- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* September 11, 2006
* MAEA0609.11
- Birds mentioned
GRAY KINGBIRD (not reported)
BELL'S VIREO
Sandwich Tern
Bald Eagle
Clay-colored Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Dickcissel
Little Blue Heron
Northern Harrier
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Golden-Plover
Red Knot
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Tern
Philadelphia Vireo
Brown Thrasher
American Pipit
Blackpoll Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Canada Warbler
American Wigeon
Great Cormorant
Short-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Little Gull
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Yellow-breasted Chat
White-throated Sparrow
Cory's Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Roseate Tern
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Cooper's Hawk
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Whimbrel
White-eyed Vireo
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: September 11, 2006
number: (888) 224-6444
to report: anytime day or night, 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler: David Larson, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage: Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Barbara Volkle barb620@theworld.com
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS -
This is the Voice of Audubon for Monday, September 11.
The GRAY KINGBIRD found last Thursday at Gay Head at the west end of
Martha's Vineyard was still present there at least as recently as
Friday, and on
Saturday, for the second consecutive year, banders at the Manomet banding
station in Plymouth captured and banded a BELL'S VIREO. Last year's bird
represented the first state record.
A SANDWICH TERN was seen yesterday at Allen's Pond in South Dartmouth,
and additional reports from nearby Horseneck Beach and Gooseberry Neck in
Westport included a BALD EAGLE, 3 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, 1
LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and a DICKCISSEL.
Weekend reports from Plum Island included 1 LITTLE BLUE HERON, 5
NORTHERN HARRIERS, 2 MERLINS, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 1
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 6 RED KNOTS, 55 WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS, 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 7 BUFF-BREASTED SAND-
PIPERS, 180 COMMON TERNS, 1 FORSTER'S TERN, 2 BLACK TERNS,
1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO, 7 BROWN THRASHERS, 12 AMERICAN
PIPITS, 15 species of wood warblers including 6 BLACKPOLLS, 1
MOURNING WARBLER, and 5 WILSON'S WARBLERS. Highlights from
the Joppa Flats Bird Banding Station on the Parker River National Wildlife
Refuge included 3 CONNECTICUT WARBLERS, 1 CANADA WARBLER,
1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO, and 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW.
Noted at various localities around Cape Ann were 1 AMERICAN WIGEON,
2 GREAT CORMORANTS, 6 LITTLE BLUE HERONS, 26 WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS, 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, 18 SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS, 565 LAUGHING GULLS, 1 LITTLE GULL, 335 COMMON
TERNS, 5 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS, 6 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 2
VEERYS, 1 SWAINSON'S THRUSH, 15 species of wood warblers including
1 YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, 1 WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and
1 DICKCISSEL, and reports from Stellwagen Bank included 1 CORY'S
SHEARWATER, 125 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 6 SOOTY SHEAR-
WATERS, 2 MANX SHEARWATERS, 90 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS,
1 GREAT CORMORANT, 23 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 1 RED
PHALAROPE, 4 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 1 LONG-TAILED JAEGER, 3
unidentified jaegers, 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 2 ROSEATE
TERNS, roughly 3500 COMMON TERNS, and 22 BLACK TERNS.
Migrant raptors tallied yesterday at Mt Watatic in Ashburnham included 9
OSPREYS, 4 BALD EAGLES, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 27 SHARP-
SHINNED HAWKS, roughly 1000 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 8
AMERICAN KESTRELS, and 1 MERLIN, and seen yesterday at nearby
Mt. Wachusett in Princeton were 9 OSPREY, 1 BALD EAGLE, 1
NORTHERN HARRIER, 9 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 2 COOPER'S
HAWKS, 360 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 1 AMERICAN KESTREL,
2 PEREGRINE FALCONS, and 5 MERLINS, and miscellaneous
reports included a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON at the
Marblehead Neck Sanctuary, a LINCOLN'S SPARROW and 2
DICKCISSELS in Nahant, 18 RED KNOTS in Essex, a BALD EAGLE
in Harvard, single PHILADELPHIA VIREOS in Marblehead and at
Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, single CONNECTICUT WARBLERS
in Newton and Wayland, 2 WHIMBREL at the Cumberland Farm fields
in Middleboro, and 4 WHITE-EYED VIREOS in Fairhaven.
Thank you for calling.
- End transcript
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* September 11, 2006
* MAEA0609.11
- Birds mentioned
GRAY KINGBIRD (not reported)
BELL'S VIREO
Sandwich Tern
Bald Eagle
Clay-colored Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Dickcissel
Little Blue Heron
Northern Harrier
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Golden-Plover
Red Knot
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Tern
Philadelphia Vireo
Brown Thrasher
American Pipit
Blackpoll Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Canada Warbler
American Wigeon
Great Cormorant
Short-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Little Gull
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Yellow-breasted Chat
White-throated Sparrow
Cory's Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Roseate Tern
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Cooper's Hawk
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Whimbrel
White-eyed Vireo
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: September 11, 2006
number: (888) 224-6444
to report: anytime day or night, 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler: David Larson, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage: Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Barbara Volkle barb620@theworld.com
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS -
This is the Voice of Audubon for Monday, September 11.
The GRAY KINGBIRD found last Thursday at Gay Head at the west end of
Martha's Vineyard was still present there at least as recently as
Friday, and on
Saturday, for the second consecutive year, banders at the Manomet banding
station in Plymouth captured and banded a BELL'S VIREO. Last year's bird
represented the first state record.
A SANDWICH TERN was seen yesterday at Allen's Pond in South Dartmouth,
and additional reports from nearby Horseneck Beach and Gooseberry Neck in
Westport included a BALD EAGLE, 3 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, 1
LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and a DICKCISSEL.
Weekend reports from Plum Island included 1 LITTLE BLUE HERON, 5
NORTHERN HARRIERS, 2 MERLINS, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 1
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 6 RED KNOTS, 55 WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS, 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 7 BUFF-BREASTED SAND-
PIPERS, 180 COMMON TERNS, 1 FORSTER'S TERN, 2 BLACK TERNS,
1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO, 7 BROWN THRASHERS, 12 AMERICAN
PIPITS, 15 species of wood warblers including 6 BLACKPOLLS, 1
MOURNING WARBLER, and 5 WILSON'S WARBLERS. Highlights from
the Joppa Flats Bird Banding Station on the Parker River National Wildlife
Refuge included 3 CONNECTICUT WARBLERS, 1 CANADA WARBLER,
1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO, and 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW.
Noted at various localities around Cape Ann were 1 AMERICAN WIGEON,
2 GREAT CORMORANTS, 6 LITTLE BLUE HERONS, 26 WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS, 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, 18 SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS, 565 LAUGHING GULLS, 1 LITTLE GULL, 335 COMMON
TERNS, 5 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS, 6 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 2
VEERYS, 1 SWAINSON'S THRUSH, 15 species of wood warblers including
1 YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, 1 WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and
1 DICKCISSEL, and reports from Stellwagen Bank included 1 CORY'S
SHEARWATER, 125 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 6 SOOTY SHEAR-
WATERS, 2 MANX SHEARWATERS, 90 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS,
1 GREAT CORMORANT, 23 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 1 RED
PHALAROPE, 4 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 1 LONG-TAILED JAEGER, 3
unidentified jaegers, 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 2 ROSEATE
TERNS, roughly 3500 COMMON TERNS, and 22 BLACK TERNS.
Migrant raptors tallied yesterday at Mt Watatic in Ashburnham included 9
OSPREYS, 4 BALD EAGLES, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 27 SHARP-
SHINNED HAWKS, roughly 1000 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 8
AMERICAN KESTRELS, and 1 MERLIN, and seen yesterday at nearby
Mt. Wachusett in Princeton were 9 OSPREY, 1 BALD EAGLE, 1
NORTHERN HARRIER, 9 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 2 COOPER'S
HAWKS, 360 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 1 AMERICAN KESTREL,
2 PEREGRINE FALCONS, and 5 MERLINS, and miscellaneous
reports included a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON at the
Marblehead Neck Sanctuary, a LINCOLN'S SPARROW and 2
DICKCISSELS in Nahant, 18 RED KNOTS in Essex, a BALD EAGLE
in Harvard, single PHILADELPHIA VIREOS in Marblehead and at
Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, single CONNECTICUT WARBLERS
in Newton and Wayland, 2 WHIMBREL at the Cumberland Farm fields
in Middleboro, and 4 WHITE-EYED VIREOS in Fairhaven.
Thank you for calling.
- End transcript