- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* October 10, 2006
* MAEA0610.10
- Birds mentioned
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD
YELLOW RAIL
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
American Bittern
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Clapper Rail
American Golden-Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Whimbrel
Semipalmated Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Common Tern
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Spotted Sandpiper
Wood Duck
American Woodcock
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Phoebe
American Pipit
Northern Parula
Swamp Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird.
Greater Shearwater
Northern Fulmar
Magnolia Warbler
Dickcissel
Rusty Blackbird
Bay-breasted Warbler
Vesper Sparrow
Cape May Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
Blue Grosbeak
Northern Goshawk
Sandhill Crane
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: October 10, 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 Tuesday, October 10.
A MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD was present for at least two hours on
Monday soaring over the south shore of Tuckernuck Island, off the west end
of Nantucket. It has not been seen since.
Also on Monday, a YELLOW RAIL was discovered in the salt marsh off the
south side of Plum Island Turnpike in Newburyport, roughly 200 yards off
the road and 100 yards from the river.
Other weekend reports from the Newburyport/Plum Island area included a
EURASIAN WIGEON, 68 AMERICAN WIGEON, 80 NORTHERN PINTAIL,
90 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, 47 GREAT EGRETS,
13 SNOWY EGRETS, 1 CLAPPER RAIL, 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS,
140 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, roughly 100 LESSER YELLOWLEGS,
2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS, 1 MARBLED GODWIT, 1 WHIMBREL, 260
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 3 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 33
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 2 COMMON TERNS, 1 ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER, 9 NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, 12 SALTMARSH
SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, and 1 LAPLAND LONGSPUR.
Seen at the Cherry Hill Reservoir in West Newbury were 1 REDHEAD, 2
unidentified SCAUP, 350 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 80 RUDDY DUCKS,
and 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, and at Bolton Flats there were 17 WOOD
DUCKS, 1 AMERICAN WOODCOCK, 2 OSPREY, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER,
11 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 8 EASTERN PHOEBES, 14 AMERICAN
PIPITS, 1 NORTHERN PARULA, 85 SWAMP SPARROWS, 3 LINCOLN'S
SPARROWS, 2 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, and 1 RUSTY BLACKBIRD.
Miscellaneous reports from the holiday weekend included a GREATER
SHEARWATER and a NORTHERN FULMAR at Stellwagen Bank, a
MAGNOLIA WARBLER and a DICKCISSEL in Newbury, 80 RUSTY
BLACKBIRDS in Groveland, a BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, 1 VESPER
SPARROW, and 6 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS in Westborough, 2
NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS at Nine-acre Corner in Concord, a
VESPER SPARROW in Nahant, a CAPE MAY WARBLER, a CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW, and a BLUE GROSBEAK in the Fenway section of Boston, and
a NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 2 SANDHILL CRANES, and 13 WHITE-
CROWNED SPARROWS at the Cumberland Farm fields in Middleboro
and Halifax.
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.
Thank you for calling.
- End transcript
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* October 10, 2006
* MAEA0610.10
- Birds mentioned
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD
YELLOW RAIL
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
American Bittern
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Clapper Rail
American Golden-Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Whimbrel
Semipalmated Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Common Tern
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Spotted Sandpiper
Wood Duck
American Woodcock
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Phoebe
American Pipit
Northern Parula
Swamp Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird.
Greater Shearwater
Northern Fulmar
Magnolia Warbler
Dickcissel
Rusty Blackbird
Bay-breasted Warbler
Vesper Sparrow
Cape May Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
Blue Grosbeak
Northern Goshawk
Sandhill Crane
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: October 10, 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 Tuesday, October 10.
A MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD was present for at least two hours on
Monday soaring over the south shore of Tuckernuck Island, off the west end
of Nantucket. It has not been seen since.
Also on Monday, a YELLOW RAIL was discovered in the salt marsh off the
south side of Plum Island Turnpike in Newburyport, roughly 200 yards off
the road and 100 yards from the river.
Other weekend reports from the Newburyport/Plum Island area included a
EURASIAN WIGEON, 68 AMERICAN WIGEON, 80 NORTHERN PINTAIL,
90 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, 47 GREAT EGRETS,
13 SNOWY EGRETS, 1 CLAPPER RAIL, 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS,
140 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, roughly 100 LESSER YELLOWLEGS,
2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS, 1 MARBLED GODWIT, 1 WHIMBREL, 260
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 3 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 33
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 2 COMMON TERNS, 1 ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER, 9 NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, 12 SALTMARSH
SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, and 1 LAPLAND LONGSPUR.
Seen at the Cherry Hill Reservoir in West Newbury were 1 REDHEAD, 2
unidentified SCAUP, 350 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 80 RUDDY DUCKS,
and 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, and at Bolton Flats there were 17 WOOD
DUCKS, 1 AMERICAN WOODCOCK, 2 OSPREY, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER,
11 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 8 EASTERN PHOEBES, 14 AMERICAN
PIPITS, 1 NORTHERN PARULA, 85 SWAMP SPARROWS, 3 LINCOLN'S
SPARROWS, 2 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, and 1 RUSTY BLACKBIRD.
Miscellaneous reports from the holiday weekend included a GREATER
SHEARWATER and a NORTHERN FULMAR at Stellwagen Bank, a
MAGNOLIA WARBLER and a DICKCISSEL in Newbury, 80 RUSTY
BLACKBIRDS in Groveland, a BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, 1 VESPER
SPARROW, and 6 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS in Westborough, 2
NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS at Nine-acre Corner in Concord, a
VESPER SPARROW in Nahant, a CAPE MAY WARBLER, a CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW, and a BLUE GROSBEAK in the Fenway section of Boston, and
a NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 2 SANDHILL CRANES, and 13 WHITE-
CROWNED SPARROWS at the Cumberland Farm fields in Middleboro
and Halifax.
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.
Thank you for calling.
- End transcript