- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* May 15, 2006
* MAEA0605.15
- Birds mentioned
ALBATROSS (unidentified)
Greater Shearwater
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Pomarine Jaeger
Black-legged Kittiwake
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Manx Shearwater
Red-breasted Merganser
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Sabine's Gull
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Black Tern
Red-throated Loon
Purple Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Guillemot
Common Murre
Bonaparte's Gull
Little Gull
Razorbill
Snowy Owl
Clapper Rail
Seaside Sparrow
Pied-billed Grebe
American Bittern
American Coot
King Rail
Virginia Rail
Least Sandpiper
Black-bellied Plover
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Hooded Warbler
Evening Grosbeak
European Goldfinch
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: May 15, 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 Monday, May 15.
Despite the heavy weather over the weekend (and in some cases because
of it), the
many teams participating in Mass Audubon's annual Birdathon were well
rewarded.
The biggest story of the weekend was seabirds. The easterly winds and heavy
rains associated with the weekend storm swept many seabirds in from the ocean
resulting in their appearance at the coast and even at points inland.
Yesterday, an unidentified ALBATROSS was seen at Sandy Neck in Barnstable,
where other seabirds included 1 GREATER SHEARWATER, 1 LEACH'S STORM-
PETREL, 2 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 300 NORTHERN GANNETS, 2
POMARINE JAEGERS, 2 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, roughly 150
RED PHALAROPES, and 100 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES.
Two day seabird totals from Saturday and Sunday at Corporation Beach in
Dennis included 28 RED-THROATED LOONS, 13 COMMON LOONS, 5
MANX SHEARWATERS, 3 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 3700 NORTHERN
GANNETS, 35 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 261 RED-NECKED
PHALAROPES, 85 RED PHALAROPES, 3 POMARINE JAEGERS, 46
PARASITIC JAEGERS, 1 LONG-TAILED JAEGER, 1 SABINE'S GULL,
8 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 26 ROSEATE TERNS, roughly 1000
COMMON TERNS, 4 ARCTIC TERNS, 1200 unidentified
Common/Arctic-type terns, and 2 BLACK TERNS.
The two day totals from Andrew's Point in Rockport included 30 RED-
THROATED LOONS, 22 MANX SHEARWATERS, 4 WILSON'S STORM-
PETRELS, 9 LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS, roughly 700 NORTHERN
GANNETS, 30 PURPLE SANDPIPERS, 387 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES
(though only 1 the first day), 1 RED PHALAROPE, 23 PARASITIC JAEGERS
(though only one the second day), 7 POMARINE JAEGERS, 1 LONG-TAILED
JAEGER, 21 LAUGHING GULLS, 51 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 1
CASPIAN TERN, 2 COMMON TERNS, 75 ARCTIC TERNS, 1 BLACK
GUILLEMOT, and 2 COMMON MURRES.
At Race Point in Provincetown there were 5 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 1
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL, 450 NORTHERN GANNETS, 74 RED
PHALAROPES, 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 1 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE,
and 110 COMMON TERNS.
Seabirds at Plum Island included 1 MANX SHEARWATER, 1 WILSON'S
STORM-PETREL, 2 RED PHALAROPES, 41 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES,
1 PARASITIC JAEGER, 150 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 2 LITTLE GULLS, 320
ARCTIC TERNS, 200 COMMON TERNS, 175 ROSEATE TERNS, 4 BLACK
TERNS, and 2 RAZORBILLS, and also seen at Plum Island were 1 late SNOWY
OWL, 1 CLAPPER RAIL, and 2 SEASIDE SPARROWS.
A remarkable number of seabirds were seen away from the immediate
coast as well.
Reports within the past three days from the Merrimack River in Haverhill have
included 6 RED PHALAROPES, 85 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 40
BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 2 ARCTIC TERNS, and a BLACK TERN, seen at the
Chestnut Hill Reservoir in Newton yesterday were 8 RED-NECKED
PHALAROPES, 4 RED PHALAROPES, 3 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES,
and 1 COMMON TERN, and at the Great Meadows Refuge in Concord there
were 3 RED PHALAROPES, 1 BONAPARTE'S GULL, 2 CASPIAN TERNS,
1 COMMON TERN, and 2 BLACK TERNS. Also at Great Meadows were 1
PIED-BILLED GREBE, 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, 1 AMERICAN COOT, 1
KING RAIL, 2 VIRGINIA RAILS, and 3 LEAST SANDPIPERS.
At Wachusett Reservoir in Clinton there were 5 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS,
11 RED PHALAROPES, 2 CASPIAN TERNS, and 1 COMMON TERN, and other
storm-related reports from the weekend included a MANX SHEARWATER, 48
RED PHALAROPES, and an ARCTIC TERN at Nantucket, roughly 100
phalaropes of both oceanic species and a POMARINE JAEGER at the eastern
end of the Cape Cod canal in Sandwich, 2 GREATER SHEARWATERS at
Manomet Point in Plymouth, 1 CASPIAN TERN at Plymouth Beach, 7 BLACK-
BELLIED PLOVERS and 2 LAUGHING GULLS at Nine-Acre Corner in
Concord, and 1 RED-NECKED PHALAROPE at Bolton Flats.
Other miscellaneous reports included a King Rail near Wingaersheek Beach in
Gloucester, 2 ICELAND GULLS and a GLAUCOUS GULL in Gloucester Harbor,
a HOODED WARBLER at Eastern Point in Gloucester, a LITTLE GULL at Lynn
Beach, and a GLAUCOUS GULL, an EVENING GROSBEAK, and a EUROPEAN
GOLDFINCH at Nantucket.
Thank you for calling.
- End transcript
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* May 15, 2006
* MAEA0605.15
- Birds mentioned
ALBATROSS (unidentified)
Greater Shearwater
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Pomarine Jaeger
Black-legged Kittiwake
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Manx Shearwater
Red-breasted Merganser
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Sabine's Gull
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Black Tern
Red-throated Loon
Purple Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Guillemot
Common Murre
Bonaparte's Gull
Little Gull
Razorbill
Snowy Owl
Clapper Rail
Seaside Sparrow
Pied-billed Grebe
American Bittern
American Coot
King Rail
Virginia Rail
Least Sandpiper
Black-bellied Plover
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Hooded Warbler
Evening Grosbeak
European Goldfinch
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: May 15, 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 Monday, May 15.
Despite the heavy weather over the weekend (and in some cases because
of it), the
many teams participating in Mass Audubon's annual Birdathon were well
rewarded.
The biggest story of the weekend was seabirds. The easterly winds and heavy
rains associated with the weekend storm swept many seabirds in from the ocean
resulting in their appearance at the coast and even at points inland.
Yesterday, an unidentified ALBATROSS was seen at Sandy Neck in Barnstable,
where other seabirds included 1 GREATER SHEARWATER, 1 LEACH'S STORM-
PETREL, 2 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 300 NORTHERN GANNETS, 2
POMARINE JAEGERS, 2 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, roughly 150
RED PHALAROPES, and 100 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES.
Two day seabird totals from Saturday and Sunday at Corporation Beach in
Dennis included 28 RED-THROATED LOONS, 13 COMMON LOONS, 5
MANX SHEARWATERS, 3 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 3700 NORTHERN
GANNETS, 35 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 261 RED-NECKED
PHALAROPES, 85 RED PHALAROPES, 3 POMARINE JAEGERS, 46
PARASITIC JAEGERS, 1 LONG-TAILED JAEGER, 1 SABINE'S GULL,
8 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 26 ROSEATE TERNS, roughly 1000
COMMON TERNS, 4 ARCTIC TERNS, 1200 unidentified
Common/Arctic-type terns, and 2 BLACK TERNS.
The two day totals from Andrew's Point in Rockport included 30 RED-
THROATED LOONS, 22 MANX SHEARWATERS, 4 WILSON'S STORM-
PETRELS, 9 LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS, roughly 700 NORTHERN
GANNETS, 30 PURPLE SANDPIPERS, 387 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES
(though only 1 the first day), 1 RED PHALAROPE, 23 PARASITIC JAEGERS
(though only one the second day), 7 POMARINE JAEGERS, 1 LONG-TAILED
JAEGER, 21 LAUGHING GULLS, 51 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 1
CASPIAN TERN, 2 COMMON TERNS, 75 ARCTIC TERNS, 1 BLACK
GUILLEMOT, and 2 COMMON MURRES.
At Race Point in Provincetown there were 5 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 1
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL, 450 NORTHERN GANNETS, 74 RED
PHALAROPES, 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 1 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE,
and 110 COMMON TERNS.
Seabirds at Plum Island included 1 MANX SHEARWATER, 1 WILSON'S
STORM-PETREL, 2 RED PHALAROPES, 41 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES,
1 PARASITIC JAEGER, 150 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 2 LITTLE GULLS, 320
ARCTIC TERNS, 200 COMMON TERNS, 175 ROSEATE TERNS, 4 BLACK
TERNS, and 2 RAZORBILLS, and also seen at Plum Island were 1 late SNOWY
OWL, 1 CLAPPER RAIL, and 2 SEASIDE SPARROWS.
A remarkable number of seabirds were seen away from the immediate
coast as well.
Reports within the past three days from the Merrimack River in Haverhill have
included 6 RED PHALAROPES, 85 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 40
BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 2 ARCTIC TERNS, and a BLACK TERN, seen at the
Chestnut Hill Reservoir in Newton yesterday were 8 RED-NECKED
PHALAROPES, 4 RED PHALAROPES, 3 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES,
and 1 COMMON TERN, and at the Great Meadows Refuge in Concord there
were 3 RED PHALAROPES, 1 BONAPARTE'S GULL, 2 CASPIAN TERNS,
1 COMMON TERN, and 2 BLACK TERNS. Also at Great Meadows were 1
PIED-BILLED GREBE, 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, 1 AMERICAN COOT, 1
KING RAIL, 2 VIRGINIA RAILS, and 3 LEAST SANDPIPERS.
At Wachusett Reservoir in Clinton there were 5 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS,
11 RED PHALAROPES, 2 CASPIAN TERNS, and 1 COMMON TERN, and other
storm-related reports from the weekend included a MANX SHEARWATER, 48
RED PHALAROPES, and an ARCTIC TERN at Nantucket, roughly 100
phalaropes of both oceanic species and a POMARINE JAEGER at the eastern
end of the Cape Cod canal in Sandwich, 2 GREATER SHEARWATERS at
Manomet Point in Plymouth, 1 CASPIAN TERN at Plymouth Beach, 7 BLACK-
BELLIED PLOVERS and 2 LAUGHING GULLS at Nine-Acre Corner in
Concord, and 1 RED-NECKED PHALAROPE at Bolton Flats.
Other miscellaneous reports included a King Rail near Wingaersheek Beach in
Gloucester, 2 ICELAND GULLS and a GLAUCOUS GULL in Gloucester Harbor,
a HOODED WARBLER at Eastern Point in Gloucester, a LITTLE GULL at Lynn
Beach, and a GLAUCOUS GULL, an EVENING GROSBEAK, and a EUROPEAN
GOLDFINCH at Nantucket.
Thank you for calling.
- End transcript