- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* September 1, 2006
* MAEA0609.01
- Birds mentioned
Cory's Shearwater (including one possibly of the Mediterranean race)
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Northern Fulmar
Sabine's Gull
Northern Pintail
Greater Scaup
Hudsonian Godwit
White-rumped Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Northern Harrier
Peregrine Falcon
Whimbrel
Marbled Godwit
Willet (including western race)
Curlew Sandpiper
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Tern
American Golden-Plover
Little Gull
Roseate Tern
Black Tern
Philadelphia Vireo
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Cattle Egret
Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Baird's Sandpiper
Common Nighthawk
WESTERN REEF HERON (Maine/New Hampshire)
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: September 1, 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 Friday, September 1.
Seabirds seen last Saturday on a boat trip from Hyannis to Hydrographer
Canyon on the Continental Shelf edge roughly 80 miles south of Nantucket
included 11 CORY'S SHEARWATERS (including one possibly of the
Mediterranean race), 55 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 2 SOOTY SHEAR-
WATERS, 5 MANX SHEARWATERS, 6 AUDUBON'S SHEARWATERS,
roughly 500 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 3 WHITE-FACED STORM-PETRELS,
18 LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS, 550 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 20
RED PHALAROPES, 1 POMARINE JAEGER, 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS,
and 6 LONG-TAILED JAEGERS, and reports from Stellwagen Bank this
week have included 3 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, 100 GREATER SHEAR-
WATERS, 30 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 13 MANX SHEARWATERS,
1 NORTHERN FULMAR, roughly 3000 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS,
2 LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS, 8 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 6 RED
PHALAROPES, 3 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 2 POMARINE JAEGERS, 2
LONG-TAILED JAEGERS, and 1 or 2 SABINE'S GULLS.
At Plum Island this week there were 8 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 1 GREATER
SCAUP, 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS, 50 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS,
roughly1000 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 5 WESTERN SAND-
PIPERS, 5 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, 2 STILT SANDPIPERS, and
3 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and reports from North Monomoy Island
and nearby South Beach in Chatham included 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 1
PEREGRINE FALCON, 23 WHIMBREL, 1 MARBLED GODWIT, 20
HUDSONIAN GODWITS, roughly 100 WILLETS (including 9 of the
western race), a CURLEW SANDPIPER at South Beach, 1 LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL, 1 ARCTIC TERN, 4 FORSTER'S TERNS,
and 52 BLACK TERNS.
Seen this week at Nantucket were 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, 1 LITTLE
GULL, 193 ROSEATE TERNS, 68 BLACK TERNS, 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO,
3 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, and 1 CERULEAN WARBLER, and
miscellaneous reports this week have included a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
in Medford, 5 CATTLE EGRETS in Manchester, a LITTLE GULL in Gloucester,
a PARASITIC JAEGER and a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE at Andrew's
Point in Rockport, and a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER in Scituate.
COMMON NIGHTHAWK migration peaked this week with selected counts of
roughly 1000 over Groton, 735 in Westminster, 469 in Leicester, and 108 in
Jamaica Plain.
The WESTERN REEF HERON continues at the mouth of the Piscataqua River,
which forms the border between Maine and New Hampshire. For further
information,
call the Maine and New Hampshire Rare Bird Alerts at (207) 781-2332 or
(603) 224-9900.
Have a good holiday weekend and thank you for calling.
- End transcript
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* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* September 1, 2006
* MAEA0609.01
- Birds mentioned
Cory's Shearwater (including one possibly of the Mediterranean race)
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Northern Fulmar
Sabine's Gull
Northern Pintail
Greater Scaup
Hudsonian Godwit
White-rumped Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Northern Harrier
Peregrine Falcon
Whimbrel
Marbled Godwit
Willet (including western race)
Curlew Sandpiper
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Tern
American Golden-Plover
Little Gull
Roseate Tern
Black Tern
Philadelphia Vireo
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Cattle Egret
Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Baird's Sandpiper
Common Nighthawk
WESTERN REEF HERON (Maine/New Hampshire)
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: September 1, 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 Friday, September 1.
Seabirds seen last Saturday on a boat trip from Hyannis to Hydrographer
Canyon on the Continental Shelf edge roughly 80 miles south of Nantucket
included 11 CORY'S SHEARWATERS (including one possibly of the
Mediterranean race), 55 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 2 SOOTY SHEAR-
WATERS, 5 MANX SHEARWATERS, 6 AUDUBON'S SHEARWATERS,
roughly 500 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 3 WHITE-FACED STORM-PETRELS,
18 LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS, 550 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 20
RED PHALAROPES, 1 POMARINE JAEGER, 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS,
and 6 LONG-TAILED JAEGERS, and reports from Stellwagen Bank this
week have included 3 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, 100 GREATER SHEAR-
WATERS, 30 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 13 MANX SHEARWATERS,
1 NORTHERN FULMAR, roughly 3000 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS,
2 LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS, 8 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 6 RED
PHALAROPES, 3 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 2 POMARINE JAEGERS, 2
LONG-TAILED JAEGERS, and 1 or 2 SABINE'S GULLS.
At Plum Island this week there were 8 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 1 GREATER
SCAUP, 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS, 50 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS,
roughly1000 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 5 WESTERN SAND-
PIPERS, 5 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, 2 STILT SANDPIPERS, and
3 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and reports from North Monomoy Island
and nearby South Beach in Chatham included 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 1
PEREGRINE FALCON, 23 WHIMBREL, 1 MARBLED GODWIT, 20
HUDSONIAN GODWITS, roughly 100 WILLETS (including 9 of the
western race), a CURLEW SANDPIPER at South Beach, 1 LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL, 1 ARCTIC TERN, 4 FORSTER'S TERNS,
and 52 BLACK TERNS.
Seen this week at Nantucket were 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, 1 LITTLE
GULL, 193 ROSEATE TERNS, 68 BLACK TERNS, 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO,
3 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, and 1 CERULEAN WARBLER, and
miscellaneous reports this week have included a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
in Medford, 5 CATTLE EGRETS in Manchester, a LITTLE GULL in Gloucester,
a PARASITIC JAEGER and a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE at Andrew's
Point in Rockport, and a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER in Scituate.
COMMON NIGHTHAWK migration peaked this week with selected counts of
roughly 1000 over Groton, 735 in Westminster, 469 in Leicester, and 108 in
Jamaica Plain.
The WESTERN REEF HERON continues at the mouth of the Piscataqua River,
which forms the border between Maine and New Hampshire. For further
information,
call the Maine and New Hampshire Rare Bird Alerts at (207) 781-2332 or
(603) 224-9900.
Have a good holiday weekend and thank you for calling.
- End transcript
For Birdeast archives, and to join, leave, or change address, see:
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