- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* July 31, 2006
* MAEA0607.31
- Birds mentioned
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (not reported)
LARK SPARROW
Glossy Ibis
Northern Harrier
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Whimbrel
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Greater Shearwater
Cory's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Roseate Tern
Black-bellied Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Field Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
Little Blue Heron
Virginia Rail
Pectoral Sandpiper
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Bonaparte's Gull
Great Egret
Bald Eagle
Solitary Sandpiper
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Black Tern
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: July 31, 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, July 31.
The BLACK-TAILED GODWIT at Plum Island was still present at least as
recently as Saturday, a LARK SPARROW was seen yesterday just south of
the North Pool overlook at Plum Island, and other weekend reports from the
island included 140 GLOSSY IBISES, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 170
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 25 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 90 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 WHIMBREL, roughly 1000 SEMIPALMATED SAND-
PIPERS, 80 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 4 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS,
6 STILT SANDPIPERS, and 180 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS.
Weekend reports from the north end of Stellwagen Bank included 600
GREATER SHEARWATERS, 1 CORY'S SHEARWATER, 20 SOOTY
SHEARWATERS, 6 MANX SHEARWATERS, 750 WILSON'S STORM-
PETRELS, 4 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 1 PARASITIC JAEGER,
1 POMARINE JAEGER, and 1 ROSEATE TERN.
A shorebird survey at Duxbury Beach yielded 57 BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVERS, roughly 400 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 92 RUDDY
TURNSTONES, 850 SANDERLINGS, 4400 SEMIPALMATED SAND-
PIPERS, and 86 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and at the Crane
Wildlife Management Area in Falmouth there were 2 YELLOW-BILLED
CUCKOOS, 20 FIELD SPARROWS, 6 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS,
and 6 ORCHARD ORIOLES.
Seen at Belle Isle Marsh in East Boston were 1 LITTLE BLUE HERON,
1 VIRGINIA RAIL, 57 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 32 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 730 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 70 LEAST
SANDPIPERS, 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 1 PECTORAL
SANDPIPER, 162 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and 7 SALTMARSH
SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, and miscellaneous reports from the
weekend included roughly 3000 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS and
160 BONAPARTE'S GULLS at Lynn Beach, 3 GREAT EGRETS and a BALD
EAGLE in Stow, 15 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS at the Great Meadows
Refuge in Concord, a LITTLE BLUE HERON and 9 BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERONS in Sudbury, and 1 LITTLE BLUE HERON and 2
BLACK TERNS at Nantucket.
Thank you for calling.
- End transcript
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* July 31, 2006
* MAEA0607.31
- Birds mentioned
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (not reported)
LARK SPARROW
Glossy Ibis
Northern Harrier
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Whimbrel
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Greater Shearwater
Cory's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Roseate Tern
Black-bellied Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Field Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
Little Blue Heron
Virginia Rail
Pectoral Sandpiper
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Bonaparte's Gull
Great Egret
Bald Eagle
Solitary Sandpiper
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Black Tern
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: July 31, 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, July 31.
The BLACK-TAILED GODWIT at Plum Island was still present at least as
recently as Saturday, a LARK SPARROW was seen yesterday just south of
the North Pool overlook at Plum Island, and other weekend reports from the
island included 140 GLOSSY IBISES, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 170
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 25 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 90 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 WHIMBREL, roughly 1000 SEMIPALMATED SAND-
PIPERS, 80 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 4 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS,
6 STILT SANDPIPERS, and 180 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS.
Weekend reports from the north end of Stellwagen Bank included 600
GREATER SHEARWATERS, 1 CORY'S SHEARWATER, 20 SOOTY
SHEARWATERS, 6 MANX SHEARWATERS, 750 WILSON'S STORM-
PETRELS, 4 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 1 PARASITIC JAEGER,
1 POMARINE JAEGER, and 1 ROSEATE TERN.
A shorebird survey at Duxbury Beach yielded 57 BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVERS, roughly 400 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 92 RUDDY
TURNSTONES, 850 SANDERLINGS, 4400 SEMIPALMATED SAND-
PIPERS, and 86 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and at the Crane
Wildlife Management Area in Falmouth there were 2 YELLOW-BILLED
CUCKOOS, 20 FIELD SPARROWS, 6 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS,
and 6 ORCHARD ORIOLES.
Seen at Belle Isle Marsh in East Boston were 1 LITTLE BLUE HERON,
1 VIRGINIA RAIL, 57 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 32 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 730 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 70 LEAST
SANDPIPERS, 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 1 PECTORAL
SANDPIPER, 162 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and 7 SALTMARSH
SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, and miscellaneous reports from the
weekend included roughly 3000 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS and
160 BONAPARTE'S GULLS at Lynn Beach, 3 GREAT EGRETS and a BALD
EAGLE in Stow, 15 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS at the Great Meadows
Refuge in Concord, a LITTLE BLUE HERON and 9 BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERONS in Sudbury, and 1 LITTLE BLUE HERON and 2
BLACK TERNS at Nantucket.
Thank you for calling.
- End transcript