-RBA
* Massachusetts
* Western
* Aug. 29, 2005
* MAWE0508.29
- Birds mentioned
Green Heron
Wood Duck
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE
Cooper's Hawk
Semipalmated Plover
Golden Plover
Lesser Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
STILT SANDPIPER
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Common Nighthawk
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Philadelphia Vireo
Cliff Swallow
Swainson's Thrush
Nashville Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Canada Warbler
Indigo Bunting
DICKCISSEL
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: Aug. 29, 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, August 29.
A possible SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was reported Monday afternoon at Canal Park in
South Hadley, but was not found later in the evening.
Noted in Agawam at Bondi's Island were a flock of 66 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 2
STILT SANDPIPERS, 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 2 WESTERN, 2 PECTORAL, 2
SEMIPALMATED, and 32 LEAST SANDPIPERS.
Seen on the Longmeadow sandbar today were 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, and a
WESTERN SANDPIPER. Elsewhere on the flats were 6 GREEN HERONS, 150 WOOD DUCKS,
6 EASTERN KINGBIRDS, and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO.
Yesterday in Hatfield at the old Pilgrim Airport site there were at least 6
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, 3 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER.
Reported in the meadows of Northampton over the weekend were 4 COOPER’S HAWKS,
2 GOLDEN PLOVERS, 4 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, a PECTORAL
SANDPIPER, 2 PALM WARBLERS, 14 INDIGO BUNTINGS, and 2 DICKCISSELS. A female
DICKCISSEL was seen on Saturday and Sunday in the East Meadows and on Monday a
male was seen near the red barn.
COMMON NIGHTHAWKS are migrating. On Friday evening 462 were seen over
Springfield, 100 over Chicopee, and 300 over Lee. On Sunday evening 380 were
over Pittsfield and on Monday evening 56 were over West Springfield.
Found in Northfield were a GREEN HERON, 22 EASTERN KINGBIRDS, a WILLOW
FLYCATCHER, 2 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, and 2 CLIFF SWALLOWS.
A SWAINSON’S THRUSH and a BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER were reported in Amherst; a
PHILADELPHIA VIREO, 4 PRAIRIE WARBLERS, and 2 CANADA WARBLERS in Southwick; a
PHILADELPHIA VIREO and 6 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH in Belchertown, and a NASHVILLE
and a MAGNOLIA WARBLER in Granville.
Thank you for calling
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* Massachusetts
* Western
* Aug. 29, 2005
* MAWE0508.29
- Birds mentioned
Green Heron
Wood Duck
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE
Cooper's Hawk
Semipalmated Plover
Golden Plover
Lesser Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
STILT SANDPIPER
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Common Nighthawk
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Philadelphia Vireo
Cliff Swallow
Swainson's Thrush
Nashville Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Canada Warbler
Indigo Bunting
DICKCISSEL
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: Aug. 29, 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, August 29.
A possible SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was reported Monday afternoon at Canal Park in
South Hadley, but was not found later in the evening.
Noted in Agawam at Bondi's Island were a flock of 66 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 2
STILT SANDPIPERS, 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 2 WESTERN, 2 PECTORAL, 2
SEMIPALMATED, and 32 LEAST SANDPIPERS.
Seen on the Longmeadow sandbar today were 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, and a
WESTERN SANDPIPER. Elsewhere on the flats were 6 GREEN HERONS, 150 WOOD DUCKS,
6 EASTERN KINGBIRDS, and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO.
Yesterday in Hatfield at the old Pilgrim Airport site there were at least 6
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, 3 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER.
Reported in the meadows of Northampton over the weekend were 4 COOPER’S HAWKS,
2 GOLDEN PLOVERS, 4 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, a PECTORAL
SANDPIPER, 2 PALM WARBLERS, 14 INDIGO BUNTINGS, and 2 DICKCISSELS. A female
DICKCISSEL was seen on Saturday and Sunday in the East Meadows and on Monday a
male was seen near the red barn.
COMMON NIGHTHAWKS are migrating. On Friday evening 462 were seen over
Springfield, 100 over Chicopee, and 300 over Lee. On Sunday evening 380 were
over Pittsfield and on Monday evening 56 were over West Springfield.
Found in Northfield were a GREEN HERON, 22 EASTERN KINGBIRDS, a WILLOW
FLYCATCHER, 2 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, and 2 CLIFF SWALLOWS.
A SWAINSON’S THRUSH and a BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER were reported in Amherst; a
PHILADELPHIA VIREO, 4 PRAIRIE WARBLERS, and 2 CANADA WARBLERS in Southwick; a
PHILADELPHIA VIREO and 6 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH in Belchertown, and a NASHVILLE
and a MAGNOLIA WARBLER in Granville.
Thank you for calling
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