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- Birds mentioned
American Bittern
LEAST BITTERN
Green Heron
BLACK VULTURE
Turkey Vulture
Hooded Merganser
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Virginia Rail
Sora
Solitary Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Great Horned Owl
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Brown Thrasher
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Purple Finch
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: July 10, 2006
number: 1-888-224-6444 x2
to report: 1-888-224-6444 x2 (leave message after report)
compiler: Seth Kellogg, skhawk@comcast.net, sponsored by MA Audubon
transcriber: Trudy Tynan, ttynan@sprynet.com
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
This is the Western Voice of Audubon for Monday July 10, 2006
Found at the Richmond Pond marsh were 12 VIRGINIA RAILS, a GREAT HORNED OWL, 2
ALDER FLYCATCHERS, 6 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, 14 MARSH WRENS, a BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHER and 48 SWAMP SPARROWS.
On Smiley’s Pond in Egremont there were 2 GREEN HERONS, 2 HOODED MERGANSERS, 6
VIRGINIA RAILS, 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, 3 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, and a NORTHERN
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW.
Seen on Bean Hill Road in Stockbridge were 3 GREEN HERONS, a HOODED MERGANSER,
3 VIRGINIA RAILS, an ALDER FLYCATCHER, and 3 MARSH WRENS.
Seen in the Moran Wildlife Management Area in Windsor were a BROAD-WINGED
HAWK, an AMERICAN KESTREL, 4 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS, 3 ALDER FLYCATCHERS, a
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, 7 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, 2 WINTER WRENS,6
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, 2 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, and 15 PURPLE FINCH.
Noted in Cheshire were a BLACK VULTURE, an AMERICAN KESTREL, 2 BLACK-BILLED
CUCKOOS, and 227 active CLIFF SWALLOW nests.
Observed in Whately were a GREEN HERON, a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, 3 LEAST
SANDPIPERS, 5 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS, 2 CLIFF SWALLOWS, a BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHER, 2 BROWN THRASHERS, and 2 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS.
Three BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, a WINTER WREN, a NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW
and 2 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS were seen at Quabbin Park, 3 BROAD-WINGED
HAWKS and an ALDER FLYCATCHER were at Tully Lake in Royalston, an AMERICAN
BITTERN was seen in Northampton, and 70 TURKEY VULTURES were counted overthe
landfill in Chicopee.
In the Quaboag marsh there were 2 AMERICAN BITTERNS, a LEAST BITTERN, an
OSPREY, 2 VIRGINIA RAILS, a SORA, a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 3 WILLOW
FLYCATCHERS, 11 EASTERN KINGBIRDS, 6 MARSH WRENS, and 5 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS.
Thank you for calling
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