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* Massachusetts
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* November 27, 2006
* MAEA0611.27

- Birds mentioned
BELL'S VIREO
Greater Scaup
Barrow's Goldeneye
Virginia Rail
Northern Shrike
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Brown Thrasher
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Fox Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
WESTERN GREBE
LECONTE'S SPARROW (not reported)
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
American Coot
Marsh Wren
Lapland Longspur
Greater White-fronted Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
Black-legged Kittiwake
Thick-billed Murre
Snowy Owl
Short-eared Owl
American Pipit
White-eyed Vireo
Black-headed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Western Kingbird
Long-billed Dowitcher
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Bald Eagle
Red-necked Grebe
Semipalmated Plover
American Golden-Plover
Red Knot
Laughing Gull
Harlequin Duck
Red-throated Loon
Razorbill
Baltimore Oriole

- Transcript

hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: November 27, 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 Monday, November 27.

A BELL'S VIREO found on Saturday along Oyster Pond Road in Falmouth
was
still there today. Also seen in the area were 650 GREATER SCAUP, 1
BARROW'S
GOLDENEYE, 2 VIRGINIA RAILS, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE, 4 RUBY-
CROWNED KINGLETS, 1 BROWN THRASHER, 1 ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER, 2 YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS, 2 FOX SPARROWS, and 1
LINCOLN'S SPARROW.

Two different WESTERN GREBES were discovered yesterday, one at Revere

Beach and one off the ocean side of Hull, at P Street. The Hull bird
has not
been reported since, but the Revere bird was relocated today farther
south and
east near the five breakwaters off Winthrop Beach.

The LECONTE'S SPARROW that was relocated at the Great Meadows Refuge
in Concord on Friday has not been reported since, but other weekend
sightings
from the Meadows included 140 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 3 NORTHERN
PINTAIL, 5 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 2 GADWALL, 18 AMERICAN
WIGEON, 2 REDHEADS, 80 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 3 LESSER SCAUP,
7 RUDDY DUCKS, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 160 AMERICAN COOTS, 3
MARSH WRENS, and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR.

The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE that has been seen sporadically
for the past few weeks in the farm fields at the intersection of
Barrett's Mill
Road and Rt. 2 in West Concord was still present there today.

Reports from Plum Island included 1 EURASIAN WIGEON, 1 BLACK-
LEGGED KITTIWAKE, 1 THICK-BILLED MURRE, 1 SNOWY OWL, 5
SHORT-EARED OWLS, and 2 AMERICAN PIPITS, and miscellaneous
reports from the weekend included a late WHITE-EYED VIREO at Halibut
Point in Rockport, a BLACK-HEADED GULL, a GLAUCOUS GULL, and
a WESTERN KINGBIRD in Gloucester, 3 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS
in Salisbury, 2 ICELAND GULLS and 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULLS in Gardner, a BALD EAGLE in Woburn, a RED-NECKED GREBE
and a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER in Pembroke, an AMERICAN GOLDEN-
PLOVER at the Cumberland Farm fields in Middleboro, 2 RED KNOTS
and a LAUGHING GULL at Duxbury Beach, 7 HARLEQUIN DUCKS in
North Scituate, a EURASIAN WIGEON in the Marstons Mills section of
Barnstable, 263 RED-THROATED LOONS and 7 RAZORBILLS at Sandy
Neck in Barnstable, 9 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and a BALTIMORE
ORIOLE at Nantucket, and a WESTERN KINGBIRD at Fort Hill in Eastham.

Thank you for calling.
- End transcript