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* June 2, 2006
* MAEA0606.02
- Birds mentioned
NORTHERN WHEATEAR (not reported)
Gadwall
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Northern Harrier
Merlin
Clapper Rail
Sora
American Oystercatcher
Willet
Whimbrel
Ruddy Turnstone
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Willow Flycatcher
Marsh Wren
Brown Thrasher
Yellow Warbler
American Redstart
Mourning Warbler
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Purple Finch
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Winter Wren
Veery
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Scarlet Tanager
Red-shouldered Hawk
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Worm-eating Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Little Blue Heron
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Common Raven
Little Gull
Mourning Warbler
Dark-eyed Junco
Little Blue Heron
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: June 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 Friday, June 2.
The Northern Wheatear that was discovered at Quaise Point on Nantucket
on Tuesday was last reported there on Wednesday.
A report from Plum Island on Tuesday included 23 Gadwall, 4 Blue-winged
Teal, 2 Northern Shovelers, 3 Green-winged Teal, 1 American Bittern, 1
Least Bittern, 1 Northern Harrier, 1 Merlin, 2 Clapper Rails, 1 Sora, 1
American
Oystercatcher, 45 Willets, 2 Whimbrel, 125 Ruddy Turnstones, 14 Roseate
Terns, 185 Common Terns, 12 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, 1 Red-bellied
Woodpecker, 16 Willow Flycatchers, 40 Marsh Wrens, 16 Brown Thrashers,
153 Yellow Warblers, 30 American Redstarts, 1 Mourning Warbler, 31
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrows, 1 late White-throated Sparrow, and 15
Purple Finches.
A report from the Willowdale State Forest in Ipswich included 2
Yellow-bellied Flycatchers, 1 Winter Wren, 19 Veerys, 47 Ovenbirds, 8
Northern Waterthrushes, and 12 Scarlet Tanagers, and at Wompatuck State
Park in Hingham there were 2 Red-shouldered Hawks, 2 Yellow-billed
Cuckoos, 7 Winter Wrens, 39 Veerys, and 11 species of wood warblers
including 81 Ovenbirds, 6 Northern Waterthrushes, 3 Worm-eating
Warblers, and 1 Hooded Warbler.
Recent miscellaneous reports have included a Little Blue Heron, an
Olive-sided Flycatcher, and a Common Raven at Plum Island, a Little Gull
in Newburyport Harbor, a Mourning Warbler in Medford, a late Dark-eyed
Junco in Lincoln, and a Little Blue Heron at Nantucket.
Have a good weekend and thank you for calling.
- End transcript