- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* October 20, 2006
* MAEA2010.06
- Birds mentioned
Brant
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Red-throated Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Northern Fulmar
Greater Shearwater
American Bittern
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Golden Eagle
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Hudsonian Godwit
Red Knot
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Common Tern
Forster’s Tern
Black Skimmer
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-eyed Vireo
Tree Swallow
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
American Goldfinch
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: October 20, 2006
number: (781) 259-8805
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 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 (2006)
Recent reports from the Newburyport-Plum Island area have included 105
Gadwall, 1 Eurasian Wigeon, 185 American Wigeon, roughly 500 American
Black Ducks, 180 Northern Pintail, 620 Green-winged Teal, 1 Greater
Scaup, roughly 100 Surf Scoter, 400 White-winged Scoter, 1 Long-tailed
Duck, 40 Red-breasted Mergansers, 3 Red-throated Loons, 31 Great Egrets,
9 Snowy Egrets, 1 Osprey, 6 Northern Harriers, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 3
Semipalmated Plovers, 140 Greater Yellowlegs, 10 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1
Hudsonian Godwit, roughly 80 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 2 Western
Sandpipers, 14 White-rumped Sandpipers, 3 Pectoral Sandpipers, 420
Dunlin, 1 Long-billed Dowitcher, 415 Bonaparte's Gulls, 2 Common Terns,
3 Red-eyed Vireos, 2 Tree Swallows, 28 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 15
Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 31 Hermit Thrushes, roughly 100 American Pipits,
2 Orange-crowned Warblers, 260 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 9 Field Sparrows,
27 Dark-eyed Juncos, 46 Lapland Longspurs, 1 Indigo Bunting, and 1 Rusty
Blackbird.
Seen at the Dunback Meadow Conservation Area in Lexington were 1
Northern Harrier, 11 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 2 Gray-cheeked Thrushes, 2
Hermit Thrushes, 50 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 2 Black-throated Green
Warblers, 1 Winter Wren, 125 White-throated Sparrows, and roughly 100
Song Sparrows, and at Fresh Pond in Cambridge there were 12 Ring-necked
Ducks, 54 Ruddy Ducks, 1 American Bittern, 8 American Coots, and 125
American Goldfinches.
A report from Stellwagen Bank included 3 Greater Shearwaters, 2 Northern
Fulmars, 1 unidentified jaeger, and 15 Black-legged Kittiwakes, at
Harbor Point in Dorchester there were 7 Red-breasted Mergansers, 1
Forster's Tern, 75 distant, unidentified terns, 1 Nashville Warbler, and
1 White-crowned Sparrow, and miscellaneous reports this week have
included a Golden Eagle in Topsfield, a Black Skimmer in Essex Bay,
roughly 7800 American Robins coming into an evening roost in Westford,
another Black Skimmer and a Connecticut Warbler in South Boston, an
Orange-crowned Warbler in the Fenway section of Boston, 2 Wilson's
Snipe, 1 Vesper Sparrow, and 7 Eastern Meadowlarks in West Roxbury, 1
Black-throated Green Warbler and a Dickcissel at the Rock Meadow
Conservation Area in Belmont, 20 Brant and 25 Northern Gannets at
Duxbury Beach, a Red-necked Grebe and 6 Red Knots at Plymouth Beach, a
Clay-colored Sparrow in Marshfield, a Northern Shoveler, 1 Eurasian
Wigeon, and roughly 100 American Wigeon in the Marstons Mills section of
Barnstable, and 5 Merlins, 1 Red-headed Woodpecker, and 1
Yellow-breasted Chat at Nantucket.
Have a good weekend and thank you for calling.
-End transcript
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* October 20, 2006
* MAEA2010.06
- Birds mentioned
Brant
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Red-throated Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Northern Fulmar
Greater Shearwater
American Bittern
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Golden Eagle
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Hudsonian Godwit
Red Knot
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Common Tern
Forster’s Tern
Black Skimmer
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-eyed Vireo
Tree Swallow
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
American Goldfinch
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: October 20, 2006
number: (781) 259-8805
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 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 (2006)
Recent reports from the Newburyport-Plum Island area have included 105
Gadwall, 1 Eurasian Wigeon, 185 American Wigeon, roughly 500 American
Black Ducks, 180 Northern Pintail, 620 Green-winged Teal, 1 Greater
Scaup, roughly 100 Surf Scoter, 400 White-winged Scoter, 1 Long-tailed
Duck, 40 Red-breasted Mergansers, 3 Red-throated Loons, 31 Great Egrets,
9 Snowy Egrets, 1 Osprey, 6 Northern Harriers, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 3
Semipalmated Plovers, 140 Greater Yellowlegs, 10 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1
Hudsonian Godwit, roughly 80 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 2 Western
Sandpipers, 14 White-rumped Sandpipers, 3 Pectoral Sandpipers, 420
Dunlin, 1 Long-billed Dowitcher, 415 Bonaparte's Gulls, 2 Common Terns,
3 Red-eyed Vireos, 2 Tree Swallows, 28 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 15
Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 31 Hermit Thrushes, roughly 100 American Pipits,
2 Orange-crowned Warblers, 260 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 9 Field Sparrows,
27 Dark-eyed Juncos, 46 Lapland Longspurs, 1 Indigo Bunting, and 1 Rusty
Blackbird.
Seen at the Dunback Meadow Conservation Area in Lexington were 1
Northern Harrier, 11 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 2 Gray-cheeked Thrushes, 2
Hermit Thrushes, 50 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 2 Black-throated Green
Warblers, 1 Winter Wren, 125 White-throated Sparrows, and roughly 100
Song Sparrows, and at Fresh Pond in Cambridge there were 12 Ring-necked
Ducks, 54 Ruddy Ducks, 1 American Bittern, 8 American Coots, and 125
American Goldfinches.
A report from Stellwagen Bank included 3 Greater Shearwaters, 2 Northern
Fulmars, 1 unidentified jaeger, and 15 Black-legged Kittiwakes, at
Harbor Point in Dorchester there were 7 Red-breasted Mergansers, 1
Forster's Tern, 75 distant, unidentified terns, 1 Nashville Warbler, and
1 White-crowned Sparrow, and miscellaneous reports this week have
included a Golden Eagle in Topsfield, a Black Skimmer in Essex Bay,
roughly 7800 American Robins coming into an evening roost in Westford,
another Black Skimmer and a Connecticut Warbler in South Boston, an
Orange-crowned Warbler in the Fenway section of Boston, 2 Wilson's
Snipe, 1 Vesper Sparrow, and 7 Eastern Meadowlarks in West Roxbury, 1
Black-throated Green Warbler and a Dickcissel at the Rock Meadow
Conservation Area in Belmont, 20 Brant and 25 Northern Gannets at
Duxbury Beach, a Red-necked Grebe and 6 Red Knots at Plymouth Beach, a
Clay-colored Sparrow in Marshfield, a Northern Shoveler, 1 Eurasian
Wigeon, and roughly 100 American Wigeon in the Marstons Mills section of
Barnstable, and 5 Merlins, 1 Red-headed Woodpecker, and 1
Yellow-breasted Chat at Nantucket.
Have a good weekend and thank you for calling.
-End transcript