- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* October 6, 2006
* MAEA0610.06
- Birds mentioned
BROWN PELICAN
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Skimmer
AMERICAN AVOCET
Snow Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Peregrine Falcon
Northern Harrier
Purple Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Black-headed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Orange-crowned Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
American Golden-Plover
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Warbling Vireo
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Dickcissel
Ring-necked Duck
Redhead
Ruddy Duck
Red-necked Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Canada Goose
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Eastern Phoebe
Lincoln's Sparrow
Indigo Bunting
American Goldfinch
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Tree Swallow
Brant
American Oystercatcher
Piping Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Red Knot
Dunlin
Lesser Black-backed Gull
White-eyed Vireo
Mourning Warbler
Blue Grosbeak
Common Nighthawk
Western Kingbird
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: October 6, 2006
number: (781) 259-8805 (new number)
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, October 6.
A BROWN PELICAN seen last weekend fishing in the harbor off Castle Island
in South Boston was last reported on Monday, and other birds found there
feeding on the same schools of fish included several hundred COMMON
TERNS, roughly 20 FORSTER'S TERNS, and 3 BLACK SKIMMERS.
Today, an AMERICAN AVOCET was discovered near the northern end of
Mt. Hope Bay in Swansea, just north of the Rhode Island border, where 75
FORSTER'S TERNS were also seen.
Reports from the Newburyport/Plum Island/Salisbury Beach area included
160 SNOW GEESE, 2 EURASIAN WIGEON, 100 AMERICAN WIGEON,
2 PEREGRINE FALCONS, 6 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 2 PURPLE SAND-
PIPERS, 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 3 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS,
1 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS, roughly
500 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 23 FORSTER'S TERNS, 9 COMMON
TERNS, 2 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, 1 ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER, 1 CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, 7 WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROWS, and 55 DARK-EYED JUNCOS.
Seen at various points around Cape Ann on Tuesday were 1 AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVER, 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 6 YELLOW-BELLIED
SAPSUCKERS, 1 WARBLING VIREO, 35 GOLDEN-CROWNED
KINGLETS, 35 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 4 SWAINSON'S
THRUSHES, 16 HERMIT THRUSHES, 7 ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLERS, roughly 1100 migrating YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS,
1 SCARLET TANAGER, 9 DARK-EYED JUNCOS, and 2 DICKCISSELS,
and at the Cherry Hill Reservoir in West Newbury there were 20 RING-
NECKED DUCKS, 1 REDHEAD, 50 RUDDY DUCKS, 2 RED-NECKED
GREBES, and 2 PIED-BILLED GREBES.
Recent reports from Groton have included 71 migrating CANADA GEESE,
1 BALD EAGLE, 6 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 4 COOPER'S HAWKS, 6
AMERICAN KESTRELS, 1 MERLIN, 8 EASTERN PHOEBES, 4
LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, 10 INDIGO BUNTINGS, 1 DICKCISSEL,
and 125 AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES, and at Bolton Flats there were
16 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, 2 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, 1
NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW, and 2 INDIGO BUNTINGS.
Seen at Belle Isle Marsh in East Boston were 13 GREAT EGRETS, 15
SNOWY EGRETS, 3 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 1 STILT SAND-
PIPER, and 152 TREE SWALLOWS, a report from South Beach in
Chatham included 1 BRANT, 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS, 40 AMERICAN
OYSTERCATCHERS, 30 PIPING PLOVERS, 400 SEMIPALMATED
PLOVERS, 3 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, 50 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 70 RED KNOTS, 200 DUNLIN, 12 WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS, 20 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, and 1 LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL, and miscellaneous reports this week
included a WHITE-EYED VIREO in Marlborough, a MOURNING
WARBLER at Cutler Park in Needham, a BLUE GROSBEAK at the
Rock Meadow Conservation Area in Belmont, 9 WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROWS in Hingham, and a COMMON NIGHTHAWK and a
WESTERN KINGBIRD at the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain.
On Wednesday, November 1st, Mass Audubon will be changing the phone
number for the Voice of Audubon to (781) 259-8805. The toll-free number
will no longer be in service, but all four recorded reports from throughout
the state will continue to be accessible through the new number, and the
transcripts will still be available anytime on our website
(www.massaudubon.org/voa). Please
make a note of this new number
and please share it with other interested users.
First established on December 1, 1954 (original phone number,
KEnmore 6-4050), the Voice of Audubon is the oldest phone-based
bird alert in the United States.
Have a good holiday weekend and thank you for calling.
- End transcript
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* October 6, 2006
* MAEA0610.06
- Birds mentioned
BROWN PELICAN
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Skimmer
AMERICAN AVOCET
Snow Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Peregrine Falcon
Northern Harrier
Purple Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Black-headed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Orange-crowned Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
American Golden-Plover
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Warbling Vireo
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Dickcissel
Ring-necked Duck
Redhead
Ruddy Duck
Red-necked Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Canada Goose
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Eastern Phoebe
Lincoln's Sparrow
Indigo Bunting
American Goldfinch
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Tree Swallow
Brant
American Oystercatcher
Piping Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Red Knot
Dunlin
Lesser Black-backed Gull
White-eyed Vireo
Mourning Warbler
Blue Grosbeak
Common Nighthawk
Western Kingbird
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: October 6, 2006
number: (781) 259-8805 (new number)
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, October 6.
A BROWN PELICAN seen last weekend fishing in the harbor off Castle Island
in South Boston was last reported on Monday, and other birds found there
feeding on the same schools of fish included several hundred COMMON
TERNS, roughly 20 FORSTER'S TERNS, and 3 BLACK SKIMMERS.
Today, an AMERICAN AVOCET was discovered near the northern end of
Mt. Hope Bay in Swansea, just north of the Rhode Island border, where 75
FORSTER'S TERNS were also seen.
Reports from the Newburyport/Plum Island/Salisbury Beach area included
160 SNOW GEESE, 2 EURASIAN WIGEON, 100 AMERICAN WIGEON,
2 PEREGRINE FALCONS, 6 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 2 PURPLE SAND-
PIPERS, 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 3 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS,
1 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS, roughly
500 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 23 FORSTER'S TERNS, 9 COMMON
TERNS, 2 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, 1 ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER, 1 CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, 7 WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROWS, and 55 DARK-EYED JUNCOS.
Seen at various points around Cape Ann on Tuesday were 1 AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVER, 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 6 YELLOW-BELLIED
SAPSUCKERS, 1 WARBLING VIREO, 35 GOLDEN-CROWNED
KINGLETS, 35 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 4 SWAINSON'S
THRUSHES, 16 HERMIT THRUSHES, 7 ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLERS, roughly 1100 migrating YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS,
1 SCARLET TANAGER, 9 DARK-EYED JUNCOS, and 2 DICKCISSELS,
and at the Cherry Hill Reservoir in West Newbury there were 20 RING-
NECKED DUCKS, 1 REDHEAD, 50 RUDDY DUCKS, 2 RED-NECKED
GREBES, and 2 PIED-BILLED GREBES.
Recent reports from Groton have included 71 migrating CANADA GEESE,
1 BALD EAGLE, 6 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 4 COOPER'S HAWKS, 6
AMERICAN KESTRELS, 1 MERLIN, 8 EASTERN PHOEBES, 4
LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, 10 INDIGO BUNTINGS, 1 DICKCISSEL,
and 125 AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES, and at Bolton Flats there were
16 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, 2 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, 1
NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW, and 2 INDIGO BUNTINGS.
Seen at Belle Isle Marsh in East Boston were 13 GREAT EGRETS, 15
SNOWY EGRETS, 3 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 1 STILT SAND-
PIPER, and 152 TREE SWALLOWS, a report from South Beach in
Chatham included 1 BRANT, 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS, 40 AMERICAN
OYSTERCATCHERS, 30 PIPING PLOVERS, 400 SEMIPALMATED
PLOVERS, 3 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, 50 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 70 RED KNOTS, 200 DUNLIN, 12 WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS, 20 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, and 1 LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL, and miscellaneous reports this week
included a WHITE-EYED VIREO in Marlborough, a MOURNING
WARBLER at Cutler Park in Needham, a BLUE GROSBEAK at the
Rock Meadow Conservation Area in Belmont, 9 WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROWS in Hingham, and a COMMON NIGHTHAWK and a
WESTERN KINGBIRD at the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain.
On Wednesday, November 1st, Mass Audubon will be changing the phone
number for the Voice of Audubon to (781) 259-8805. The toll-free number
will no longer be in service, but all four recorded reports from throughout
the state will continue to be accessible through the new number, and the
transcripts will still be available anytime on our website
(
make a note of this new number
and please share it with other interested users.
First established on December 1, 1954 (original phone number,
KEnmore 6-4050), the Voice of Audubon is the oldest phone-based
bird alert in the United States.
Have a good holiday weekend and thank you for calling.
- End transcript