- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* April 2, 2007
* MAEA0704.02
- Birds mentioned
TUNDRA SWAN (not reported)
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Long-tailed Duck
Great Egret
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon
Piping Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swallow
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Purple Finch
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Black-crowned Night-Heron
American Coot
American Woodcock
Glaucous Gull
Pine Warbler
Lesser Scaup
Greater Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Barrow's Goldeneye
Blue-winged Teal
Gadwall
Ring-necked Duck
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Tree Swallow
Pacific Loon
Greater White-fronted Goose
Black Vulture
Wilson's Snipe
American Pipit
Eared Grebe
Common Raven
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW
Snow Goose
Red-necked Grebe
American Oystercatcher
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Fox Sparrow
American Bittern
White-crowned Sparrow
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: April 2, 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 Monday, April 2.
The TUNDRA SWAN in East Bridgewater has not been reported since
Friday,
but the TOWNSEND'S WARBLER that over-wintered at 6 Laurel Street in
Cambridge was still present there over the weekend.
In the Newburyport/Plum Island area there were 3 NORTHERN SHOVELERS,
26 NORTHERN PINTAIL, 136 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1200 LONG-TAILED
DUCKS, 2 GREAT EGRETS, 6 OSPREYS, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 13
PIPING PLOVERS, 12 KILLDEER, 4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 4
NORTHERN FLICKERS, 7 EASTERN PHOEBES, 24 TREE SWALLOWS, 3
WINTER WRENS, 55 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, 3 FIELD
SPARROWS, 185 SONG SPARROWS, 6 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, and 14
PURPLE FINCHES.
Weekend reports from Nantucket included 2 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 1
EURASIAN WIGEON, 30 AMERICAN WIGEON, 25 CANVASBACKS,
16 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, 40 AMERICAN COOTS, 8
AMERICAN WOODCOCKS, 1 GLAUCOUS GULL, and 2 PINE WARBLERS,
and seen in Westport were 1 GREAT EGRET, 152 LESSER SCAUP, 156
GREATER SCAUP, 1 HARLEQUIN DUCK, 1 BARROW'S GOLDENEYE,
and 57 OSPREYS.
At the Great Meadows refuge in Concord there were 7 NORTHERN
SHOVELERS, 2 AMERICAN WIGEON, 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 2
GADWALL, 170 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 11 COMMON GOLDENEYE,
5 BUFFLEHEAD, 7 HOODED MERGANSERS, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE,
1 OSPREY, 5 AMERICAN COOTS, and 150 TREE SWALLOWS, and
miscellaneous reports from the weekend included a PACIFIC LOON at
Devereaux Beach in Marblehead, a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
in the farm fields near the intersection of Barrett's Mill Road and
Route 2
in West Concord, a BLACK VULTURE, 108 WILSON'S SNIPE, and 25
AMERICAN PIPITS in Newbury, the EARED GREBE at Niles Beach in
East Gloucester, roughly 60 HARLEQUIN DUCKS in Rockport, a COMMON
RAVEN in Groveland, 10 AMERICAN WOODCOCK and 4 NORTHERN
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS in Westborough, a SNOW GOOSE in
Concord, 191 RED-NECKED GREBES, 6 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS,
and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL in Winthrop, an OSPREY in
Revere, a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER and 2 FOX SPARROWS
at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, an AMERICAN BITTERN and
15 AMERICAN WOODCOCKS at the Boston Nature Center in Mattapan, a
CANVASBACK in Hingham, 2 GREAT EGRETS and 3 PIPING PLOVERS
in Scituate, 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS in Duxbury, a EURASIAN
WIGEON at the Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area in Hanson, and
80 WILSON'S SNIPE and 3 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS at the
Cumberland Farm fields in Middleboro.
Thank you for calling.
- End transcript
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* April 2, 2007
* MAEA0704.02
- Birds mentioned
TUNDRA SWAN (not reported)
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Long-tailed Duck
Great Egret
Osprey
Peregrine Falcon
Piping Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swallow
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Purple Finch
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Black-crowned Night-Heron
American Coot
American Woodcock
Glaucous Gull
Pine Warbler
Lesser Scaup
Greater Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Barrow's Goldeneye
Blue-winged Teal
Gadwall
Ring-necked Duck
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Tree Swallow
Pacific Loon
Greater White-fronted Goose
Black Vulture
Wilson's Snipe
American Pipit
Eared Grebe
Common Raven
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW
Snow Goose
Red-necked Grebe
American Oystercatcher
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Fox Sparrow
American Bittern
White-crowned Sparrow
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: April 2, 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 Monday, April 2.
The TUNDRA SWAN in East Bridgewater has not been reported since
Friday,
but the TOWNSEND'S WARBLER that over-wintered at 6 Laurel Street in
Cambridge was still present there over the weekend.
In the Newburyport/Plum Island area there were 3 NORTHERN SHOVELERS,
26 NORTHERN PINTAIL, 136 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1200 LONG-TAILED
DUCKS, 2 GREAT EGRETS, 6 OSPREYS, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 13
PIPING PLOVERS, 12 KILLDEER, 4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 4
NORTHERN FLICKERS, 7 EASTERN PHOEBES, 24 TREE SWALLOWS, 3
WINTER WRENS, 55 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, 3 FIELD
SPARROWS, 185 SONG SPARROWS, 6 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, and 14
PURPLE FINCHES.
Weekend reports from Nantucket included 2 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 1
EURASIAN WIGEON, 30 AMERICAN WIGEON, 25 CANVASBACKS,
16 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, 40 AMERICAN COOTS, 8
AMERICAN WOODCOCKS, 1 GLAUCOUS GULL, and 2 PINE WARBLERS,
and seen in Westport were 1 GREAT EGRET, 152 LESSER SCAUP, 156
GREATER SCAUP, 1 HARLEQUIN DUCK, 1 BARROW'S GOLDENEYE,
and 57 OSPREYS.
At the Great Meadows refuge in Concord there were 7 NORTHERN
SHOVELERS, 2 AMERICAN WIGEON, 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 2
GADWALL, 170 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 11 COMMON GOLDENEYE,
5 BUFFLEHEAD, 7 HOODED MERGANSERS, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE,
1 OSPREY, 5 AMERICAN COOTS, and 150 TREE SWALLOWS, and
miscellaneous reports from the weekend included a PACIFIC LOON at
Devereaux Beach in Marblehead, a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
in the farm fields near the intersection of Barrett's Mill Road and
Route 2
in West Concord, a BLACK VULTURE, 108 WILSON'S SNIPE, and 25
AMERICAN PIPITS in Newbury, the EARED GREBE at Niles Beach in
East Gloucester, roughly 60 HARLEQUIN DUCKS in Rockport, a COMMON
RAVEN in Groveland, 10 AMERICAN WOODCOCK and 4 NORTHERN
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS in Westborough, a SNOW GOOSE in
Concord, 191 RED-NECKED GREBES, 6 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS,
and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL in Winthrop, an OSPREY in
Revere, a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER and 2 FOX SPARROWS
at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, an AMERICAN BITTERN and
15 AMERICAN WOODCOCKS at the Boston Nature Center in Mattapan, a
CANVASBACK in Hingham, 2 GREAT EGRETS and 3 PIPING PLOVERS
in Scituate, 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS in Duxbury, a EURASIAN
WIGEON at the Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area in Hanson, and
80 WILSON'S SNIPE and 3 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS at the
Cumberland Farm fields in Middleboro.
Thank you for calling.
- End transcript