- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* May 2, 2006
* MAEA0605.02
- Birds mentioned
WHITE-TAILED HAWK (not reported)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Hooded Warbler
Warbling Vireo
Veery
Vesper Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
Merlin
Chimney Swift
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Northern Parula
Palm Warbler
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Green-winged Teal
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Snowy Owl
Marsh Wren
Purple Martin
Brown Thrasher
Eastern Towhee
Dark-eyed Junco
Field Sparrow
American Kestrel
MONK PARAKEET
Yellow Warbler
Hooded Merganser
Virginia Rail
Blue-headed Vireo
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Louisiana Waterthrush
Solitary Sandpiper
Common Raven
House Wren
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Bald Eagle
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Willet
Peregrine Falcon
Ruddy Turnstone
Eurasian Green-winged Teal
Least Sandpiper
Common Tern
American Bittern
Red-shouldered Hawk
Scarlet Tanager
American Pipit
Least Flycatcher
Wild Turkey
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: May 2, 2006
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 Tuesday, May 2.
The WHITE-TAILED HAWK that was seen briefly in Truro on Friday has not been
reported since, but the 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE near the intersection
of Northgate Road and Route 133 in Ipswich were still there at least
as recently as
Saturday, and yesterday a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD visited a feeder at
Morris Island in Chatham.
A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was seen on Sunday along the access road
into Scusset Beach in Sandwich, and a HOODED WARBLER was at the Arnold
Arboretum in Jamaica Plain yesterday. Other birds seen at the
Arboretum included
6 WARBLING VIREOS, a VEERY, a VESPER SPARROW, and 4 ORCHARD
ORIOLES, and reports from Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge have included
1 MERLIN, 3 CHIMNEY SWIFTS, 2 NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED
SWALLOWS, 5 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, 1 BLACK-
THROATED BLUE WARBLER, 1 NORTHERN PARULA, 8 PALM
WARBLERS, 1 FIELD SPARROW, 1 FOX SPARROW, 1 ORCHARD ORIOLE,
and 1 BALTIMORE ORIOLE.
In the Newburyport/Plum Island area there were 50 GREEN-WINGED TEAL,
45 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 5 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 SNOWY OWL,
2 MARSH WRENS, 5 PURPLE MARTINS, 4 BROWN THRASHERS, 22
EASTERN TOWHEES, 1 DARK-EYED JUNCO, and 5 FIELD SPARROWS,
and at Millennium Park in West Roxbury there were 5 AMERICAN KESTRELS,
1 MONK PARAKEET, 3 WARBLING VIREOS, 3 YELLOW WARBLERS,
and a BALTIMORE ORIOLE.
A report from Gardner included 6 HOODED MERGANSERS, 1 VIRGINIA
RAIL, 5 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, 11 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 2
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, and 1 LOUISIANA WATER-
THRUSH, and seen in Oxford were 1 VIRGINIA RAIL, 1 SOLITARY SAND-
PIPER, 4 CHIMNEY SWIFTS, 1 COMMON RAVEN, 10 NORTHERN
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, 1 HOUSE WREN, 40 YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLERS, 16 PALM WARBLERS, and 2 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES.
Seen recently at Nantucket were 1 BALD EAGLE, 2 ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAKS, 1 WILLET, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, and 13 RUDDY
TURNSTONES, and miscellaneous reports include a EURASIAN GREEN-
WINGED TEAL and 16 LEAST SANDPIPERS in Harwich, 8 WILLETS in
Chatham, 4 COMMON TERNS in Marion, 3 HOUSE WRENS in Sandwich, an
AMERICAN BITTERN and 3 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS in Plymouth, 6
PURPLE MARTINS at the Daniel Webster Sanctuary in Marshfield, 6
WARBLING VIREOS and a VEERY in Needham, a SCARLET TANAGER
in Norton, an AMERICAN PIPIT in Princeton, a LEAST FLYCATCHER and a
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH in Millbury, a BALD EAGLE and a
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH at the Oxbow refuge in Harvard, a VESPER
SPARROW at the Gardner airport, 2 WARBLING VIREOS and 5 YELLOW
WARBLERS along the Charles River between Watertown and Waltham, and
a WILD TURKEY in Somerville.
Thank you for calling.
- End transcript
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* May 2, 2006
* MAEA0605.02
- Birds mentioned
WHITE-TAILED HAWK (not reported)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Hooded Warbler
Warbling Vireo
Veery
Vesper Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
Merlin
Chimney Swift
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Northern Parula
Palm Warbler
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Green-winged Teal
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Snowy Owl
Marsh Wren
Purple Martin
Brown Thrasher
Eastern Towhee
Dark-eyed Junco
Field Sparrow
American Kestrel
MONK PARAKEET
Yellow Warbler
Hooded Merganser
Virginia Rail
Blue-headed Vireo
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Louisiana Waterthrush
Solitary Sandpiper
Common Raven
House Wren
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Bald Eagle
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Willet
Peregrine Falcon
Ruddy Turnstone
Eurasian Green-winged Teal
Least Sandpiper
Common Tern
American Bittern
Red-shouldered Hawk
Scarlet Tanager
American Pipit
Least Flycatcher
Wild Turkey
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: May 2, 2006
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 Tuesday, May 2.
The WHITE-TAILED HAWK that was seen briefly in Truro on Friday has not been
reported since, but the 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE near the intersection
of Northgate Road and Route 133 in Ipswich were still there at least
as recently as
Saturday, and yesterday a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD visited a feeder at
Morris Island in Chatham.
A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was seen on Sunday along the access road
into Scusset Beach in Sandwich, and a HOODED WARBLER was at the Arnold
Arboretum in Jamaica Plain yesterday. Other birds seen at the
Arboretum included
6 WARBLING VIREOS, a VEERY, a VESPER SPARROW, and 4 ORCHARD
ORIOLES, and reports from Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge have included
1 MERLIN, 3 CHIMNEY SWIFTS, 2 NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED
SWALLOWS, 5 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, 1 BLACK-
THROATED BLUE WARBLER, 1 NORTHERN PARULA, 8 PALM
WARBLERS, 1 FIELD SPARROW, 1 FOX SPARROW, 1 ORCHARD ORIOLE,
and 1 BALTIMORE ORIOLE.
In the Newburyport/Plum Island area there were 50 GREEN-WINGED TEAL,
45 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 5 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 SNOWY OWL,
2 MARSH WRENS, 5 PURPLE MARTINS, 4 BROWN THRASHERS, 22
EASTERN TOWHEES, 1 DARK-EYED JUNCO, and 5 FIELD SPARROWS,
and at Millennium Park in West Roxbury there were 5 AMERICAN KESTRELS,
1 MONK PARAKEET, 3 WARBLING VIREOS, 3 YELLOW WARBLERS,
and a BALTIMORE ORIOLE.
A report from Gardner included 6 HOODED MERGANSERS, 1 VIRGINIA
RAIL, 5 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, 11 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 2
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, and 1 LOUISIANA WATER-
THRUSH, and seen in Oxford were 1 VIRGINIA RAIL, 1 SOLITARY SAND-
PIPER, 4 CHIMNEY SWIFTS, 1 COMMON RAVEN, 10 NORTHERN
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, 1 HOUSE WREN, 40 YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLERS, 16 PALM WARBLERS, and 2 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES.
Seen recently at Nantucket were 1 BALD EAGLE, 2 ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAKS, 1 WILLET, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, and 13 RUDDY
TURNSTONES, and miscellaneous reports include a EURASIAN GREEN-
WINGED TEAL and 16 LEAST SANDPIPERS in Harwich, 8 WILLETS in
Chatham, 4 COMMON TERNS in Marion, 3 HOUSE WRENS in Sandwich, an
AMERICAN BITTERN and 3 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS in Plymouth, 6
PURPLE MARTINS at the Daniel Webster Sanctuary in Marshfield, 6
WARBLING VIREOS and a VEERY in Needham, a SCARLET TANAGER
in Norton, an AMERICAN PIPIT in Princeton, a LEAST FLYCATCHER and a
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH in Millbury, a BALD EAGLE and a
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH at the Oxbow refuge in Harvard, a VESPER
SPARROW at the Gardner airport, 2 WARBLING VIREOS and 5 YELLOW
WARBLERS along the Charles River between Watertown and Waltham, and
a WILD TURKEY in Somerville.
Thank you for calling.
- End transcript