- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* October 16, 2006
* MAEA1610.06
- Birds mentioned
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Surf Scoter
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Red-throated Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Northern Fulmar
Greater Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Semipalmated Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wilson’s Snipe
Laughing Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Forster’s Tern
Razorbill
Eastern Phoebe
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Marsh Wren
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Vesper Sparrow
"Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Blue Grosbeak
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: October 16, 2006
number:(888) 224-6444
to report: 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler: Simon Perkins, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage: Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Marjorie Rines marj@mrines.com
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS –
VOICE OF AUDUBON MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 (2006)
A Yellow-headed Blackbird discovered yesterday off Shaw Road in
Fairhaven was still there today.
Weekend reports from Plum Island included 118 American Wigeon, 125
Northern Pintail, roughly 100 Green-winged Teal, 1 Red-throated Loon, 2
Red-necked Grebes, 2 Great Egrets, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 45 Semipalmated
Sandpipers, 5 Pectoral Sandpipers, 1 White-rumped Sandpiper, 1 Baird's
Sandpiper, 1 Marsh Wren, 5 American Pipits, 17 Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed
Sparrows, and 2 "Ipswich" Savannah Sparrows.
Seen on a boat trip to waters roughly 17 miles southeast of Gloucester
were 26 Surf Scoters, 2 Greater Shearwaters, 6 Northern Fulmars, 11
Northern Gannets, 19 Black-legged Kittiwakes, and 1 Razorbill, and at
Harbor Point in Dorchester there were 36 Red-breasted Mergansers, 1
Ruddy Duck, 50 Bonaparte's Gulls, 1 Laughing Gull, 50 Forster's Terns, 4
Fish Crows, 4 Nashville Warbler, 1 Vesper Sparrow, and 2 Lincoln's
Sparrows.
Seen at various points between Bolton and Harvard were 1 Northern
Harrier, 11 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 32 Wilson's Snipe,
7 Eastern Phoebes, 5 American Pipits, 1 Orange-crowned Warbler, 1
Grasshopper Sparrow, 13 White-crowned Sparrows, 1 Bobolink, and 12 Rusty
Blackbirds, and at Belle Isle Marsh in East Boston there were 16
Green-winged Teal, 5 Great Egrets, 3 Ospreys, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper,
1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 6 Wilson's Snipe, and 3 Eastern Meadowlarks.
Weekend reports from Nantucket included 292 Greater Scaup, 1 Ruddy Duck,
3 Pied-billed Grebes, 7 American Coots, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2000
Tree Swallows, and 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler, and miscellaneous reports
included an Osprey and 7 Wilson's Snipe in Newbury, 2 Redheads and a
Horned Grebe at the Cherry Hill Reservoir in West Newbury, a Cattle
Egret in Essex, a Lesser Black-backed Gull at Long Wharf in Boston, a
Black-throated Blue Warbler, a White-crowned Sparrow, and a Blue
Grosbeak in the Fenway section of Boston, a Yellow-breasted Chat in
Fairhaven, and a Eurasian Wigeon in the Marston Mills section of
Barnstable.
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.
-End transcript
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* October 16, 2006
* MAEA1610.06
- Birds mentioned
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Surf Scoter
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Red-throated Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Northern Fulmar
Greater Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Semipalmated Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wilson’s Snipe
Laughing Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Forster’s Tern
Razorbill
Eastern Phoebe
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Marsh Wren
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Vesper Sparrow
"Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Blue Grosbeak
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: October 16, 2006
number:(888) 224-6444
to report: 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler: Simon Perkins, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage: Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Marjorie Rines marj@mrines.com
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS –
VOICE OF AUDUBON MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 (2006)
A Yellow-headed Blackbird discovered yesterday off Shaw Road in
Fairhaven was still there today.
Weekend reports from Plum Island included 118 American Wigeon, 125
Northern Pintail, roughly 100 Green-winged Teal, 1 Red-throated Loon, 2
Red-necked Grebes, 2 Great Egrets, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 45 Semipalmated
Sandpipers, 5 Pectoral Sandpipers, 1 White-rumped Sandpiper, 1 Baird's
Sandpiper, 1 Marsh Wren, 5 American Pipits, 17 Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed
Sparrows, and 2 "Ipswich" Savannah Sparrows.
Seen on a boat trip to waters roughly 17 miles southeast of Gloucester
were 26 Surf Scoters, 2 Greater Shearwaters, 6 Northern Fulmars, 11
Northern Gannets, 19 Black-legged Kittiwakes, and 1 Razorbill, and at
Harbor Point in Dorchester there were 36 Red-breasted Mergansers, 1
Ruddy Duck, 50 Bonaparte's Gulls, 1 Laughing Gull, 50 Forster's Terns, 4
Fish Crows, 4 Nashville Warbler, 1 Vesper Sparrow, and 2 Lincoln's
Sparrows.
Seen at various points between Bolton and Harvard were 1 Northern
Harrier, 11 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 32 Wilson's Snipe,
7 Eastern Phoebes, 5 American Pipits, 1 Orange-crowned Warbler, 1
Grasshopper Sparrow, 13 White-crowned Sparrows, 1 Bobolink, and 12 Rusty
Blackbirds, and at Belle Isle Marsh in East Boston there were 16
Green-winged Teal, 5 Great Egrets, 3 Ospreys, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper,
1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 6 Wilson's Snipe, and 3 Eastern Meadowlarks.
Weekend reports from Nantucket included 292 Greater Scaup, 1 Ruddy Duck,
3 Pied-billed Grebes, 7 American Coots, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2000
Tree Swallows, and 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler, and miscellaneous reports
included an Osprey and 7 Wilson's Snipe in Newbury, 2 Redheads and a
Horned Grebe at the Cherry Hill Reservoir in West Newbury, a Cattle
Egret in Essex, a Lesser Black-backed Gull at Long Wharf in Boston, a
Black-throated Blue Warbler, a White-crowned Sparrow, and a Blue
Grosbeak in the Fenway section of Boston, a Yellow-breasted Chat in
Fairhaven, and a Eurasian Wigeon in the Marston Mills section of
Barnstable.
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.
-End transcript