- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* February 16, 2007
* MAEA0702.16
- Birds mentioned
Wilson's Warbler (not reported)
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER
Northern Harrier
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Horned Lark
Gray Catbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Canvasback
Harlequin Duck
American Woodcock
Bonaparte's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Dovekie
Winter Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Snow Bunting
Snowy Owl
Lapland Longspur
Peregrine Falcon
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Virginia Rail
Brown Thrasher
Turkey Vulture
Fox Sparrow
Ruddy Duck
American Coot
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: February 16, 2007
number: (781) 259-8805
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 Friday, February 16.
The weather being what it has been this week, bird reports have been
few.
The overwintering WILSON'S WARBLER in Nahant has not been seen
since the day of the storm on Wednesday, but the TOWNSEND'S
WARBLER at 6 Laurel Street in Cambridge was still present there
today.
Seen at the Cumberland Farm fields in Middleboro were 4 NORTHERN
HARRIERS, 3 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 3 AMERICAN KESTRELS,
175 HORNED LARKS, 1 GRAY CATBIRD, and 5 EASTERN MEADOW-
LARKS, and reports from Nantucket this week included 7 CANVASBACKS,
8 HARLEQUIN DUCKS, 1 AMERICAN WOODCOCK, 200 BONAPARTE'S
GULLS, 54 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 85 ICELAND GULLS, 15
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 1 DOVEKIE, 1 WINTER WREN, 1
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 3 HERMIT THRUSHES, and 15 SNOW
BUNTINGS.
Miscellaneous reports this week included a SNOWY OWL and 2 LAPLAND
LONGSPURS at Plum Island, a NORTHERN HARRIER and a PEREGRINE
FALCON in Salem, 1 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and 35 RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRDS in Danvers, 3 VIRGINIA RAILS in Peabody, a BROWN
THRASHER in Worcester, 2 TURKEY VULTURES in Northboro, a FOX
SPARROW and 18 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS in Concord, and 16
RUDDY DUCKS and 2 AMERICAN COOTS on the Charles River in
Cambridge.
Have a good weekend and thank you for calling.
- End transcript
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* February 16, 2007
* MAEA0702.16
- Birds mentioned
Wilson's Warbler (not reported)
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER
Northern Harrier
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Horned Lark
Gray Catbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Canvasback
Harlequin Duck
American Woodcock
Bonaparte's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Dovekie
Winter Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Snow Bunting
Snowy Owl
Lapland Longspur
Peregrine Falcon
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Virginia Rail
Brown Thrasher
Turkey Vulture
Fox Sparrow
Ruddy Duck
American Coot
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: February 16, 2007
number: (781) 259-8805
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 Friday, February 16.
The weather being what it has been this week, bird reports have been
few.
The overwintering WILSON'S WARBLER in Nahant has not been seen
since the day of the storm on Wednesday, but the TOWNSEND'S
WARBLER at 6 Laurel Street in Cambridge was still present there
today.
Seen at the Cumberland Farm fields in Middleboro were 4 NORTHERN
HARRIERS, 3 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 3 AMERICAN KESTRELS,
175 HORNED LARKS, 1 GRAY CATBIRD, and 5 EASTERN MEADOW-
LARKS, and reports from Nantucket this week included 7 CANVASBACKS,
8 HARLEQUIN DUCKS, 1 AMERICAN WOODCOCK, 200 BONAPARTE'S
GULLS, 54 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 85 ICELAND GULLS, 15
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 1 DOVEKIE, 1 WINTER WREN, 1
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 3 HERMIT THRUSHES, and 15 SNOW
BUNTINGS.
Miscellaneous reports this week included a SNOWY OWL and 2 LAPLAND
LONGSPURS at Plum Island, a NORTHERN HARRIER and a PEREGRINE
FALCON in Salem, 1 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and 35 RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRDS in Danvers, 3 VIRGINIA RAILS in Peabody, a BROWN
THRASHER in Worcester, 2 TURKEY VULTURES in Northboro, a FOX
SPARROW and 18 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS in Concord, and 16
RUDDY DUCKS and 2 AMERICAN COOTS on the Charles River in
Cambridge.
Have a good weekend and thank you for calling.
- End transcript