-RBA
* Massachusetts
* Western
* Sept. 12, 2005
* MAWE0512.05
- Birds mentioned
Great Egret
Green Heron
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Common Nighthawk
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Brown Creeper
SEDGE WREN
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
American Pipit
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Lincoln's Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
DICKCISSEL
Baltimore Oriole
White-winged Crossbill
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: Sept. 12, 2005
number: 1-888-224-6444 x2
to report: 1-888-224-6444 x2 (leave message after report)
compiler: Seth Kellogg, skhawk@comcast.net, sponsored by MA Audubon
transcriber: Trudy Tynan, ttynan@sprynet.com
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
This is the Western Voice of Audubon for Monday, September 12
A SEDGE WREN discovered at the weedy slough of the west meadows of Northampton
near the Arcadia sanctuary on Saturday was seen again today. Around the
Arcadia marshes there were 2 HOODED MERGANSERS, a PECTORAL and a SOLITARY
SANDPIPER, a WILSON’S WARBLER, 3 SCARLET TANAGERS, and 5 ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAKS. In the east meadows 2 DICKCISSELS were still at the four corners on
Sunday.
A CONNECTICUT WARBLER and 2 MOURNING WARBLERS were found in Longmeadow on
Thursday, but were gone the next day. Also in Longmeadow were 130 WOOD DUCKS,
a GREEN HERON, a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 3 GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHERS, a BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHER, a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH and 2 BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
Reported in the Ware River watershed were a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, a
PHILADELPHIA VIREO, a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, and 3 NASHVILLE, 6 MAGNOLIA, and 4
BLACK-THROATED BLUE, 4 BLACKBURNIAN and 2 CONNECTICUT WARBLERS.
Seen in Wilbraham were a NASHVILLE WARBLER, 3 PRAIRIE WARBLERS, 8 PINE
WARBLERS, a NORTHERN PARULA, and 2 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS. On Bondi’s
Island in Agawam a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and 16 LEAST SANDPIPERS were present.
Two COMMON NIGHTHAWKS, a PHILADELPHIA VIREO, a BROWN CREEPER, and a CANADA
WARBLER were in Westfield, and in Holyoke there was a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, a
NASHVILLE WARBLER, 3 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, a WILSON’S WARBLERS, a PRAIRIE
WARBLER, and 6 NORTHERN PARULAS.
Noted in North Hadley were an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a
WHITE-RUMPED, a SEMIPALMATED, a SOLITARY, and 7 LEAST SANDPIPERS, and an
AMERICAN PIPIT.
Five WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were observed in Middlefield last week, 3
BLUE-WINGED TEAL, a GREAT EGRET, and 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS were in Sheffield,
and a MAGNOLIA WARBLER and 2 LINCOLN’S SPARROWS were in Pittsfield.
In Southwick there was a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 6 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS, a
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, 2 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS, 4 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, 2
OVENBIRDS, and 2 BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
Hawks counted migrating over Granville this week totaled 29 OSPREYS, 12 BALD
EAGLES, 10 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 55 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 5 COOPER’S HAWKS, 441
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, and 45 AMERICAN KESTRELS.
On Mt Shatterack in Russell hawk counts for the week were 13 OSPREYS, 8 BALD
EAGLES, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 23 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 498 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS,
and 9 AMERICAN KESTRELS.
Over Mt Tom on Saturday there were 5 OSPREYS, a NORTHERN HARRIER, 6
SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, and 96 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS.
Thank you for calling
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* Massachusetts
* Western
* Sept. 12, 2005
* MAWE0512.05
- Birds mentioned
Great Egret
Green Heron
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Common Nighthawk
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Brown Creeper
SEDGE WREN
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
American Pipit
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Lincoln's Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
DICKCISSEL
Baltimore Oriole
White-winged Crossbill
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: Sept. 12, 2005
number: 1-888-224-6444 x2
to report: 1-888-224-6444 x2 (leave message after report)
compiler: Seth Kellogg, skhawk@comcast.net, sponsored by MA Audubon
transcriber: Trudy Tynan, ttynan@sprynet.com
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
This is the Western Voice of Audubon for Monday, September 12
A SEDGE WREN discovered at the weedy slough of the west meadows of Northampton
near the Arcadia sanctuary on Saturday was seen again today. Around the
Arcadia marshes there were 2 HOODED MERGANSERS, a PECTORAL and a SOLITARY
SANDPIPER, a WILSON’S WARBLER, 3 SCARLET TANAGERS, and 5 ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAKS. In the east meadows 2 DICKCISSELS were still at the four corners on
Sunday.
A CONNECTICUT WARBLER and 2 MOURNING WARBLERS were found in Longmeadow on
Thursday, but were gone the next day. Also in Longmeadow were 130 WOOD DUCKS,
a GREEN HERON, a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 3 GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHERS, a BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHER, a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH and 2 BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
Reported in the Ware River watershed were a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, a
PHILADELPHIA VIREO, a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, and 3 NASHVILLE, 6 MAGNOLIA, and 4
BLACK-THROATED BLUE, 4 BLACKBURNIAN and 2 CONNECTICUT WARBLERS.
Seen in Wilbraham were a NASHVILLE WARBLER, 3 PRAIRIE WARBLERS, 8 PINE
WARBLERS, a NORTHERN PARULA, and 2 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS. On Bondi’s
Island in Agawam a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and 16 LEAST SANDPIPERS were present.
Two COMMON NIGHTHAWKS, a PHILADELPHIA VIREO, a BROWN CREEPER, and a CANADA
WARBLER were in Westfield, and in Holyoke there was a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, a
NASHVILLE WARBLER, 3 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, a WILSON’S WARBLERS, a PRAIRIE
WARBLER, and 6 NORTHERN PARULAS.
Noted in North Hadley were an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a
WHITE-RUMPED, a SEMIPALMATED, a SOLITARY, and 7 LEAST SANDPIPERS, and an
AMERICAN PIPIT.
Five WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were observed in Middlefield last week, 3
BLUE-WINGED TEAL, a GREAT EGRET, and 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS were in Sheffield,
and a MAGNOLIA WARBLER and 2 LINCOLN’S SPARROWS were in Pittsfield.
In Southwick there was a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 6 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS, a
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, 2 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS, 4 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, 2
OVENBIRDS, and 2 BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
Hawks counted migrating over Granville this week totaled 29 OSPREYS, 12 BALD
EAGLES, 10 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 55 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 5 COOPER’S HAWKS, 441
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, and 45 AMERICAN KESTRELS.
On Mt Shatterack in Russell hawk counts for the week were 13 OSPREYS, 8 BALD
EAGLES, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 23 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 498 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS,
and 9 AMERICAN KESTRELS.
Over Mt Tom on Saturday there were 5 OSPREYS, a NORTHERN HARRIER, 6
SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, and 96 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS.
Thank you for calling
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