- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* March 26, 2007
* MAEA2603.07
- Birds mentioned
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant
Wood Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
King Eider
Harlequin Duck
Barrow's Goldeneye
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Great Cormorant
Great Egret
Glossy Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Northern Goshawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Sandhill Crane
Piping Plover
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher
Greater Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Wilson’s Snipe
American Woodcock
Laughing Gull
Black-headed Gull
Iceland Gull
Razorbill
Black Guillemot
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Winter Wren
Hermit Thrush
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Fox Sparrow
Snow Bunting
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Purple Finch
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: March 24, 2007
number: (781) 259-8805
to report: 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler: Dave Larson, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage: Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Marjorie Rines marj@mrines.com
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS –
This is the Voice of Audubon for Monday, March 26, 2007.
The Townsend's warbler was still present and coming to the feeders on
Laurel St. in Cambridge yesterday.
A Sandhill Crane was reported from the cornfields off Stafford Street
and Rte. 56 in Leicester. Please look for this bird from the roads and
do not enter the fields.
Shorebirds present at Winimusset Wildlife Management Area in New
Braintree included an Upland Sandpiper, 4 American Woodcocks, and 2
Common Snipe. Also present were 35 American Pipits. At Bolton Flats,
highlights included 35 Wood Ducks, 287 Green-winged Teal, and 6
Killdeer.
Birds reported on Nantucket included a Eurasian Wigeon, 5 Pied-billed
Grebes, 4 American oystercatchers, 3 Turkey Vultures, an Osprey, a
Merlin, 3 Tree Swallows, and an Orange-crowned Warbler. On Cape Cod,
there were 15 Redheads on Pilgrim Lake in Provincetown, and 48
Razorbills and 4 Black Guillemots off the Marconi Area in Truro. In the
Harwich Conservation area on Bell's Neck Road there was a "Eurasian"
Green-winged Teal, 2 Wilson's Snipe, 8 Greater Yellowlegs, and a
Laughing Gull.
At Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary in Marshfield, there were 2
Short-eared Owls, a Long-eared Owl, 2 Great Horned Owls, an Osprey, at
least 9 American Woodcocks, a Glossy Ibis, and an Eastern Meadowlark. In
the Cumberland Farms Fields in Halifax, birders reported a Wood Duck, 7
Northern Pintails, 66 Green-winged Teal, 51 Wilson's Snipe, and 8
American Pipits.
At the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord there were 14
species of waterfowl including a Common Merganser as well as 28 Tree
Swallows. Nearby there was a Greater White-fronted Goose at the
intersection of Sudbury Road and Powder Mill Road. Also present in the
vicinity were a Hermit Thrush and a singing Fox Sparrow. Fox Sparrows
were also reported in Lowell, Haverhill, Boxford, and several other
communities.
On Cape Ann, reports from Gloucester indicated a drake Redhead at Niles
Pond, a King Eider and 25 Purple Sandpipers off Atlantic Road, a drake
Barrow's Goldeneye and a Great Egret at Eastern Point, the Eared Grebe
off Niles Beach, and at least 3 Black-headed Gulls and a hybrid Glaucous
x Herring (a.k.a. Nelson's) Gull in the inner Gloucester Harbor; while
in Rockport there were 65 Harlequin Ducks from Cathedral Ledge to
Andrew's Point.
At Crooked Pond in Boxford there were a Northern Goshawk, a Pileated
Woodpecker, 2 Winter Wrens, 2 Rusty Blackbirds, and 2 Fox Sparrows. In
the wet fields along Scotland Road in Newbury there were five American
Wigeon, 25 Green-winged Teal, 3 Northern Harriers, a Rough-legged Hawk,
22 Wilson's Snipe, and 2 Greater Yellowlegs.
On Plum Island and the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge there were
2 Snowy and 2 Short-eared owls, a Peregrine Falcon, 1 Great Egret, a
Ring-necked Duck, and a Purple Finch. In the Newburyport Harbor and
along the lower Merrimack River there were 12 Brant, an immature male
Barrow's Goldeneye, 2 immature Bald Eagles, 7 Great Cormorants, an
Iceland Gull, and an Eastern Meadowlark and a Greater Yellowlegs near
the Plum Island Airfield.
Miscellaneous reports from the weekend included a Raven and 3 Rusty
Blackbirds in Sudbury; Pileated Woodpecker, an Eastern Phoebe, and over
100 Tree Swallows in Groton; 3 Piping Plovers and 2 Snow Buntings on
Plymouth Beach; a Greater Yellowlegs on Island Road in Essex, 17 Horned
Larks in Rowley, and American Woodcocks in Cambridge, Haverhill, and
Raynham.
Thank you for calling and have a great week.
-End transcript
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* March 26, 2007
* MAEA2603.07
- Birds mentioned
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant
Wood Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
King Eider
Harlequin Duck
Barrow's Goldeneye
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Great Cormorant
Great Egret
Glossy Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Northern Goshawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Sandhill Crane
Piping Plover
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher
Greater Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Wilson’s Snipe
American Woodcock
Laughing Gull
Black-headed Gull
Iceland Gull
Razorbill
Black Guillemot
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Winter Wren
Hermit Thrush
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Fox Sparrow
Snow Bunting
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Purple Finch
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: March 24, 2007
number: (781) 259-8805
to report: 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler: Dave Larson, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage: Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Marjorie Rines marj@mrines.com
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS –
This is the Voice of Audubon for Monday, March 26, 2007.
The Townsend's warbler was still present and coming to the feeders on
Laurel St. in Cambridge yesterday.
A Sandhill Crane was reported from the cornfields off Stafford Street
and Rte. 56 in Leicester. Please look for this bird from the roads and
do not enter the fields.
Shorebirds present at Winimusset Wildlife Management Area in New
Braintree included an Upland Sandpiper, 4 American Woodcocks, and 2
Common Snipe. Also present were 35 American Pipits. At Bolton Flats,
highlights included 35 Wood Ducks, 287 Green-winged Teal, and 6
Killdeer.
Birds reported on Nantucket included a Eurasian Wigeon, 5 Pied-billed
Grebes, 4 American oystercatchers, 3 Turkey Vultures, an Osprey, a
Merlin, 3 Tree Swallows, and an Orange-crowned Warbler. On Cape Cod,
there were 15 Redheads on Pilgrim Lake in Provincetown, and 48
Razorbills and 4 Black Guillemots off the Marconi Area in Truro. In the
Harwich Conservation area on Bell's Neck Road there was a "Eurasian"
Green-winged Teal, 2 Wilson's Snipe, 8 Greater Yellowlegs, and a
Laughing Gull.
At Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary in Marshfield, there were 2
Short-eared Owls, a Long-eared Owl, 2 Great Horned Owls, an Osprey, at
least 9 American Woodcocks, a Glossy Ibis, and an Eastern Meadowlark. In
the Cumberland Farms Fields in Halifax, birders reported a Wood Duck, 7
Northern Pintails, 66 Green-winged Teal, 51 Wilson's Snipe, and 8
American Pipits.
At the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord there were 14
species of waterfowl including a Common Merganser as well as 28 Tree
Swallows. Nearby there was a Greater White-fronted Goose at the
intersection of Sudbury Road and Powder Mill Road. Also present in the
vicinity were a Hermit Thrush and a singing Fox Sparrow. Fox Sparrows
were also reported in Lowell, Haverhill, Boxford, and several other
communities.
On Cape Ann, reports from Gloucester indicated a drake Redhead at Niles
Pond, a King Eider and 25 Purple Sandpipers off Atlantic Road, a drake
Barrow's Goldeneye and a Great Egret at Eastern Point, the Eared Grebe
off Niles Beach, and at least 3 Black-headed Gulls and a hybrid Glaucous
x Herring (a.k.a. Nelson's) Gull in the inner Gloucester Harbor; while
in Rockport there were 65 Harlequin Ducks from Cathedral Ledge to
Andrew's Point.
At Crooked Pond in Boxford there were a Northern Goshawk, a Pileated
Woodpecker, 2 Winter Wrens, 2 Rusty Blackbirds, and 2 Fox Sparrows. In
the wet fields along Scotland Road in Newbury there were five American
Wigeon, 25 Green-winged Teal, 3 Northern Harriers, a Rough-legged Hawk,
22 Wilson's Snipe, and 2 Greater Yellowlegs.
On Plum Island and the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge there were
2 Snowy and 2 Short-eared owls, a Peregrine Falcon, 1 Great Egret, a
Ring-necked Duck, and a Purple Finch. In the Newburyport Harbor and
along the lower Merrimack River there were 12 Brant, an immature male
Barrow's Goldeneye, 2 immature Bald Eagles, 7 Great Cormorants, an
Iceland Gull, and an Eastern Meadowlark and a Greater Yellowlegs near
the Plum Island Airfield.
Miscellaneous reports from the weekend included a Raven and 3 Rusty
Blackbirds in Sudbury; Pileated Woodpecker, an Eastern Phoebe, and over
100 Tree Swallows in Groton; 3 Piping Plovers and 2 Snow Buntings on
Plymouth Beach; a Greater Yellowlegs on Island Road in Essex, 17 Horned
Larks in Rowley, and American Woodcocks in Cambridge, Haverhill, and
Raynham.
Thank you for calling and have a great week.
-End transcript