-RBA
* Massachusetts
* Western
* Sept. 19, 2005
* MAWE0509.19
- Birds mentioned
Pied-billed Grebe
Snowy Egret
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Common Tern
Whip-poor-will
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
"Traill's Flycatcher" (willow or alder)
Least Flycatcher
SEDGE WREN
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Pipit
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-andwhite Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Vesper Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
DICKCISSEL
Indigo Bunting
- 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 19
Still being seen, with recent reports, were a DICKCISSEL in the east meadows
and a SEDGE WREN in the west meadows of Northampton. Also seen in the meadows
were an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, a NORTHERN HARRIER, a LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and 2
NORTHERN PARULAS. A COMMON TERN was around the Connecticut River oxbow on
Thursday
Birds found in Northfield were 5 AMERICAN GOLDEN and 3 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, a
PECTORAL and a LEAST SANDPIPER, 40 AMERICAN PIPITS, a LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and
a CONNECTICUT WARBLER.
A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was on the Connecticut River in Agawam, and in the
Longmeadow marshes there were 2 PIED-BILLED GREBES, a BLUE-WINGED TEAL and a
GREEN-WINGED TEAL.
Seen in an urban Springfield park were a NORTHERN PARULA, a TENNESSEE, a
CHESTNUT-SIDED, and 2 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS, while a SNOWY EGRET was noted
in a small pond in East Longmeadow.
A tour through the Conant Brook Dam property in Monson produced 4 HOODED
MERGANSERS, a MERLIN, a LEAST FLYCATCHER, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, a BLACKBURNIAN
WARBLER, an AMERICAN REDSTART, a MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 2 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS ,
4 PRAIRIE WARBLERS, 26 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, a NORTHERN PARULA and 2 SCARLET
TANAGERS.
The Phelon Forest in Granville was searched several times during the week.
Observed were 3 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS, 2 “TRAILL’S FLYCATCHERS” (willow
or alder flycatchers), 3 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 2 NASHVILLE, a
CHESTNUT-SIDED, and 9 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, 5 NORTHERN PARULAS, 3 BLACK-THROATED
BLUE, and 8 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, over 20 YELLOW-RUMPED and 4 PALM
WARBLERS, 6 AMERICAN REDSTARTS, 2 CONNECTICUT WARBLERS, an OVENBIRD, a
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, a MOURNING WARBLER, and a VESPER SPARROW.
Hawks were counted migrating over the region Sunday and Monday when the
weather cleared. Over Granville there were 11 OSPREY, 2 BALD EAGLES, 70
SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 5 COOPER’S HAWKS, 1,357 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 26 AMERICAN
KESTRELS, and 4 MERLINS.
Over Mt. Tom in the last two days were 9 OSPREYS, 4 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 42
SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 4 COOPER’S HAWKS, over 2,000 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 13
AMERICAN KESTRELS, 2 MERLINS, and a PEREGRINE FALCON.
The count over Mt. Holyoke on Sunday was 8 OSPREY, 4 BALD EAGLES, 47
SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 672 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 3 AMERICAN KESTRELS, 2 MERLINS,
and a PEREGRINE FALCON.
Over Mt. Shatterack in Russell there were 10 OSPREY, 4 BALD EAGLES, a NORTHERN
HARRIER, 74 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 2 COOPER’S HAWKS, 1,231 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS,
10 AMERICAN KESTRELS, and a PEREGRINE FALCON.
Two WHIP-POOR-WILLS were calling in Southwick, a MERLIN and PECTORAL SANDPIPER
were noted in Hadley, and a “TRAILL’S FLYCATCHER” (willow or alder
flycatcher), 5 PALM WARBLERS, and 16 INDIGO BUNTINGS were reported in Deerfield.
Thank you for calling
- end transcript
* Massachusetts
* Western
* Sept. 19, 2005
* MAWE0509.19
- Birds mentioned
Pied-billed Grebe
Snowy Egret
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Common Tern
Whip-poor-will
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
"Traill's Flycatcher" (willow or alder)
Least Flycatcher
SEDGE WREN
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Pipit
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-andwhite Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Vesper Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
DICKCISSEL
Indigo Bunting
- 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 19
Still being seen, with recent reports, were a DICKCISSEL in the east meadows
and a SEDGE WREN in the west meadows of Northampton. Also seen in the meadows
were an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, a NORTHERN HARRIER, a LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and 2
NORTHERN PARULAS. A COMMON TERN was around the Connecticut River oxbow on
Thursday
Birds found in Northfield were 5 AMERICAN GOLDEN and 3 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, a
PECTORAL and a LEAST SANDPIPER, 40 AMERICAN PIPITS, a LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and
a CONNECTICUT WARBLER.
A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was on the Connecticut River in Agawam, and in the
Longmeadow marshes there were 2 PIED-BILLED GREBES, a BLUE-WINGED TEAL and a
GREEN-WINGED TEAL.
Seen in an urban Springfield park were a NORTHERN PARULA, a TENNESSEE, a
CHESTNUT-SIDED, and 2 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS, while a SNOWY EGRET was noted
in a small pond in East Longmeadow.
A tour through the Conant Brook Dam property in Monson produced 4 HOODED
MERGANSERS, a MERLIN, a LEAST FLYCATCHER, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, a BLACKBURNIAN
WARBLER, an AMERICAN REDSTART, a MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 2 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS ,
4 PRAIRIE WARBLERS, 26 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, a NORTHERN PARULA and 2 SCARLET
TANAGERS.
The Phelon Forest in Granville was searched several times during the week.
Observed were 3 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS, 2 “TRAILL’S FLYCATCHERS” (willow
or alder flycatchers), 3 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 2 NASHVILLE, a
CHESTNUT-SIDED, and 9 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, 5 NORTHERN PARULAS, 3 BLACK-THROATED
BLUE, and 8 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, over 20 YELLOW-RUMPED and 4 PALM
WARBLERS, 6 AMERICAN REDSTARTS, 2 CONNECTICUT WARBLERS, an OVENBIRD, a
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, a MOURNING WARBLER, and a VESPER SPARROW.
Hawks were counted migrating over the region Sunday and Monday when the
weather cleared. Over Granville there were 11 OSPREY, 2 BALD EAGLES, 70
SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 5 COOPER’S HAWKS, 1,357 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 26 AMERICAN
KESTRELS, and 4 MERLINS.
Over Mt. Tom in the last two days were 9 OSPREYS, 4 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 42
SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 4 COOPER’S HAWKS, over 2,000 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 13
AMERICAN KESTRELS, 2 MERLINS, and a PEREGRINE FALCON.
The count over Mt. Holyoke on Sunday was 8 OSPREY, 4 BALD EAGLES, 47
SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 672 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 3 AMERICAN KESTRELS, 2 MERLINS,
and a PEREGRINE FALCON.
Over Mt. Shatterack in Russell there were 10 OSPREY, 4 BALD EAGLES, a NORTHERN
HARRIER, 74 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 2 COOPER’S HAWKS, 1,231 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS,
10 AMERICAN KESTRELS, and a PEREGRINE FALCON.
Two WHIP-POOR-WILLS were calling in Southwick, a MERLIN and PECTORAL SANDPIPER
were noted in Hadley, and a “TRAILL’S FLYCATCHER” (willow or alder
flycatcher), 5 PALM WARBLERS, and 16 INDIGO BUNTINGS were reported in Deerfield.
Thank you for calling
- end transcript