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* June 30, 2006
* MAEA3006.06

- Birds mentioned

Blue-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Common Loon
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Least Bittern
Glossy Ibis
Northern Harrier
King Rail
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Arctic Tern
Sandwich Tern
Black Guillemot
Cliff Swallow
Savannah Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole

- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: June 30, 2006
number:(888) 224-6444
to report: 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler: Simon Perkins, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage: Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Marjorie Rines marj@mrines.com

EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS –

VOICE OF AUDUBON FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 30 (2006)

The Sandwich Tern that was seen at Nantucket on Monday was seen there
again on Tuesday, and other birds reported from the island this week
included 3 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Short-billed Dowitcher, and 2 Arctic
Terns.

Seabirds seen on a boat trip from Newburyport to Stellwagen Bank on
Wednesday included 5 Common Loons, roughly 2000 Greater Shearwaters,
2000 Sooty Shearwaters, 5 Manx Shearwaters, 10,000 Wilson's
Storm-Petrels, 40 Northern Gannets, 4 Parasitic Jaegers, and 2 Black
Guillemots, and reports from Plum Island this week included 2
Blue-winged Teal, 1 Bufflehead, 1 Least Bittern, 1 Northern Harrier, 1
King Rail, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 6 Semipalmated
Sandpipers, 8 Least Sandpipers, 6 Short-billed Dowitchers, 2 Wilson's
Phalaropes, 59 Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrows, and 4 Seaside Sparrows.

Miscellaneous reports have included 29 Glossy Ibises in Rowley, an
Orchard Oriole in Essex, 61 Savannah Sparrows, 32 Bobolinks, and 20
Eastern Meadowlarks in Saugus, 4 Least Sandpipers and 2 Cliff Swallows
at Nine-Acre Corner in Concord, and an Orchard Oriole elsewhere in
Concord.

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