- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* December 11, 2006
* MAEA0612.11
- Birds mentioned
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
BELL'S VIREO
Virginia Rail
Eastern Phoebe
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Yellow-breasted Chat
Fox Sparrow
LARK SPARROW
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Snow Goose
American Bittern
Northern Harrier
Northern Goshawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Merlin
Short-eared Owl
Horned Lark
Brown Thrasher
Snowy Egret
Orange-crowned Warbler
Lesser Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Northern Shoveler
American Coot
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Meadowlark
Thick-billed Murre
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: December 11, 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, December 11.
An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER found along Leonard Street in the
Annisquam section of Gloucester on Saturday was still present there
at
least as recently as yesterday, and the BELL'S VIREO in the Woods
Hole
section of Falmouth was also still present yesterday in the thickets
near the
intersection of Oyster Pond Road and Ring Road.
Other birds noted in the Falmouth area included 2 VIRGINIA RAILS, 1
EASTERN PHOEBE, 3 WINTER WRENS, 1 MARSH WREN, 6 RUBY-
CROWNED KINGLETS, 4 YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS, and 1 FOX
SPARROW.
Other lingering rarities reported over the weekend included the LARK
SPARROW along Ward Swift Road in Bourne and the RUFOUS
HUMMINGBIRD at the residence at 658 Main Street in the Cotuit section
of Barnstable.
An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was noted in flight high over Plum
Island yesterday, and other birds seen on the island included a SNOW
GOOSE,
an AMERICAN BITTERN, 8 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 1 NORTHERN
GOSHAWK, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 1 MERLIN, 2 or 3 SHORT-EARED
OWLS, 75 HORNED LARKS, and a BROWN THRASHER.
Miscellaneous reports from the weekend included a late SNOWY EGRET
and
an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER in Gloucester, a YELLOW-BREASTED
CHAT at Halibut Point in Rockport, 12 LESSER SCAUP, 22 HOODED
MERGANSERS, and 175 COMMON MERGANSERS at Suntog Reservoir in
Lynnfield, 2 NORTHERN SHOVELERS and 189 AMERICAN COOTS at
the Great Meadows Refuge in Concord, a PEREGRINE FALCON and 12
EASTERN MEADOWLARKS at the Daniel Webster Sanctuary in Marshfield,
and a THICK-BILLED MURRE in Provincetown.
Thank you for calling.
- End transcript
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* December 11, 2006
* MAEA0612.11
- Birds mentioned
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
BELL'S VIREO
Virginia Rail
Eastern Phoebe
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Yellow-breasted Chat
Fox Sparrow
LARK SPARROW
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Snow Goose
American Bittern
Northern Harrier
Northern Goshawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Merlin
Short-eared Owl
Horned Lark
Brown Thrasher
Snowy Egret
Orange-crowned Warbler
Lesser Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Northern Shoveler
American Coot
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Meadowlark
Thick-billed Murre
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: December 11, 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, December 11.
An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER found along Leonard Street in the
Annisquam section of Gloucester on Saturday was still present there
at
least as recently as yesterday, and the BELL'S VIREO in the Woods
Hole
section of Falmouth was also still present yesterday in the thickets
near the
intersection of Oyster Pond Road and Ring Road.
Other birds noted in the Falmouth area included 2 VIRGINIA RAILS, 1
EASTERN PHOEBE, 3 WINTER WRENS, 1 MARSH WREN, 6 RUBY-
CROWNED KINGLETS, 4 YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS, and 1 FOX
SPARROW.
Other lingering rarities reported over the weekend included the LARK
SPARROW along Ward Swift Road in Bourne and the RUFOUS
HUMMINGBIRD at the residence at 658 Main Street in the Cotuit section
of Barnstable.
An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was noted in flight high over Plum
Island yesterday, and other birds seen on the island included a SNOW
GOOSE,
an AMERICAN BITTERN, 8 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 1 NORTHERN
GOSHAWK, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 1 MERLIN, 2 or 3 SHORT-EARED
OWLS, 75 HORNED LARKS, and a BROWN THRASHER.
Miscellaneous reports from the weekend included a late SNOWY EGRET
and
an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER in Gloucester, a YELLOW-BREASTED
CHAT at Halibut Point in Rockport, 12 LESSER SCAUP, 22 HOODED
MERGANSERS, and 175 COMMON MERGANSERS at Suntog Reservoir in
Lynnfield, 2 NORTHERN SHOVELERS and 189 AMERICAN COOTS at
the Great Meadows Refuge in Concord, a PEREGRINE FALCON and 12
EASTERN MEADOWLARKS at the Daniel Webster Sanctuary in Marshfield,
and a THICK-BILLED MURRE in Provincetown.
Thank you for calling.
- End transcript