- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* July 7, 2006
* MAEA0607.07
- Birds mentioned
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Manx Shearwater
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Parasitic Jaeger
Laughing Gull
Roseate Tern
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
American Bittern
Glossy Ibis
Sora
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Roseate Tern
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
Cattle Egret
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: July 7, 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, July 7.
Large numbers of seabirds were reported this week from Stellwagen Bank and
nearby waters, with counts ranging from hundreds to several thousand GREATER
and SOOTY SHEARWATERS and WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, a maximum
of 12 MANX SHEARWATERS, at least 1 LEACH'S STORM-PETREL,
and several PARASITIC JAEGERS.
Seen at Race Point in Provincetown were 22 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 55
SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 25 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 40 LAUGHING
GULLS, and 1 ROSEATE TERN, and reports from Plum Island this week
included 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 9 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 AMERICAN
BITTERN, 12 GLOSSY IBISES, 1 SORA, 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 3
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 18 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 3 SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPERS, 174 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 317 SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS, 4 ROSEATE TERNS, 1 ALDER FLYCATCHER, 6 WILLOW
FLYCATCHERS, 55 SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, and
2 ORCHARD ORIOLES.
Miscellaneous reports this week have included 3 CATTLE EGRETS in Ipswich,
9 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS and 6 SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED
SPARROWS at the Belle Isle Marsh in East Boston, and a YELLOW-
CROWNED NIGHT-HERON at the Marblehead Neck Sanctuary.
Have a good weekend and thank you for calling.
- End transcript
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* July 7, 2006
* MAEA0607.07
- Birds mentioned
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Manx Shearwater
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Parasitic Jaeger
Laughing Gull
Roseate Tern
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
American Bittern
Glossy Ibis
Sora
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Roseate Tern
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
Cattle Egret
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: July 7, 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, July 7.
Large numbers of seabirds were reported this week from Stellwagen Bank and
nearby waters, with counts ranging from hundreds to several thousand GREATER
and SOOTY SHEARWATERS and WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, a maximum
of 12 MANX SHEARWATERS, at least 1 LEACH'S STORM-PETREL,
and several PARASITIC JAEGERS.
Seen at Race Point in Provincetown were 22 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 55
SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 25 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 40 LAUGHING
GULLS, and 1 ROSEATE TERN, and reports from Plum Island this week
included 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 9 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 AMERICAN
BITTERN, 12 GLOSSY IBISES, 1 SORA, 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 3
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 18 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 3 SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPERS, 174 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 317 SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS, 4 ROSEATE TERNS, 1 ALDER FLYCATCHER, 6 WILLOW
FLYCATCHERS, 55 SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, and
2 ORCHARD ORIOLES.
Miscellaneous reports this week have included 3 CATTLE EGRETS in Ipswich,
9 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS and 6 SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED
SPARROWS at the Belle Isle Marsh in East Boston, and a YELLOW-
CROWNED NIGHT-HERON at the Marblehead Neck Sanctuary.
Have a good weekend and thank you for calling.
- End transcript