- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* August 8, 2006
* MAEA0608.08
- Birds mentioned
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD (not reported)
AMERICAN AVOCET (not reported)
Peregrine Falcon
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Little Gull
Roseate Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster’s Tern
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
American Oystercatcher
Willet
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Little Blue Heron
Solitary Sandpiper
American Woodcock
American Kestrel
Great Horned Owl
Whip-poor-will
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Willow Flycatcher
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Bank Swallow
American Robin
Veery
Marsh Wren
Yellow-throated Vireo
Indigo Bunting
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Black Guillemot
Northern Waterthrush
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: August 8, 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, August 8.
A BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD, representing only the second record
for the state, was trapped and banded at a banding station in Brewster
yesterday, but it was not relocated today. The bird was discovered at
the hummingbird feeders at the residence at 36 Blueberry Pond Drive in
Brewster. The homeowner welcomes birders, but visitors are reminded
to be mindful of neighbors.
An AMERICAN AVOCET was seen at Stage Island Pool on Plum Island on
Saturday, but it too has not been seen since. Other weekend reports
from the island included 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 2 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 4
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 2 LITTLE GULLS, 1 ROSEATE TERN,
1 ARCTIC TERN, and 1 FORSTER’S TERN.
Seen at South Beach in Chatham were an out-of-season BRANT, roughly
1000 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER,
3000 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 15 PIPING PLOVERS, 74 AMERICAN
OYSTERCATCHERS, 230 WILLETS, 1 WHIMBREL, 1 HUDSONIAN
GODWIT, 130 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 150 RED KNOTS, 1500
SANDERLINGS, 1100 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 3 WESTERN
SANDPIPERS, 150 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 4 WHITE-RUMPED SAND-
PIPERS, 60 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 75 LAUGHING GULLS,
2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 37 ROSEATE TERNS, and 2500
COMMON TERNS.
At Bolton Flats there were 2 LITTLE BLUE HERONS, 3 SOLITARY SAND-
PIPERS, 1 AMERICAN WOODCOCK, 2 AMERICAN KESTRELS, 2
GREAT HORNED OWLS, 2 WHIP-POOR-WILLS, 3 RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRDS, 3 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, 7 BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHERS, 50 BANK SWALLOWS, roughly 4300 AMERICAN
ROBINS coming into an evening roost, 3 VEERYS, 4 MARSH WRENS, 1
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, and 11 INDIGO BUNTINGS, a report
from the northern end of Stellwagen Bank included roughly 4000
WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 700 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 100 SOOTY
SHEARWATERS, 9 MANX SHEARWATERS, 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS,
1 POMARINE JAEGER, and 100 COMMON TERNS, and miscellaneous
reports from the weekend included a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
and a BLACK GUILLEMOT in Rockport, 107 SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS at Duxbury Beach, and a migrant NORTHERN WATER-
THRUSH at Post Office Square in Boston.
Thank you for calling
- End transcript
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* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* August 8, 2006
* MAEA0608.08
- Birds mentioned
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD (not reported)
AMERICAN AVOCET (not reported)
Peregrine Falcon
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Little Gull
Roseate Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster’s Tern
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
American Oystercatcher
Willet
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Little Blue Heron
Solitary Sandpiper
American Woodcock
American Kestrel
Great Horned Owl
Whip-poor-will
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Willow Flycatcher
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Bank Swallow
American Robin
Veery
Marsh Wren
Yellow-throated Vireo
Indigo Bunting
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Black Guillemot
Northern Waterthrush
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: August 8, 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, August 8.
A BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD, representing only the second record
for the state, was trapped and banded at a banding station in Brewster
yesterday, but it was not relocated today. The bird was discovered at
the hummingbird feeders at the residence at 36 Blueberry Pond Drive in
Brewster. The homeowner welcomes birders, but visitors are reminded
to be mindful of neighbors.
An AMERICAN AVOCET was seen at Stage Island Pool on Plum Island on
Saturday, but it too has not been seen since. Other weekend reports
from the island included 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 2 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 4
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 2 LITTLE GULLS, 1 ROSEATE TERN,
1 ARCTIC TERN, and 1 FORSTER’S TERN.
Seen at South Beach in Chatham were an out-of-season BRANT, roughly
1000 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER,
3000 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 15 PIPING PLOVERS, 74 AMERICAN
OYSTERCATCHERS, 230 WILLETS, 1 WHIMBREL, 1 HUDSONIAN
GODWIT, 130 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 150 RED KNOTS, 1500
SANDERLINGS, 1100 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 3 WESTERN
SANDPIPERS, 150 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 4 WHITE-RUMPED SAND-
PIPERS, 60 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 75 LAUGHING GULLS,
2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 37 ROSEATE TERNS, and 2500
COMMON TERNS.
At Bolton Flats there were 2 LITTLE BLUE HERONS, 3 SOLITARY SAND-
PIPERS, 1 AMERICAN WOODCOCK, 2 AMERICAN KESTRELS, 2
GREAT HORNED OWLS, 2 WHIP-POOR-WILLS, 3 RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRDS, 3 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, 7 BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHERS, 50 BANK SWALLOWS, roughly 4300 AMERICAN
ROBINS coming into an evening roost, 3 VEERYS, 4 MARSH WRENS, 1
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, and 11 INDIGO BUNTINGS, a report
from the northern end of Stellwagen Bank included roughly 4000
WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 700 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 100 SOOTY
SHEARWATERS, 9 MANX SHEARWATERS, 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS,
1 POMARINE JAEGER, and 100 COMMON TERNS, and miscellaneous
reports from the weekend included a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
and a BLACK GUILLEMOT in Rockport, 107 SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS at Duxbury Beach, and a migrant NORTHERN WATER-
THRUSH at Post Office Square in Boston.
Thank you for calling
- End transcript
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