-RBA
* Massachusetts
* Western
* Dec. 18, 2006
* MAWE0612.18
- Birds mentioned
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
CACKLING GOOSE
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Northern Harrier
GOLDEN EAGLE
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Killdeer
Wilson's Snipe
Iceland Gull
Eastern Screech-Owl
LONG-EARED OWL
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Eastern Phoebe
Northern Shrike
Fish Crow
House Wren
Winter Wren
Veery
Hermit Thrush
Gray Catbird
American Pipit
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
Fox Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Snow Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Redpoll
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: Dec. 18, 2006
number: 1-781-259-8805 x2
to report: 1-781-259-8805 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 December 18, 2006
This was the first weekend for Christmas Counts, and there were record numbers
of many species.
In Springfield there were 4 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 40 HOODED MERGANSERS, 6 EASTERN
SCREECH OWLS, 2 HERMIT THRUSHES, a VEERY, and a FOX SPARROW.
Five FISH CROWS and a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER were in West Springfield, a WINTER
WREN in Chicopee, a PEREGRINE FALCON, a WINTER WREN, and a PINE WARBLER in
Holyoke, and 16 HOODED MERGANSERS, 17 RUDDY DUCKS, and 2 WILSON’S SNIPEin Ludlow.
Seen in Longmeadow were a CACKLING GOOSE, 2 KILLDEER, 35 RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRDS, and a RUSTY BLACKBIRD.
A GOLDEN EAGLE was noted at Quabbin Reservoir along with 4 COMMON LOONS, and 2
HORNED GREBES.
Seen at Turners Falls were a CACKLING GOOSE, a RUDDY DUCK, 2 RING-NECKED
DUCKS, 3 LESSER SCAUP, 2 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, a BARROW’S GOLDENEYE and
several COMMON GOLDENEYES.
Best finds in the Pittsfield area were a PIED-BILLED GREBE, 2 RED-NECKED
GREBE, 6 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, an AMERICAN COOT, an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and 6
COMMON REDPOLLS
There were many highlights in the Northampton area, including 2 WOOD DUCKS, 10
NORTHERN HARRIERS, a MERLIN, a PEREGRINE FALCON, an ICELAND GULL, a LONG-EARED
OWL, 5 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS, a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, an EASTERN PHOEBE,
2 NORTHERN SHRIKES, a HOUSE WREN, a GRAY CATBIRD, 61 AMERICAN PIPITS, 8
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, and 7 SNOW BUNTINGS.
Thank you for calling
- end transcript
* Massachusetts
* Western
* Dec. 18, 2006
* MAWE0612.18
- Birds mentioned
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
CACKLING GOOSE
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Northern Harrier
GOLDEN EAGLE
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Killdeer
Wilson's Snipe
Iceland Gull
Eastern Screech-Owl
LONG-EARED OWL
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Eastern Phoebe
Northern Shrike
Fish Crow
House Wren
Winter Wren
Veery
Hermit Thrush
Gray Catbird
American Pipit
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
Fox Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Snow Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Redpoll
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: Dec. 18, 2006
number: 1-781-259-8805 x2
to report: 1-781-259-8805 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 December 18, 2006
This was the first weekend for Christmas Counts, and there were record numbers
of many species.
In Springfield there were 4 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 40 HOODED MERGANSERS, 6 EASTERN
SCREECH OWLS, 2 HERMIT THRUSHES, a VEERY, and a FOX SPARROW.
Five FISH CROWS and a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER were in West Springfield, a WINTER
WREN in Chicopee, a PEREGRINE FALCON, a WINTER WREN, and a PINE WARBLER in
Holyoke, and 16 HOODED MERGANSERS, 17 RUDDY DUCKS, and 2 WILSON’S SNIPEin Ludlow.
Seen in Longmeadow were a CACKLING GOOSE, 2 KILLDEER, 35 RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRDS, and a RUSTY BLACKBIRD.
A GOLDEN EAGLE was noted at Quabbin Reservoir along with 4 COMMON LOONS, and 2
HORNED GREBES.
Seen at Turners Falls were a CACKLING GOOSE, a RUDDY DUCK, 2 RING-NECKED
DUCKS, 3 LESSER SCAUP, 2 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, a BARROW’S GOLDENEYE and
several COMMON GOLDENEYES.
Best finds in the Pittsfield area were a PIED-BILLED GREBE, 2 RED-NECKED
GREBE, 6 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, an AMERICAN COOT, an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and 6
COMMON REDPOLLS
There were many highlights in the Northampton area, including 2 WOOD DUCKS, 10
NORTHERN HARRIERS, a MERLIN, a PEREGRINE FALCON, an ICELAND GULL, a LONG-EARED
OWL, 5 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS, a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, an EASTERN PHOEBE,
2 NORTHERN SHRIKES, a HOUSE WREN, a GRAY CATBIRD, 61 AMERICAN PIPITS, 8
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, and 7 SNOW BUNTINGS.
Thank you for calling
- end transcript