-RBA
* Massachusetts
* Western
* April 23, 2007
* MAWE0704.23
- Birds mentioned
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Egret
Black Vulture
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Greater Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Eastern Screech-owl
Barred Owl
Chimney Swift
Blue-headed Vireo
Barn Swallow
Winter Wren
Hermit Thrush
Brown Thrasher
American Pipit
Black-throated Green Warbler
Vesper Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: April 23, 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 April 23, 2007
Warm weather has brought many new migrants to the region in the last
few days, and today there was a big daytime movement of hawks.
At Ashley Ponds in Holyoke there was a PIED-BILLED GREBE, 2 BLUE-
HEADED VIREOS, a HERMIT THRUSH, 2 WINTER WRENS, a
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, and a RUSTY BLACKBIRD.
Seen in Hadley were 48 WOOD DUCKS, 3 AMERICAN WIGEONS, 30
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, a PIED-BILLED GREBE, 7 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, a LEAST SANDPIPER, 27 WILSON’S SNIPE, 2
EASTERN SCREECH OWLS, an AMERICAN PIPIT, and a VESPER SPARROW.
Noted migrating this morning over Mt. Tom were 609 BROAD -WINGED
HAWKS, and a MERLIN, and over Mt. Holyoke 493 BROAD-WINGED
HAWKS. Also seen on Mt. Tom were a CHIMNEY SWIFT, and a
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER.
A GREAT EGRET was in Amherst, 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 4
AMERICAN WIGEONS and 2 BLACK VULTURES in Easthampton, 2
AMERICAN WIGEONS in Granby, a BARRED OWL, a BLUE-
HEADED VIREO, 4 BARN SWALLOWS, and 5 HERMIT THRUSH in
Belchertown, and a VESPER SPARROW and a RUSTY BLACKBIRD in
Northfield.
In Granville there were 2 BLACK VULTURES, a mixed flock of 30
BLACK SCOTERS and WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, a BLUE-
HEADED VIREO, a BARN SWALLOW and a WINTER WREN.
A CHIMNEY SWIFT and a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW were in
Williamstown, 25 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS and 85 BROAD-WINGED
HAWKS were counted over Russell on Sunday, a CHIMNEY SWIFT was
seen in Pittsfield, and a BROWN THRASHER in Southwick.
Counted migrating during the week at Barre Falls were 60 OSPREYS, 6
NORTHERN HARRIERS, 70 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 8 COOPER’S
HAWKS, 237 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 29 AMERICAN KESTRELS,
a MERLIN and a PEREGRINE FALCON.
Thank you for calling
- end transcript
* Massachusetts
* Western
* April 23, 2007
* MAWE0704.23
- Birds mentioned
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Egret
Black Vulture
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Greater Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Eastern Screech-owl
Barred Owl
Chimney Swift
Blue-headed Vireo
Barn Swallow
Winter Wren
Hermit Thrush
Brown Thrasher
American Pipit
Black-throated Green Warbler
Vesper Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: April 23, 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 April 23, 2007
Warm weather has brought many new migrants to the region in the last
few days, and today there was a big daytime movement of hawks.
At Ashley Ponds in Holyoke there was a PIED-BILLED GREBE, 2 BLUE-
HEADED VIREOS, a HERMIT THRUSH, 2 WINTER WRENS, a
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, and a RUSTY BLACKBIRD.
Seen in Hadley were 48 WOOD DUCKS, 3 AMERICAN WIGEONS, 30
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, a PIED-BILLED GREBE, 7 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, a LEAST SANDPIPER, 27 WILSON’S SNIPE, 2
EASTERN SCREECH OWLS, an AMERICAN PIPIT, and a VESPER SPARROW.
Noted migrating this morning over Mt. Tom were 609 BROAD -WINGED
HAWKS, and a MERLIN, and over Mt. Holyoke 493 BROAD-WINGED
HAWKS. Also seen on Mt. Tom were a CHIMNEY SWIFT, and a
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER.
A GREAT EGRET was in Amherst, 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 4
AMERICAN WIGEONS and 2 BLACK VULTURES in Easthampton, 2
AMERICAN WIGEONS in Granby, a BARRED OWL, a BLUE-
HEADED VIREO, 4 BARN SWALLOWS, and 5 HERMIT THRUSH in
Belchertown, and a VESPER SPARROW and a RUSTY BLACKBIRD in
Northfield.
In Granville there were 2 BLACK VULTURES, a mixed flock of 30
BLACK SCOTERS and WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, a BLUE-
HEADED VIREO, a BARN SWALLOW and a WINTER WREN.
A CHIMNEY SWIFT and a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW were in
Williamstown, 25 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS and 85 BROAD-WINGED
HAWKS were counted over Russell on Sunday, a CHIMNEY SWIFT was
seen in Pittsfield, and a BROWN THRASHER in Southwick.
Counted migrating during the week at Barre Falls were 60 OSPREYS, 6
NORTHERN HARRIERS, 70 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 8 COOPER’S
HAWKS, 237 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 29 AMERICAN KESTRELS,
a MERLIN and a PEREGRINE FALCON.
Thank you for calling
- end transcript