- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* December 18, 2006
* MAEA0612.18
- Birds mentioned
White-winged Scoter
Common Raven
Winter Wren
Lincoln's Sparrow
Redhead
Long-tailed Duck
Red-throated Loon
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Eastern Bluebird
Pacific Loon
Eared Grebe
SNOWY EGRET
King Eider
Harlequin Duck
American Woodcock
Black-headed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Eastern Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Peregrine Falcon
Clapper Rail
Snowy Owl
BLUE-HEADED VIREO
NASHVILLE WARBLER
Osprey
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
BELL'S VIREO
LARK SPARROW
Barrow's Goldeneye
American Bittern
GREAT EGRET
Willet
American Pipit
Eurasian Wigeon
Golden Eagle
DOVEKIE
Pomarine Jaeger
Thick-billed Murre
Common Grackle
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: December 18, 2006
number: (781) 259-8805 (new number)
to report: anytime day or night, 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler: Wayne Petersen, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage: Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Barbara Volkle barb620@theworld.com
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS -
This is the Voice of Audubon for Monday, December 18.
Many of the birding highlights from over the weekend came as a result
of
Christmas Bird Counts conducted in a number of locations on Saturday
and
Sunday. A sample of some of the highlights includes the following
reports.
The Athol CBC tallied a record 67 species, including a WHITE-WINGED
SCOTER, 53 COMMON RAVENS, 6 WINTER WRENS, and a LINCOLN'S
SPARROW. The Worcester count recorded 81 species, with notable
reports
being 2 REDHEADS, 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, a RED-THROATED
LOON, a GREAT EGRET, a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, and
58 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS.
The Cape Ann CBC generated 112 species, including a PACIFIC LOON, an
EARED GREBE, a SNOWY EGRET, a KING EIDER, 216 HARLEQUIN
DUCKS, 2 AMERICAN WOODCOCKS, 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS, 2
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, an EASTERN PHOEBE, a WESTERN
KINGBIRD still present on Saint Louis Avenue in Gloucester, 44
EASTERN
BLUEBIRDS, and a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER. The Greater Boston
count located 122 species, including a KING EIDER, 7 PEREGRINE
FALCONS, a CLAPPER RAIL, 4 SNOWY OWLS, a BLUE-HEADED
VIREO, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW.
South of Boston the Buzzards Bay CBC tallied a record high 125
species,
along with featuring 4 GREAT EGRETS, an OSPREY, a RUFOUS
HUMMINGBIRD still present in Cotuit and a BELL'S VIREO continuing in
Falmouth, an unidentified swallow, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, a LARK
SPARROW in Bourne, and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW. On the Cape Cod CBC
121 species were located, including a KING EIDER, 3 BARROW'S GOLDEN-
EYES, an AMERICAN BITTERN, 3 GREAT EGRETS and 3 WILLETS,
hundreds of RAZORBILLS, a SNOWY OWL, a YELLOW-BELLIED
SAPSUCKER, an EASTERN PHOEBE, and an AMERICAN PIPIT.
Miscellaneous reports from the weekend included a EURASIAN WIGEON
at Russell Mill Pond in Plymouth; a GOLDEN EAGLE at South Quabbin;
reports of small numbers of DOVEKIES at both Cape Ann and Parker
River
Refuge on Plum Island; 9 REDHEADS, 2 POMARINE JAEGERS, and a
THICK-BILLED MURRE in Provincetown; and a flock of 200 COMMON
GRACKLES in Medford.
Thank you for calling.
- End transcript
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* December 18, 2006
* MAEA0612.18
- Birds mentioned
White-winged Scoter
Common Raven
Winter Wren
Lincoln's Sparrow
Redhead
Long-tailed Duck
Red-throated Loon
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Eastern Bluebird
Pacific Loon
Eared Grebe
SNOWY EGRET
King Eider
Harlequin Duck
American Woodcock
Black-headed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Eastern Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Peregrine Falcon
Clapper Rail
Snowy Owl
BLUE-HEADED VIREO
NASHVILLE WARBLER
Osprey
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
BELL'S VIREO
LARK SPARROW
Barrow's Goldeneye
American Bittern
GREAT EGRET
Willet
American Pipit
Eurasian Wigeon
Golden Eagle
DOVEKIE
Pomarine Jaeger
Thick-billed Murre
Common Grackle
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: December 18, 2006
number: (781) 259-8805 (new number)
to report: anytime day or night, 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler: Wayne Petersen, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage: Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Barbara Volkle barb620@theworld.com
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS -
This is the Voice of Audubon for Monday, December 18.
Many of the birding highlights from over the weekend came as a result
of
Christmas Bird Counts conducted in a number of locations on Saturday
and
Sunday. A sample of some of the highlights includes the following
reports.
The Athol CBC tallied a record 67 species, including a WHITE-WINGED
SCOTER, 53 COMMON RAVENS, 6 WINTER WRENS, and a LINCOLN'S
SPARROW. The Worcester count recorded 81 species, with notable
reports
being 2 REDHEADS, 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, a RED-THROATED
LOON, a GREAT EGRET, a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, and
58 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS.
The Cape Ann CBC generated 112 species, including a PACIFIC LOON, an
EARED GREBE, a SNOWY EGRET, a KING EIDER, 216 HARLEQUIN
DUCKS, 2 AMERICAN WOODCOCKS, 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS, 2
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, an EASTERN PHOEBE, a WESTERN
KINGBIRD still present on Saint Louis Avenue in Gloucester, 44
EASTERN
BLUEBIRDS, and a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER. The Greater Boston
count located 122 species, including a KING EIDER, 7 PEREGRINE
FALCONS, a CLAPPER RAIL, 4 SNOWY OWLS, a BLUE-HEADED
VIREO, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW.
South of Boston the Buzzards Bay CBC tallied a record high 125
species,
along with featuring 4 GREAT EGRETS, an OSPREY, a RUFOUS
HUMMINGBIRD still present in Cotuit and a BELL'S VIREO continuing in
Falmouth, an unidentified swallow, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, a LARK
SPARROW in Bourne, and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW. On the Cape Cod CBC
121 species were located, including a KING EIDER, 3 BARROW'S GOLDEN-
EYES, an AMERICAN BITTERN, 3 GREAT EGRETS and 3 WILLETS,
hundreds of RAZORBILLS, a SNOWY OWL, a YELLOW-BELLIED
SAPSUCKER, an EASTERN PHOEBE, and an AMERICAN PIPIT.
Miscellaneous reports from the weekend included a EURASIAN WIGEON
at Russell Mill Pond in Plymouth; a GOLDEN EAGLE at South Quabbin;
reports of small numbers of DOVEKIES at both Cape Ann and Parker
River
Refuge on Plum Island; 9 REDHEADS, 2 POMARINE JAEGERS, and a
THICK-BILLED MURRE in Provincetown; and a flock of 200 COMMON
GRACKLES in Medford.
Thank you for calling.
- End transcript