-RBA
* Massachusetts
* Western
* Oct. 10, 2006
* MAWE0610.10
- Birds mentioned
ARCTIC/PACIFIC LOON
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Brant
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
White-winged Scoter
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
American Golden Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Bonaparte's Gull
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Winter Wren
Brown Thrasher
American Pipit
TENNESSEE WARBLER
ORANGE-CROWED WARBLER
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
CAPE MAY WARBLER
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
DICKCISSEL
Rusty Blackbird
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: Oct. 25, 2006
number: 1-888-224-6444 x2
to report: 1-888-224-6444 x2 (leave message after report)
compiler: Seth Kellogg, skhawk@comcast.net, sponsored by MA Audubon
transcriber: Trudy Tynan, ttynan@sprynet.com
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
This is the Western Voice of Audubon for Tuesday October 10, 2006
A possible PACIFIC/ARCTIC LOON was studied on Friday in the northern areaof
the Quabbin Reservoir, but has not been reported since then.
Other birds seen at the north end of Quabbin were 16 COMMON LOONS, a
RED-NECKED GREBE, a HORNED GREBE, 9 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 26 GREEN-WINGED TEAL,
31 COMMON MERGANSERS, a NORTHERN GOSHAWK, a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 15 DUNLIN, a
LEAST SANDPIPER, 165 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, 7 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, and 2
WINTER WRENS.
At the south end of Quabbin in the park, there were 3 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, a
BONAPARTE’S GULL, an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, a BROWN
THRASHER, 10 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, and an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER.
Observed in the west meadows of Northampton were a NORTHERN GOSHAWK, a MERLIN,
a PEREGRINE FALCON, a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, 50 AMERICAN PIPITS, a
NORTHERN PARULA, a WILSON’S WARBLER, 25 PALM WARBLERS, 60 YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLERS, 8 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, 2 VESPER SPARROWS, and a DICKCISSEL.
In Turners Falls there were 8 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 14 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, a
NORTHERN SHOVELER, 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 2 GREATER SCAUP, and a PIED-BILLED GREBE.
Found in Agawam were 2 NASHVILLE WARBLERS, a MAGNOLIA WARBLER, a TENNESSEE
WARBLER, 2 NORTHERN PARULAS, a CAPE MAY WARBLER, 10 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, 45
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, 15 PALM WARBLERS, and a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.
Two PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were seen in the east meadows of Northampton, 8 BRANT
and a NORTHERN GOSHAWK were reported in Barre Falls, 15 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in
Hardwick, and a TENNESSEE and 60 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, a CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW, 7 AMERICAN PIPITS, and 14 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in Northfield.
Reported in Pittsfield were 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 6 HOODED MERGANSERS, andan
AMERICAN COOT, while 30 AMERICAN PIPITS, a NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 3 BLACK VULTURES,
and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR were seen in Granville.
This week’s hawk count at Barre Falls was 99 TURKEY VULTURES, 15 OSPREYS, 3
BALD EAGLES, 63 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 25 COOPER’S HAWKS, 7 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS,
24 AMERICAN KESTRELS, 5 MERLINS, and a PEREGRINE FALCON.
Counted in Granville were 20 TURKEY VULTURES, 11 OSPREYS, 8 BALD EAGLES, 7
NORTHERN HARRIERS, 125 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 28 COOPER’S HAWKS, 6 BROAD-WINGED
HAWKS, 69 AMERICAN KESTRELS, 5 MERLINS, and 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS.
The weekly tally over Russell was 20 TURKEY VULTURES, 24 OSPREYS, 4 BALD
EAGLES, 12 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 90 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 3 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 22
AMERICAN KESTRELS, 3 MERLINS, and 3 PEREGRINE FALCONS.
Thank you for calling
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* Massachusetts
* Western
* Oct. 10, 2006
* MAWE0610.10
- Birds mentioned
ARCTIC/PACIFIC LOON
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Brant
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
White-winged Scoter
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
American Golden Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Bonaparte's Gull
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Winter Wren
Brown Thrasher
American Pipit
TENNESSEE WARBLER
ORANGE-CROWED WARBLER
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
CAPE MAY WARBLER
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
DICKCISSEL
Rusty Blackbird
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: Oct. 25, 2006
number: 1-888-224-6444 x2
to report: 1-888-224-6444 x2 (leave message after report)
compiler: Seth Kellogg, skhawk@comcast.net, sponsored by MA Audubon
transcriber: Trudy Tynan, ttynan@sprynet.com
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
This is the Western Voice of Audubon for Tuesday October 10, 2006
A possible PACIFIC/ARCTIC LOON was studied on Friday in the northern areaof
the Quabbin Reservoir, but has not been reported since then.
Other birds seen at the north end of Quabbin were 16 COMMON LOONS, a
RED-NECKED GREBE, a HORNED GREBE, 9 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 26 GREEN-WINGED TEAL,
31 COMMON MERGANSERS, a NORTHERN GOSHAWK, a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 15 DUNLIN, a
LEAST SANDPIPER, 165 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, 7 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, and 2
WINTER WRENS.
At the south end of Quabbin in the park, there were 3 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, a
BONAPARTE’S GULL, an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, a BROWN
THRASHER, 10 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, and an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER.
Observed in the west meadows of Northampton were a NORTHERN GOSHAWK, a MERLIN,
a PEREGRINE FALCON, a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, 50 AMERICAN PIPITS, a
NORTHERN PARULA, a WILSON’S WARBLER, 25 PALM WARBLERS, 60 YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLERS, 8 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, 2 VESPER SPARROWS, and a DICKCISSEL.
In Turners Falls there were 8 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 14 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, a
NORTHERN SHOVELER, 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 2 GREATER SCAUP, and a PIED-BILLED GREBE.
Found in Agawam were 2 NASHVILLE WARBLERS, a MAGNOLIA WARBLER, a TENNESSEE
WARBLER, 2 NORTHERN PARULAS, a CAPE MAY WARBLER, 10 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, 45
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, 15 PALM WARBLERS, and a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.
Two PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were seen in the east meadows of Northampton, 8 BRANT
and a NORTHERN GOSHAWK were reported in Barre Falls, 15 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in
Hardwick, and a TENNESSEE and 60 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, a CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW, 7 AMERICAN PIPITS, and 14 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in Northfield.
Reported in Pittsfield were 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 6 HOODED MERGANSERS, andan
AMERICAN COOT, while 30 AMERICAN PIPITS, a NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 3 BLACK VULTURES,
and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR were seen in Granville.
This week’s hawk count at Barre Falls was 99 TURKEY VULTURES, 15 OSPREYS, 3
BALD EAGLES, 63 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 25 COOPER’S HAWKS, 7 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS,
24 AMERICAN KESTRELS, 5 MERLINS, and a PEREGRINE FALCON.
Counted in Granville were 20 TURKEY VULTURES, 11 OSPREYS, 8 BALD EAGLES, 7
NORTHERN HARRIERS, 125 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 28 COOPER’S HAWKS, 6 BROAD-WINGED
HAWKS, 69 AMERICAN KESTRELS, 5 MERLINS, and 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS.
The weekly tally over Russell was 20 TURKEY VULTURES, 24 OSPREYS, 4 BALD
EAGLES, 12 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 90 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 3 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 22
AMERICAN KESTRELS, 3 MERLINS, and 3 PEREGRINE FALCONS.
Thank you for calling
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