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* April 30, 2007
* MAWE0703.30
- Birds mentioned
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
American Bittern
Green Heron
GLOSSY IBIS
BLACK VULTURE
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Merlin
Virginia Rail
Sora
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
UPLAND SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Bonaparte's Gull
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Whip-poor-will
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Fish Crow
Cliff Swallow
Marsh Wren
Veery
American Pipit
Yellow Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Vesper Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Rusty Blackbird
Baltimore Oriole
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: April 30, 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 30, 2007
A GLOSSY IBIS was discovered in Amherst along the rail trail
on Friday. It moved to a South Amherst field on Saturday, and might
be the same bird seen in the east meadows of Northampton on Sunday.
Also seen in Amherst were 2 BLACK VULTURES, and a GREATER
YELLOWLEGS and a LESSER YELLOWLEGS.
In Granby there were 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS, a SOLITARY
SANDPIPER, a VEERY, and a BALTIMORE ORIOLE.
Seen in Hadley were 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 12 GREEN-WINGED TEAL,
4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, a PECTORAL
SANDPIPER, 6 WILSON’S SNIPE, a BONAPARTE’S GULL, a FISH
CROW, and an AMERICAN PIPIT.
Seen along Pondside Road in Longmeadow were a BLUE-WINGED TEAL, a
GREEN HERON, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER, and YELLOW WARBLER.
Two WARBLING VIREOS and a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK were in
Agawam, another ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was reported in East
Longmeadow, and a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD and an
EASTERN KINGBIRD were seen in Belchertown.
Observed in Northampton were 2 UPLAND SANDPIPERS, 2 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER, a MERLIN, an EASTERN
KINGBIRD, and a FISH CROW.
Seen at Turners Falls, during the rainy days, were 3 OLDSQUAWS, 5 RED-
NECKED GREBES, 2 HORNED GREBES, 2 BUFFLEHEADS, and 4
BONAPARTE’S GULLS.
Two RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS were in Orange, a NORTHERN
HARRIER and a MERLIN were seen in Whately, a SPOTTED SANDPIPER
in Greenfield, and 12 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, and 2 RING-NECKED
DUCKS were still in Hatfield.
Seen at Quabbin Park were 3 BUFFLEHEAD, 2 COMMON LOONS, and a
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH.
Noted in Southwick were a SORA, a WHIP-POOR-WILL, a LOUISIANA
WATERTHRUSH, 2 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, and a VESPER
SPARROW.
SOLITARY SANDPIPERS were reported in Pittsfield and Williamstown, 5
CLIFF SWALLOWS and 40 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS were seen in Lenox,
2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in Pittsfield, and 3 BLACK VULTURES, an
EASTERN KINGBIRD, a YELLOW WARBLER, and 2 NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH in Sheffield.
In the Brookfield marshes there were 2 AMERICAN BITTERNS, 7
VIRGINIA RAILS, 2 SORAS, and 2 MARSH WRENS.
On Sunday 15 OSPREY, 13 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, and 559 BROAD-
WINGED HAWKS were counted migrating over Barre Falls.
Thank you for calling
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