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* Massachusetts
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* March 12, 2007
* MAWE0703.12
- Birds mentioned
Common Loon
BLACK VULTURE
Turkey Vulture
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Woodcock
Iceland Gull
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
Glaucous Gull
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Northern Flicker
Fish Crow
Horned Lark
Winter Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Snow Bunting
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Purple Finch
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: March 12, 2007
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, March 12, 2007
At Turners Falls there were 3 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 6 RING-NECKED DUCKS,
64 COMMON GOLDENEYES, a female BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, 26 HOODED
MERGANSERS, 3 ICELAND GULLS, 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS, a LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULL and a PEREGRINE FALCON.
A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen preparing the nest box in downtown
Springfield, 4 RING-NECKED DUCKS were on the Connecticut River in
Agawam, and in Southwick there were 4 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, a NORTHERN
GOSHAWK, and a PEREGRINE FALCON.
Seen in Hadley were 43 WOOD DUCKS, a LESSER SCAUP, 4 NORTHERN
PINTAILS, 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, a COOPER’S HAWK, 7
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 2 AMERICAN KESTRELS, a MERLIN, and a PEREGRINE FALCON.
Also reported in Hadley were an AMERICAN WOODCOCK, 2 NORTHERN
FLICKERS, 19 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, a HERMIT THRUSH, a FISH CROW, 100
HORNED LARKS, 11 SAVANNAH SPARROWS, and 4 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS.
A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen in Sheffield along with 26 TURKEY
VULTURES, 10 BLACK VULTURES, and a WINTER WREN.
In Holyoke there were 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS, a WOOD DUCK, 46 COMMON
GOLDENEYES, and 28 COMMON MERGANSERS.
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS were heard calling in Shutesbury and New Salem,
a COMMON LOON was seen at South Quabbin, 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were
reported in Chicopee, and a PURPLE FINCH in Cummington.
Noted in Northampton were 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, a FISH CROW, 35 HORNED
LARKS, and 110 SNOW BUNTINGS.
Seen in Belchertown were 3 AMERICAN WIGEONS, 12 HOODED MERGANSERS, a
HERMIT THRUSH, and 2 FOX SPARROWS, and seen in Northfield were 50
HORNED LARKS and a SNOW BUNTING.
Thank you for calling
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