Savannah Sparrow, and a Rusty
Blackbird. In Newburyport there was Barrow’s Goldeneye, 2 Bald Eagles, a
Black-headed Gull, 2 Iceland Gulls, a Lesser Black-backed Gull, and an
American Pipit.
In Newbury there were 7 Wilson’s Snipe on Scotland Road, and in Rowley a
Boreal Chickadee continues to visit a feeder.
At the Ipswich River Sanctuary in Topsfield there were 11 Wood Ducks, a
Red-shouldered Hawk, and 3 Fox Sparrows, and at the Topsfield Fair
Grounds 16 Killdeer were counted.
At the Allens Pond Sanctuary in South Dartmouth there were 2 Eurasian
Wigeons, an American Bittern, 2 Piping Plovers, and a Pectoral
Sandpiper.
In Scituate there was a Great Egret and 13 Tree Swallows, and another
Great Egret was reported from Duxbury.
At the Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area in Hanson there was a
Pied-billed Grebe, 70 Northern Pintails, 20 Green-winged Teal, 400
Ring-necked Ducks, a Bald Eagle, 2 Northern Harriers, 8 Wilson’s Snipe,
2 Eastern Phoebes, a Northern Shrike, 2 Tree Swallows, and a Fox
Sparrow.
At the West Meadows Wildlife Management Area in West Bridgewater there
were 300 Ring-necked Ducks, and elsewhere in West Bridgewater a female
Yellow-headed Blackbird continues to be reported among a large flock of
mixed blackbirds in the fields along Scotland Street.
At the Cumberland Farms fields along Rt. 105 in Middleboro there were
hundreds of waterfowl in the cornfields, a Merlin, and 5 White-crowned
Sparrows near the River Street entrance.
Miscellaneous reports included 2 Eurasian Wigeons and 10 Redheads at
Great Pond in Falmouth, 80 Ring-necked Ducks in Groveland, 2 Redheads
and a Bald Eagle in Pembroke, the Eared Grebe at Niles Pond and a
Peregrine Falcon in Gloucester, and 2 Pileated Woodpeckers in
Manchester.
-End transcript
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* March 21, 2006
* MAEA2103.06
- Birds mentioned
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Wood Duck
Gadwall
EURASIAN WIGEON
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
EARED GREBE
American Bittern
Great Egret
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Piping Plover
Killdeer
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wilson’s Snipe
American Woodcock
Black-headed Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Snowy Owl
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Northern Shrike
Tree Swallow
BOREAL CHICKADEE
Gray Catbird
American Pipit
"Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Rusty Blackbird
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: March 21, 2006
number:(888) 224-6444
to report: 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler: Wayne Petersen, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage: Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Marjorie Rines marj@mrines.com
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS –
A Greater White-fronted Goose continues to be reported from the fields
near the end of Barrett’s Mill Road near the rotary in West Concord.
Weekend reports from Plum Island included 43 Gadwalls, 140 Northern
Pintails, 23 Green-winged Teal, 8 Hooded Mergansers, 2 Rough-legged
Hawks, 3 Piping Plovers, an American Woodcock, 2 Snowy Owls, an Eastern
Phoebe, a Gray Catbird, an “Ipswich” Savannah Sparrow, and a Rusty
Blackbird. In Newburyport there was Barrow’s Goldeneye, 2 Bald Eagles, a
Black-headed Gull, 2 Iceland Gulls, a Lesser Black-backed Gull, and an
American Pipit.
In Newbury there were 7 Wilson’s Snipe on Scotland Road, and in Rowley a
Boreal Chickadee continues to visit a feeder.
At the Ipswich River Sanctuary in Topsfield there were 11 Wood Ducks, a
Red-shouldered Hawk, and 3 Fox Sparrows, and at the Topsfield Fair
Grounds 16 Killdeer were counted.
At the Allens Pond Sanctuary in South Dartmouth there were 2 Eurasian
Wigeons, an American Bittern, 2 Piping Plovers, and a Pectoral
Sandpiper.
In Scituate there was a Great Egret and 13 Tree Swallows, and another
Great Egret was reported from Duxbury.
At the Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area in Hanson there was a
Pied-billed Grebe, 70 Northern Pintails, 20 Green-winged Teal, 400
Ring-necked Ducks, a Bald Eagle, 2 Northern Harriers, 8 Wilson’s Snipe,
2 Eastern Phoebes, a Northern Shrike, 2 Tree Swallows, and a Fox
Sparrow.
At the West Meadows Wildlife Management Area in West Bridgewater there
were 300 Ring-necked Ducks, and elsewhere in West Bridgewater a female
Yellow-headed Blackbird continues to be reported among a large flock of
mixed blackbirds in the fields along Scotland Street.
At the Cumberland Farms fields along Rt. 105 in Middleboro there were
hundreds of waterfowl in the cornfields, a Merlin, and 5 White-crowned
Sparrows near the River Street entrance.
Miscellaneous reports included 2 Eurasian Wigeons and 10 Redheads at
Great Pond in Falmouth, 80 Ring-necked Ducks in Groveland, 2 Redheads
and a Bald Eagle in Pembroke, the Eared Grebe at Niles Pond and a
Peregrine Falcon in Gloucester, and 2 Pileated Woodpeckers in
Manchester.
-End transcript