- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* April 20, 2007
* MAEA0704.20
- Birds mentioned
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD
BARN SWALLOW
SCARLET TANAGER
SUMMER TANAGER
Indigo Bunting
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK
BLUE GROSBEAK
Baltimore Oriole
Painted Bunting
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill
Surf Scoter
Northern Fulmar
Northern Gannet
Laughing Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Iceland Gull
American Golden-Plover
Purple Sandpiper
American Wigeon
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
Green-winged Teal
Glossy Ibis
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Wilson's Snipe
Eared Grebe
PURPLE MARTIN
Snow Goose
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW
Common Raven
CASPIAN TERN
Harlequin Duck
PRAIRIE WARBLER
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: April 20, 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, April 20.
The Patriot's Day Storm produced two distinctly different sets of
birds:
seabirds from points east, and early migrants from the south.
Seen this week at Nantucket (mostly, if not all of which were
delivered by the
storm) were an early YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 1 RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRD, 2 BARN SWALLOWS, 2 SCARLET TANAGERS, 1
SUMMER TANAGER, several INDIGO BUNTINGS, 3 ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAKS, 4 BLUE GROSBEAKS, and 2 BALTIMORE ORIOLES, and
similar reports from Martha's Vineyard included 2 SCARLET TANAGERS,
roughly 15 INDIGO BUNTINGS, 1 PAINTED BUNTING, 1 ROSE-
BREASTED GROSBEAK, and 1 BLUE GROSBEAK.
Seabirds seen at Sandy Neck in Barnstable included 12 LEACH'S STORM-
PETRELS, 3 RED PHALAROPES, 2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 1
POMARINE JAEGER, 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 8 THICK-BILLED
MURRES, and 80 RAZORBILLS, and three-day totals from Corporation
Beach in Dennis included roughly 300 SURF SCOTERS, 20 NORTHERN
FULMARS, 7 LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS, 250 NORTHERN GANNETS,
2 RED PHALAROPES, 2 POMARINE JAEGERS, 1 PARASITIC JAEGER,
10 LAUGHING GULLS, 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 400
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 14 RAZORBILLS, 4 THICK-BILLED
MURRES, and roughly 800 unidentified large alcids, most of which
were suspected of being murres. Another storm report included 10
LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS and a RED PHALAROPE at the Cape
Cod Canal in Sandwich.
In Rockport there were 3 RED PHALAROPES, 11 LAUGHING GULLS,
1 LITTLE GULL, 620 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 6 ICELAND GULLS,
3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, and 4 THICK-BILLED MURRES,
and recent reports from the Newburyport/Plum Island area have
included
1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 72 PURPLE SANDPIPERS, 1
LAUGHING GULL, 140 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 2 LESSER BLACK-
BACKED GULLS, and 1 THICK-BILLED MURRE.
Seen in the Scotland Road fields in Newbury were 10 AMERICAN WIGEON,
6 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 30 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 GLOSSY IBIS,
18 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and 150
WILSON'S SNIPE, and miscellaneous reports this week included various
reports of THICK-BILLED MURRES driven inshore by the storm
between Essex and Rockport, the EARED GREBE that over-wintered
still present at Niles Beach in East Gloucester, a PURPLE MARTIN and
a BLUE GROSBEAK at Niles Pond in East Gloucester, 11 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS and 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS in Essex, a SCARLET
TANAGER in Ipswich (the appearance of which, no doubt, was also
related
to the Patriot's Day Storm), 4 SNOW GEESE in Sutton, 95 GREEN-WINGED
TEAL and 85 WILSON'S SNIPE at Nine-acre Corner in Concord, 4
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS in Waltham, a COMMON
RAVEN in Needham, 4 GLOSSY IBIS and a CASPIAN TERN at the Daniel
Webster Sanctuary in Marshfield, a HARLEQUIN DUCK and 3 LAUGHING
GULLS in Plymouth, 8 BARN SWALLOWS in Provincetown, and 1
PRAIRIE WARBLER in Truro.
Have a good weekend and thank you for calling.
- End transcript
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* April 20, 2007
* MAEA0704.20
- Birds mentioned
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD
BARN SWALLOW
SCARLET TANAGER
SUMMER TANAGER
Indigo Bunting
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK
BLUE GROSBEAK
Baltimore Oriole
Painted Bunting
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill
Surf Scoter
Northern Fulmar
Northern Gannet
Laughing Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Iceland Gull
American Golden-Plover
Purple Sandpiper
American Wigeon
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
Green-winged Teal
Glossy Ibis
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Wilson's Snipe
Eared Grebe
PURPLE MARTIN
Snow Goose
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW
Common Raven
CASPIAN TERN
Harlequin Duck
PRAIRIE WARBLER
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: April 20, 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, April 20.
The Patriot's Day Storm produced two distinctly different sets of
birds:
seabirds from points east, and early migrants from the south.
Seen this week at Nantucket (mostly, if not all of which were
delivered by the
storm) were an early YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 1 RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRD, 2 BARN SWALLOWS, 2 SCARLET TANAGERS, 1
SUMMER TANAGER, several INDIGO BUNTINGS, 3 ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAKS, 4 BLUE GROSBEAKS, and 2 BALTIMORE ORIOLES, and
similar reports from Martha's Vineyard included 2 SCARLET TANAGERS,
roughly 15 INDIGO BUNTINGS, 1 PAINTED BUNTING, 1 ROSE-
BREASTED GROSBEAK, and 1 BLUE GROSBEAK.
Seabirds seen at Sandy Neck in Barnstable included 12 LEACH'S STORM-
PETRELS, 3 RED PHALAROPES, 2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 1
POMARINE JAEGER, 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 8 THICK-BILLED
MURRES, and 80 RAZORBILLS, and three-day totals from Corporation
Beach in Dennis included roughly 300 SURF SCOTERS, 20 NORTHERN
FULMARS, 7 LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS, 250 NORTHERN GANNETS,
2 RED PHALAROPES, 2 POMARINE JAEGERS, 1 PARASITIC JAEGER,
10 LAUGHING GULLS, 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 400
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 14 RAZORBILLS, 4 THICK-BILLED
MURRES, and roughly 800 unidentified large alcids, most of which
were suspected of being murres. Another storm report included 10
LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS and a RED PHALAROPE at the Cape
Cod Canal in Sandwich.
In Rockport there were 3 RED PHALAROPES, 11 LAUGHING GULLS,
1 LITTLE GULL, 620 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 6 ICELAND GULLS,
3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, and 4 THICK-BILLED MURRES,
and recent reports from the Newburyport/Plum Island area have
included
1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 72 PURPLE SANDPIPERS, 1
LAUGHING GULL, 140 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 2 LESSER BLACK-
BACKED GULLS, and 1 THICK-BILLED MURRE.
Seen in the Scotland Road fields in Newbury were 10 AMERICAN WIGEON,
6 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 30 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 GLOSSY IBIS,
18 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and 150
WILSON'S SNIPE, and miscellaneous reports this week included various
reports of THICK-BILLED MURRES driven inshore by the storm
between Essex and Rockport, the EARED GREBE that over-wintered
still present at Niles Beach in East Gloucester, a PURPLE MARTIN and
a BLUE GROSBEAK at Niles Pond in East Gloucester, 11 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS and 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS in Essex, a SCARLET
TANAGER in Ipswich (the appearance of which, no doubt, was also
related
to the Patriot's Day Storm), 4 SNOW GEESE in Sutton, 95 GREEN-WINGED
TEAL and 85 WILSON'S SNIPE at Nine-acre Corner in Concord, 4
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS in Waltham, a COMMON
RAVEN in Needham, 4 GLOSSY IBIS and a CASPIAN TERN at the Daniel
Webster Sanctuary in Marshfield, a HARLEQUIN DUCK and 3 LAUGHING
GULLS in Plymouth, 8 BARN SWALLOWS in Provincetown, and 1
PRAIRIE WARBLER in Truro.
Have a good weekend and thank you for calling.
- End transcript