-RBA
* Massachusetts
* Western
* Sept. 5, 2005
* MAWE0509.05
- Birds mentioned
Black Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Golden Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Common Nighthawk
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Veery
Wood Thrush
American Pipit
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Indigo Bunting
DICKCISSEL
Bobolink
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: Sept. 5, 2005
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, September 5.
A WESTERN KINGBIRD was found on Friday in Amherst and was last reported Sunday
evening. It has been seen on both sides of Station Road a short way from
Southeast Street, usually in dead trees just past the horse farm field.
DICKCISSELS continue to be found on the east meadows of Northampton both at
the red barn beyond the last house on Cross Path Road and in fields several
hundred yards beyond the barn and past the four corners. As many as four have
been observed.
Other reports from Northampton included a MERLIN and a PEREGRINE FALCON, 5
GOLDEN PLOVERS, a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 53 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS, 2 WILLOW
FLYCATCHERS, a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, a PHILADELPHIA VIREO, CANADA,
WILSON’S, CONNECTICUT and MOURNING WARBLERS, 14 INDIGO BUNTINGS, and 300
BOBOLINKS.
As many as 8 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were still in the field off Main Street
at the Hatfield-Whately town line on Wednesday, but have not been reported
since. Also there were 7 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 30 LEAST SANDPIPERS, a
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and 70 KILLDEER.
Noted in Amherst were several EASTERN KINGBIRDS on Station Road, a
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 9 WOOD THRUSH, and 2 VEERYS.
In Hadley there were 2 COOPER’S HAWKS, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER, a GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, and BLUE-WINGED, CANADA, BLACK-THROATED
BLUE and WILSON’S WARBLERS.
Two PHILADELPHIA VIREOS and a CONNECTICUT WARBLER were at Jarvis Sanctuary in
East Longmeadow, a PHILADELPHIA and a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO , 2 OVENBIRDS, and
a BLACKPOLL WARBLER were in Southwick, a MARSH WREN was at Fitzgerald Lake in
Northampton, and 2 BLACK VULTURES and a record early AMERICAN PIPIT were seen
in Granville.
Hawks migrating over Granville since Sept. 1 totaled 15 OSPREYS, 8 BALD
EAGLES, 5 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 19 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 3 COOPER’S HAWKS, 11
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, and 20 AMERICAN KESTRELS.
Three days of counting at Shatterack Mt. in Russell produced 8 OSPREYS, a BALD
EAGLE, 12 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, a COOPER’S HAWK, 5 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, an
AMERICAN KESTREL, a MERLIN, and a PEREGRINE FALCON.
Thank you for calling
- end transcript
* Massachusetts
* Western
* Sept. 5, 2005
* MAWE0509.05
- Birds mentioned
Black Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Golden Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Common Nighthawk
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Veery
Wood Thrush
American Pipit
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Indigo Bunting
DICKCISSEL
Bobolink
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: Sept. 5, 2005
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, September 5.
A WESTERN KINGBIRD was found on Friday in Amherst and was last reported Sunday
evening. It has been seen on both sides of Station Road a short way from
Southeast Street, usually in dead trees just past the horse farm field.
DICKCISSELS continue to be found on the east meadows of Northampton both at
the red barn beyond the last house on Cross Path Road and in fields several
hundred yards beyond the barn and past the four corners. As many as four have
been observed.
Other reports from Northampton included a MERLIN and a PEREGRINE FALCON, 5
GOLDEN PLOVERS, a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 53 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS, 2 WILLOW
FLYCATCHERS, a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, a PHILADELPHIA VIREO, CANADA,
WILSON’S, CONNECTICUT and MOURNING WARBLERS, 14 INDIGO BUNTINGS, and 300
BOBOLINKS.
As many as 8 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were still in the field off Main Street
at the Hatfield-Whately town line on Wednesday, but have not been reported
since. Also there were 7 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 30 LEAST SANDPIPERS, a
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and 70 KILLDEER.
Noted in Amherst were several EASTERN KINGBIRDS on Station Road, a
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 9 WOOD THRUSH, and 2 VEERYS.
In Hadley there were 2 COOPER’S HAWKS, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER, a GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, and BLUE-WINGED, CANADA, BLACK-THROATED
BLUE and WILSON’S WARBLERS.
Two PHILADELPHIA VIREOS and a CONNECTICUT WARBLER were at Jarvis Sanctuary in
East Longmeadow, a PHILADELPHIA and a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO , 2 OVENBIRDS, and
a BLACKPOLL WARBLER were in Southwick, a MARSH WREN was at Fitzgerald Lake in
Northampton, and 2 BLACK VULTURES and a record early AMERICAN PIPIT were seen
in Granville.
Hawks migrating over Granville since Sept. 1 totaled 15 OSPREYS, 8 BALD
EAGLES, 5 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 19 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 3 COOPER’S HAWKS, 11
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, and 20 AMERICAN KESTRELS.
Three days of counting at Shatterack Mt. in Russell produced 8 OSPREYS, a BALD
EAGLE, 12 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, a COOPER’S HAWK, 5 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, an
AMERICAN KESTREL, a MERLIN, and a PEREGRINE FALCON.
Thank you for calling
- end transcript