- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* September 22, 2006
* MAEA0609.22
- Birds mentioned
AMERICAN AVOCET
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Northern Harrier
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Whimbrel
Red Knot
Semipalmated Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Brown Thrasher
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
White-throated Sparrow
DARK-EYED JUNCO
Baltimore Oriole
Osprey
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Greater Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
GREAT SKUA
SOUTH POLAR SKUA
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Northern Goshawk
Solitary Vireo
Blackpoll Warbler
Northern Parula
Connecticut Warbler
Indigo Bunting
Lincoln's Sparrow
Dickcissel
Black-billed Cuckoo
House Wren
Nashville Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Merganser
Little Blue Heron
American Oystercatcher
Laughing Gull
Red-headed Woodpecker
White-eyed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Tree Swallow
Common Nighthawk
White-crowned Sparrow
Yellow-breasted Chat
Hooded Warbler
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: September 22, 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 22.
Two AMERICAN AVOCETS were seen at Stage Island Pool near the south
end of Plum Island on Tuesday, and a third or one of these same two avocets
was seen today in Newburyport Harbor. Yet another AMERICAN AVOCET
found at the Wellfleet Bay sanctuary in South Wellfleet on Wednesday has
not been seen since.
Other recent reports from Plum Island have included 46 AMERICAN WIGEON,
110 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 20 GREAT EGRETS, 75 SNOWY EGRETS,
6 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, 135
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, roughly 100 GREATER YELLOWLEGS,
8 WHIMBREL, 10 RED KNOTS, 240 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS,
11 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 1 STILT
SANDPIPER, 51 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 4 LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS, 5 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 6 BROWN THRASHERS,
15 species of wood warblers including one YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER,
1 WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, 1 DARK-EYED JUNCO, and 5
BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
Migrant raptors counted on Wednesday over Mt Wachusett in Princeton
included 4 OSPREYS, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 301 BROAD-WINGED
HAWKS, 2 AMERICAN KESTRELS, and 1 MERLIN, and seabirds seen
this week from a research vessel on George's Bank included GREATER
SHEARWATER, AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER, LEACH'S STORM-
PETREL, WILSON'S STORM-PETREL, LONG-TAILED JAEGER,
PARASITIC JAEGER, POMARINE JAEGER, GREAT SKUA, SOUTH
POLAR SKUA, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, and RED PHALAROPE.
Seen in Lincoln today were 1 NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 4 SOLITARY
VIREOS, 3 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 11 species of wood warblers
including 14 BLACKPOLLS, 10 NORTHERN PARULAS, AND 1
CONNECTICUT WARBLER, 2 INDIGO BUNTINGS, 2 LINCOLN'S
SPARROWS, and 1 DICKCISSEL, and seen recently in Woburn were 1
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, 7 HOUSE WRENS, 3 BROWN THRASHERS,
and 15 species of wood warblers including 4 NASHVILLES, 14 BLACK-
THROATED GREENS, 1 CONNECTICUT, and 1 MOURNING WARBLER.
Reports from Nantucket this week included 1 HOODED MERGANSER,
1 LITTLE BLUE HERON, 8 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, 75
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 125 LAUGHING GULLS, 1 RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER, 1 WHITE-EYED VIREO, 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO,
10,000 TREE SWALLOWS, and 1 DICKCISSEL, and recent miscellaneous
reports have included 11 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS at the Joppa Flats
Education Center in Newburyport, a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW
in Woburn, a WHITE-EYED VIREO at Nahanton Park in Newton,
single YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS in the Fenway section of Boston
and in South Boston, a HOODED WARBLER at Wompatuck State Park
in Hingham, a HOODED WARBLER and a MOURNING WARBLER
in Nahant, and a CONNECTICUT WARBLER and a DARK-EYED
JUNCO in Scituate.
Have a good weekend and thank you for calling.
- End transcript
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* September 22, 2006
* MAEA0609.22
- Birds mentioned
AMERICAN AVOCET
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Northern Harrier
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Whimbrel
Red Knot
Semipalmated Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Brown Thrasher
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
White-throated Sparrow
DARK-EYED JUNCO
Baltimore Oriole
Osprey
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Greater Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
GREAT SKUA
SOUTH POLAR SKUA
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Northern Goshawk
Solitary Vireo
Blackpoll Warbler
Northern Parula
Connecticut Warbler
Indigo Bunting
Lincoln's Sparrow
Dickcissel
Black-billed Cuckoo
House Wren
Nashville Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Merganser
Little Blue Heron
American Oystercatcher
Laughing Gull
Red-headed Woodpecker
White-eyed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Tree Swallow
Common Nighthawk
White-crowned Sparrow
Yellow-breasted Chat
Hooded Warbler
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: September 22, 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 22.
Two AMERICAN AVOCETS were seen at Stage Island Pool near the south
end of Plum Island on Tuesday, and a third or one of these same two avocets
was seen today in Newburyport Harbor. Yet another AMERICAN AVOCET
found at the Wellfleet Bay sanctuary in South Wellfleet on Wednesday has
not been seen since.
Other recent reports from Plum Island have included 46 AMERICAN WIGEON,
110 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 20 GREAT EGRETS, 75 SNOWY EGRETS,
6 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, 135
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, roughly 100 GREATER YELLOWLEGS,
8 WHIMBREL, 10 RED KNOTS, 240 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS,
11 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 1 STILT
SANDPIPER, 51 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 4 LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS, 5 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 6 BROWN THRASHERS,
15 species of wood warblers including one YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER,
1 WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, 1 DARK-EYED JUNCO, and 5
BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
Migrant raptors counted on Wednesday over Mt Wachusett in Princeton
included 4 OSPREYS, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 301 BROAD-WINGED
HAWKS, 2 AMERICAN KESTRELS, and 1 MERLIN, and seabirds seen
this week from a research vessel on George's Bank included GREATER
SHEARWATER, AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER, LEACH'S STORM-
PETREL, WILSON'S STORM-PETREL, LONG-TAILED JAEGER,
PARASITIC JAEGER, POMARINE JAEGER, GREAT SKUA, SOUTH
POLAR SKUA, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, and RED PHALAROPE.
Seen in Lincoln today were 1 NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 4 SOLITARY
VIREOS, 3 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 11 species of wood warblers
including 14 BLACKPOLLS, 10 NORTHERN PARULAS, AND 1
CONNECTICUT WARBLER, 2 INDIGO BUNTINGS, 2 LINCOLN'S
SPARROWS, and 1 DICKCISSEL, and seen recently in Woburn were 1
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, 7 HOUSE WRENS, 3 BROWN THRASHERS,
and 15 species of wood warblers including 4 NASHVILLES, 14 BLACK-
THROATED GREENS, 1 CONNECTICUT, and 1 MOURNING WARBLER.
Reports from Nantucket this week included 1 HOODED MERGANSER,
1 LITTLE BLUE HERON, 8 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, 75
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 125 LAUGHING GULLS, 1 RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER, 1 WHITE-EYED VIREO, 1 PHILADELPHIA VIREO,
10,000 TREE SWALLOWS, and 1 DICKCISSEL, and recent miscellaneous
reports have included 11 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS at the Joppa Flats
Education Center in Newburyport, a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW
in Woburn, a WHITE-EYED VIREO at Nahanton Park in Newton,
single YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS in the Fenway section of Boston
and in South Boston, a HOODED WARBLER at Wompatuck State Park
in Hingham, a HOODED WARBLER and a MOURNING WARBLER
in Nahant, and a CONNECTICUT WARBLER and a DARK-EYED
JUNCO in Scituate.
Have a good weekend and thank you for calling.
- End transcript