- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* June 12, 2006
* MAEA0606.12
- Birds mentioned
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Clapper Rail
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Black Tern
Surf Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-necked Grebe
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Black-bellied Plover
American Oystercatcher
Whimbrel
Red Knot
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaeger
Laughing Gull
Royal Tern
Black Skimmer
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
Pine Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Manx Shearwater
Long-tailed Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Pied-billed Grebe
Manx Shearwater
Sora
Lesser Yellowlegs
Wilson's Phalarope
Arctic Tern
Black Guillemot
Alder Flycatcher
House Wren
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
American Woodcock
Wild Turkey
Barred Owl
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Black-billed Cuckoo
Hairy Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Veery
Yellow-throated Vireo
Scarlet Tanager
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Meadowlark
Blackpoll Warbler
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Mourning Warbler
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: June 12, 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, June 12.
Weekend report from Nantucket included 1 BLACK VULTURE, 5 TURKEY
VULTURES, 2 CLAPPER RAILS, 11 ROSEATE TERNS, 35 COMMON
TERNS, and 2 BLACK TERNS, and seen in various outer Cape localities
between Chatham and Provincetown were 2 SURF SCOTERS, 6 BLACK
SCOTERS, 3 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, 13 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS,
1 RED-NECKED GREBE, 2 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 35 SOOTY
SHEARWATERS, 3 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 1250 NORTHERN
GANNETS, 12 OSPREYS, 3 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 85 BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVERS, 20 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, 1 WHIMBREL, 7 RED
KNOTS, 11 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 1 PARASITIC JAEGER,
roughly 500 LAUGHING GULLS, 1 ROYAL TERN in Provincetown,
roughly 6000 COMMON TERNS, 5 BLACK TERNS, 1 BLACK SKIMMER,
3 BROWN THRASHERS, 70 CEDAR WAXWINGS, 32 PINE WARBLERS,
18 EASTERN TOWHEES, 1 ORCHARD ORIOLE, and 20 BALTIMORE
ORIOLES.
On a boat trip from Plymouth to points east of Cape Cod, south to the waters
east of Chatham highlights include 80 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 750
SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 8 MANX SHEARWATERS, 300 WILSON'S
STORM-PETRELS, 700 NORTHERN GANNETS, 11 PARASITIC JAEGERS,
2 LONG-TAILED JAEGERS, roughly 100 LAUGHING GULLS, 1 LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL, 300 COMMON TERNS, and 2 BLACK TERNS.
Weekend reports from Plum Island included 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 1 MANX SHEAR-
WATER, 2 SORAS, 1 CLAPPER RAIL, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 3
WILSON'S PHALAROPES, 3 ROSEATE TERNS, 2 ARCTIC TERNS, 25
unidentified Common/Arctic-type terns, 1 BLACK GUILLEMOT, 1 ALDER
FLYCATCHER, 1 HOUSE WREN, 25 SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED
SPARROWS, and 2 SEASIDE SPARROWS, and on Saturday in the rain, a
breeding bird survey at the Oxbow refuge in parts of Ayer, Shirley, and
Harvard yielded 1 AMERICAN WOODCOCK, 7 WILD TURKEYS, 1
BARRED OWL, 1 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, 1 BLACK-BILLED
CUCKOO, 11 HAIRY WOODPECKERS, 5 EASTERN WOOD-PEWEES,
1 WILLOW FLYCATCHER, 5 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, 2
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, 11 VEERYS, 1 YELLOW-
THROATED VIREO, 4 SCARLET TANAGERS, 2 INDIGO BUNTINGS,
4 EASTERN TOWHEES, 12 BALTIMORE ORIOLES, 1 ORCHARD
ORIOLE, and 2 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS.
Miscellaneous reports from the weekend included a BLACKPOLL
WARBLER in Newbury, a late RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET in
Rockport, 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES in Danvers, a MOURNING WARBLER
in Somerville, an OSPREY and a WILLOW FLYCATCHER at the Great
Meadows Refuge in Concord, and 1 BLACK-BILLED and 1 YELLOW-
BILLED CUCKOO at Cold Spring Park in Newton.
Thank you for calling.
- End transcript
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* June 12, 2006
* MAEA0606.12
- Birds mentioned
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Clapper Rail
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Black Tern
Surf Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-necked Grebe
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Black-bellied Plover
American Oystercatcher
Whimbrel
Red Knot
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaeger
Laughing Gull
Royal Tern
Black Skimmer
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
Pine Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Manx Shearwater
Long-tailed Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Pied-billed Grebe
Manx Shearwater
Sora
Lesser Yellowlegs
Wilson's Phalarope
Arctic Tern
Black Guillemot
Alder Flycatcher
House Wren
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
American Woodcock
Wild Turkey
Barred Owl
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Black-billed Cuckoo
Hairy Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Veery
Yellow-throated Vireo
Scarlet Tanager
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Meadowlark
Blackpoll Warbler
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Mourning Warbler
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: June 12, 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, June 12.
Weekend report from Nantucket included 1 BLACK VULTURE, 5 TURKEY
VULTURES, 2 CLAPPER RAILS, 11 ROSEATE TERNS, 35 COMMON
TERNS, and 2 BLACK TERNS, and seen in various outer Cape localities
between Chatham and Provincetown were 2 SURF SCOTERS, 6 BLACK
SCOTERS, 3 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, 13 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS,
1 RED-NECKED GREBE, 2 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 35 SOOTY
SHEARWATERS, 3 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 1250 NORTHERN
GANNETS, 12 OSPREYS, 3 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 85 BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVERS, 20 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, 1 WHIMBREL, 7 RED
KNOTS, 11 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 1 PARASITIC JAEGER,
roughly 500 LAUGHING GULLS, 1 ROYAL TERN in Provincetown,
roughly 6000 COMMON TERNS, 5 BLACK TERNS, 1 BLACK SKIMMER,
3 BROWN THRASHERS, 70 CEDAR WAXWINGS, 32 PINE WARBLERS,
18 EASTERN TOWHEES, 1 ORCHARD ORIOLE, and 20 BALTIMORE
ORIOLES.
On a boat trip from Plymouth to points east of Cape Cod, south to the waters
east of Chatham highlights include 80 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 750
SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 8 MANX SHEARWATERS, 300 WILSON'S
STORM-PETRELS, 700 NORTHERN GANNETS, 11 PARASITIC JAEGERS,
2 LONG-TAILED JAEGERS, roughly 100 LAUGHING GULLS, 1 LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL, 300 COMMON TERNS, and 2 BLACK TERNS.
Weekend reports from Plum Island included 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 1 MANX SHEAR-
WATER, 2 SORAS, 1 CLAPPER RAIL, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 3
WILSON'S PHALAROPES, 3 ROSEATE TERNS, 2 ARCTIC TERNS, 25
unidentified Common/Arctic-type terns, 1 BLACK GUILLEMOT, 1 ALDER
FLYCATCHER, 1 HOUSE WREN, 25 SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED
SPARROWS, and 2 SEASIDE SPARROWS, and on Saturday in the rain, a
breeding bird survey at the Oxbow refuge in parts of Ayer, Shirley, and
Harvard yielded 1 AMERICAN WOODCOCK, 7 WILD TURKEYS, 1
BARRED OWL, 1 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, 1 BLACK-BILLED
CUCKOO, 11 HAIRY WOODPECKERS, 5 EASTERN WOOD-PEWEES,
1 WILLOW FLYCATCHER, 5 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, 2
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, 11 VEERYS, 1 YELLOW-
THROATED VIREO, 4 SCARLET TANAGERS, 2 INDIGO BUNTINGS,
4 EASTERN TOWHEES, 12 BALTIMORE ORIOLES, 1 ORCHARD
ORIOLE, and 2 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS.
Miscellaneous reports from the weekend included a BLACKPOLL
WARBLER in Newbury, a late RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET in
Rockport, 2 ORCHARD ORIOLES in Danvers, a MOURNING WARBLER
in Somerville, an OSPREY and a WILLOW FLYCATCHER at the Great
Meadows Refuge in Concord, and 1 BLACK-BILLED and 1 YELLOW-
BILLED CUCKOO at Cold Spring Park in Newton.
Thank you for calling.
- End transcript