- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* September 29, 2006
* MAEA0609.29
- Birds mentioned
AMERICAN AVOCET
American Golden Plover
Whimbrel
Dunlin
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Pied-billed Grebe
American Wigeon
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Loon
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Laughing Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Northern Harrier
Peregrine Falcon
Red-headed Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
American Pipit
Common Nighthawk
Cape May Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Cooper's Hawk
Palm Warbler
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
House Wren
Blackpoll Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Blue Grosbeak
Gadwall
Wood Duck
EURASIAN WIGEON
EARED GREBE
MARBLED GODWIT
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Lark Sparrow
Hooded Warbler
Black Skimmer
Great Horned Owl
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Yellow-breasted Chat
Barred Owl
WESTERN TANAGER
Tricolored Heron
Golden-winged Warbler
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: September 29, 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 Friday, September 29.
Reports this week from the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge and elsewhere
on Plum Island included 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS (seen today; presumably
these are birds that have been present in the Newburyport Harbor area
all week),
3 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS, 6 WHIMBRELS, 22 DUNLIN, 4 SHORT-
BILLED and 21 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 2 PIED-BILLED GREBES,
100 AMERICAN WIGEONS, 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 63 NORTHERN
PINTAILS, 151 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 23 SURF
SCOTERS, 12 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, 14 COMMON LOONS, 86 GREAT
BLUE HERONS, 50 GREAT EGRETS, 85 SNOWY EGRETS, 80
LAUGHING GULLS, 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 6 CASPIAN TERNS, 6
FORSTER'S TERNS, 21 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 3 PEREGRINE FALCONS,
2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS, 4 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS,
4 AMERICAN PIPITS, 7 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS, 2 CAPE MAY
WARBLERS, and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW.
With favorable winds this week, hawkwatchers at Mount Wachusett in
Princeton on Wednesday tallied 14 OSPREY, 2 BALD EAGLES, 4
NORTHERN HARRIERS, 3 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 670 BROAD-
WINGED HAWKS, 1 AMERICAN KESTREL, and 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS.
A lunch-time hawkwatch in Groton on that day counted 2 OSPREY, 2 SHARP-
SHINNED HAWKS, 1 COOPER'S HAWK, 81 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS,
2 AMERICAN KESTRELS, and a PEREGRINE FALCON. Birds reported
from Nantucket this week included a PIED-BILLED GREBE, 15 PALM
WARBLERS, a WHIMBREL, a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, and a
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER.
A survey at Mt Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge and Watertown came
up with 2 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 1 RED-TAILED HAWK, 1
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, 2 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS,
10 EASTERN PHOEBES, 3 HOUSE WRENS, 4 BLACKPOLL
WARBLERS, 7 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, and 1 WHITE-
CROWNED SPARROW. Interesting sightings in the Marstons Mills
area of Barnstable included a BLUE GROSBEAK, 3 western PALM
WARBLERS, 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, a GADWALL, 7 WOOD
DUCKS, 31 AMERICAN WIGEON, and a EURASIAN WIGEON.
Miscellaneous reports included the EARED GREBE at Niles Beach in
Gloucester, a MARBLED GODWIT at Winthrop Beach, a BUFF-BREASTED
SANDPIPER and a LARK SPARROW in Nahant, a HOODED WARBLER
in the Nahanton Park area of Newton, 6 CASPIAN TERNS and 3 BLACK
SKIMMERS at Castle Island in Boston, three GREAT HORNED OWLS
vocalizing in Newbury, 2 lingering RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS
in Newbury, a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT in Bradford, 2 BARRED
OWLS and a BALD EAGLE in Acushnet, a WESTERN TANAGER
in Dartmouth, a TRICOLORED HERON in Essex, and a GOLDEN-
WINGED WARBLER in Wareham.
Thank you for calling and have a great weekend.
- End transcript
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* September 29, 2006
* MAEA0609.29
- Birds mentioned
AMERICAN AVOCET
American Golden Plover
Whimbrel
Dunlin
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Pied-billed Grebe
American Wigeon
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Loon
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Laughing Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Northern Harrier
Peregrine Falcon
Red-headed Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
American Pipit
Common Nighthawk
Cape May Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Cooper's Hawk
Palm Warbler
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
House Wren
Blackpoll Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Blue Grosbeak
Gadwall
Wood Duck
EURASIAN WIGEON
EARED GREBE
MARBLED GODWIT
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Lark Sparrow
Hooded Warbler
Black Skimmer
Great Horned Owl
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Yellow-breasted Chat
Barred Owl
WESTERN TANAGER
Tricolored Heron
Golden-winged Warbler
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: September 29, 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 Friday, September 29.
Reports this week from the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge and elsewhere
on Plum Island included 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS (seen today; presumably
these are birds that have been present in the Newburyport Harbor area
all week),
3 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS, 6 WHIMBRELS, 22 DUNLIN, 4 SHORT-
BILLED and 21 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 2 PIED-BILLED GREBES,
100 AMERICAN WIGEONS, 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 63 NORTHERN
PINTAILS, 151 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 23 SURF
SCOTERS, 12 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, 14 COMMON LOONS, 86 GREAT
BLUE HERONS, 50 GREAT EGRETS, 85 SNOWY EGRETS, 80
LAUGHING GULLS, 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 6 CASPIAN TERNS, 6
FORSTER'S TERNS, 21 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 3 PEREGRINE FALCONS,
2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS, 4 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS,
4 AMERICAN PIPITS, 7 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS, 2 CAPE MAY
WARBLERS, and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW.
With favorable winds this week, hawkwatchers at Mount Wachusett in
Princeton on Wednesday tallied 14 OSPREY, 2 BALD EAGLES, 4
NORTHERN HARRIERS, 3 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 670 BROAD-
WINGED HAWKS, 1 AMERICAN KESTREL, and 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS.
A lunch-time hawkwatch in Groton on that day counted 2 OSPREY, 2 SHARP-
SHINNED HAWKS, 1 COOPER'S HAWK, 81 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS,
2 AMERICAN KESTRELS, and a PEREGRINE FALCON. Birds reported
from Nantucket this week included a PIED-BILLED GREBE, 15 PALM
WARBLERS, a WHIMBREL, a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, and a
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER.
A survey at Mt Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge and Watertown came
up with 2 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 1 RED-TAILED HAWK, 1
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, 2 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS,
10 EASTERN PHOEBES, 3 HOUSE WRENS, 4 BLACKPOLL
WARBLERS, 7 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, and 1 WHITE-
CROWNED SPARROW. Interesting sightings in the Marstons Mills
area of Barnstable included a BLUE GROSBEAK, 3 western PALM
WARBLERS, 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, a GADWALL, 7 WOOD
DUCKS, 31 AMERICAN WIGEON, and a EURASIAN WIGEON.
Miscellaneous reports included the EARED GREBE at Niles Beach in
Gloucester, a MARBLED GODWIT at Winthrop Beach, a BUFF-BREASTED
SANDPIPER and a LARK SPARROW in Nahant, a HOODED WARBLER
in the Nahanton Park area of Newton, 6 CASPIAN TERNS and 3 BLACK
SKIMMERS at Castle Island in Boston, three GREAT HORNED OWLS
vocalizing in Newbury, 2 lingering RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS
in Newbury, a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT in Bradford, 2 BARRED
OWLS and a BALD EAGLE in Acushnet, a WESTERN TANAGER
in Dartmouth, a TRICOLORED HERON in Essex, and a GOLDEN-
WINGED WARBLER in Wareham.
Thank you for calling and have a great weekend.
- End transcript