- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* September 6, 2005
* MAEA0509.06
- Birds mentioned
WILSON'S PLOVER
CURLEW SANDPIPER
Baird's Sandpiper
Marbled Godwit
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Common Moorhen
American Golden-Plover
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaeger
Black Tern
Great Horned Owl
CACKLING GOOSE
Hudsonian Godwit
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Northern Parula
Hooded Warbler
LARK SPARROW
Greater Shearwater
Cory's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Little Blue Heron
Solitary Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Common Tern
Eastern Screech-Owl
Bay-breasted Warbler
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Tennessee Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Pied-billed Grebe
Osprey
Forster's Tern
White-eyed Vireo
Tree Swallow
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Barred Owl
Peregrine Falcon
Merlin
Common Raven
LINCOLN'S SPARROW
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Golden-winged Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Cape May Warbler
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: September 6, 2005
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 Tuesday, September 6.
Both the WILSON'S PLOVER and the CURLEW SANDPIPER at South
Beach in Chatham were still present there at least as recently as yesterday,
other reports from South Beach included 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and
15 MARBLED GODWITS, and seen nearby at South Monomoy Island in
Chatham were 100 GADWALL, 10 AMERICAN WIGEON, 80 BLUE-
WINGED TEAL, 12 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 25 NORTHERN PINTAIL,
125 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 19 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 3 LESSER
SCAUP, 1 early BUFFLEHEAD, 14 RUDDY DUCKS, 1 COMMON
MOORHEN, 4 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, 15 WESTERN SAND-
PIPERS, 80 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER,
8 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, 1
PARASITIC JAEGER, 12 BLACK TERNS, and 1 GREAT HORNED OWL.
The CACKLING GOOSE at the Great Meadows Refuge in Concord
was seen there again on Saturday.
Reports from Plum Island included 6 NORTHERN PINTAIL, roughly
200 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 1
MARBLED GODWIT, 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS, 15 RED KNOTS,
16 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 76 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 22
STILT SANDPIPERS, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 1 BUFF-BREASTED
SANDPIPER, 63 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 1 PHILADELPHIA
VIREO, a NORTHERN PARULA, 1 HOODED WARBLER, and 1 LARK
SPARROW, and seabirds seen on a boat trip from Rye, New Hampshire
to points roughly 5 miles east of Plum Island included 500 GREATER
SHEARWATERS, 1 CORY'S SHEARWATER, 30 SOOTY SHEAR-
WATERS, 60 MANX SHEARWATERS, and 8 WILSON'S STORM-
PETRELS.
Birds seen at various points around Cape Ann included 1 HORNED GREBE,
2 RED-NECKED GREBES, 140 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 15 SOOTY
SHEARWATERS, 40 MANX SHEARWATERS, 1 LITTLE BLUE HERON,
4 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, 32 LAUGHING GULLS, 1500 COMMON
TERNS, 4 BLACK TERNS, 4 EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS, 2 PHILADELPHIA
VIREOS, and 1 BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, a report from Bolton Flats
included 1 OLIVE- SIDED FLYCATCHER, 1 TENNESSEE WARBLER,
and 1 PALM WARBLER, and migrant raptors counted from Mt. Watatic
in Ashburnham included 7 OSPREYS, 6 BALD EAGLES, 4 SHARP-
SHINNED HAWKS, 2 COOPER'S HAWKS, 4 BROAD-WINGED
HAWKS, and 6 AMERICAN KESTRELS.
A report from the Acoaxet section of Westport included 2 PIED-BILLED
GREBES, 17 OSPREY, 14 FORSTER'S TERNS, 2 WHITE-EYED VIREOS,
roughly 10,000 TREE SWALLOWS, and a PALM WARBLER, in Sudbury
there were 11 GREAT EGRETS, 6 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS,
1 BALD EAGLE, 2 OSPREYS, and 1 BARRED OWL, and seen in Essex
Bay were 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 1 MARBLED GODWIT, 1
unidentified jaeger, 1500 COMMON TERNS, and 2 BLACK TERNS.
Miscellaneous reports from the weekend included a LARK SPARROW at the
Cumberland Farms fields in Middleboro, 16 AMERICAN WIGEON and 1
MERLIN in Scituate, a COMMON RAVEN and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW in
Wayland, an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER in Melrose, a GOLDEN-
WINGED WARBLER and a WORM-EATING WARBLER in Nahant,
and a PIED-BILLED GREBE and a CAPE MAY WARBLER in Gardner.
Thank you for calling.
- End transcript
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* September 6, 2005
* MAEA0509.06
- Birds mentioned
WILSON'S PLOVER
CURLEW SANDPIPER
Baird's Sandpiper
Marbled Godwit
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Common Moorhen
American Golden-Plover
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaeger
Black Tern
Great Horned Owl
CACKLING GOOSE
Hudsonian Godwit
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Northern Parula
Hooded Warbler
LARK SPARROW
Greater Shearwater
Cory's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Little Blue Heron
Solitary Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Common Tern
Eastern Screech-Owl
Bay-breasted Warbler
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Tennessee Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Pied-billed Grebe
Osprey
Forster's Tern
White-eyed Vireo
Tree Swallow
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Barred Owl
Peregrine Falcon
Merlin
Common Raven
LINCOLN'S SPARROW
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Golden-winged Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Cape May Warbler
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: September 6, 2005
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 Tuesday, September 6.
Both the WILSON'S PLOVER and the CURLEW SANDPIPER at South
Beach in Chatham were still present there at least as recently as yesterday,
other reports from South Beach included 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and
15 MARBLED GODWITS, and seen nearby at South Monomoy Island in
Chatham were 100 GADWALL, 10 AMERICAN WIGEON, 80 BLUE-
WINGED TEAL, 12 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 25 NORTHERN PINTAIL,
125 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 19 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 3 LESSER
SCAUP, 1 early BUFFLEHEAD, 14 RUDDY DUCKS, 1 COMMON
MOORHEN, 4 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, 15 WESTERN SAND-
PIPERS, 80 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER,
8 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, 1
PARASITIC JAEGER, 12 BLACK TERNS, and 1 GREAT HORNED OWL.
The CACKLING GOOSE at the Great Meadows Refuge in Concord
was seen there again on Saturday.
Reports from Plum Island included 6 NORTHERN PINTAIL, roughly
200 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 1
MARBLED GODWIT, 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS, 15 RED KNOTS,
16 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 76 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 22
STILT SANDPIPERS, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 1 BUFF-BREASTED
SANDPIPER, 63 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 1 PHILADELPHIA
VIREO, a NORTHERN PARULA, 1 HOODED WARBLER, and 1 LARK
SPARROW, and seabirds seen on a boat trip from Rye, New Hampshire
to points roughly 5 miles east of Plum Island included 500 GREATER
SHEARWATERS, 1 CORY'S SHEARWATER, 30 SOOTY SHEAR-
WATERS, 60 MANX SHEARWATERS, and 8 WILSON'S STORM-
PETRELS.
Birds seen at various points around Cape Ann included 1 HORNED GREBE,
2 RED-NECKED GREBES, 140 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 15 SOOTY
SHEARWATERS, 40 MANX SHEARWATERS, 1 LITTLE BLUE HERON,
4 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, 32 LAUGHING GULLS, 1500 COMMON
TERNS, 4 BLACK TERNS, 4 EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS, 2 PHILADELPHIA
VIREOS, and 1 BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, a report from Bolton Flats
included 1 OLIVE- SIDED FLYCATCHER, 1 TENNESSEE WARBLER,
and 1 PALM WARBLER, and migrant raptors counted from Mt. Watatic
in Ashburnham included 7 OSPREYS, 6 BALD EAGLES, 4 SHARP-
SHINNED HAWKS, 2 COOPER'S HAWKS, 4 BROAD-WINGED
HAWKS, and 6 AMERICAN KESTRELS.
A report from the Acoaxet section of Westport included 2 PIED-BILLED
GREBES, 17 OSPREY, 14 FORSTER'S TERNS, 2 WHITE-EYED VIREOS,
roughly 10,000 TREE SWALLOWS, and a PALM WARBLER, in Sudbury
there were 11 GREAT EGRETS, 6 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS,
1 BALD EAGLE, 2 OSPREYS, and 1 BARRED OWL, and seen in Essex
Bay were 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 1 MARBLED GODWIT, 1
unidentified jaeger, 1500 COMMON TERNS, and 2 BLACK TERNS.
Miscellaneous reports from the weekend included a LARK SPARROW at the
Cumberland Farms fields in Middleboro, 16 AMERICAN WIGEON and 1
MERLIN in Scituate, a COMMON RAVEN and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW in
Wayland, an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER in Melrose, a GOLDEN-
WINGED WARBLER and a WORM-EATING WARBLER in Nahant,
and a PIED-BILLED GREBE and a CAPE MAY WARBLER in Gardner.
Thank you for calling.
- End transcript