Eastern Massachusetts RBA
March 3, 2008

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Subject: [BIRDEAST] RBA:  Eastern MA  03/03/08
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- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* March 3, 2008
* MAEA0803.03

- Birds mentioned
Slaty-backed Gull (not reported)
Brant
Peregrine Falcon
Wild Turkey
Killdeer
Glaucous Gull
Townsend's Solitaire
Canvasback
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-bellied Plover
Black-headed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Short-eared Owl
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Northern Shrike
Yellow-breasted Chat
Common Redpoll
Ring-necked Duck
Red-winged Blackbird
Bald Eagle
Fish Crow
EASTERN PHOEBE
Chipping Sparrow
Eurasian Wigeon
Hoary Redpoll
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bohemian Waxwing

- Transcript

hotline:      Eastern Massachusetts
date:           March 3, 2008
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, March 3.

The SLATY-BACKED GULL in Gloucester was not reported over the 
weekend,
but other reports from the Gloucester area included 9 BRANT, 1 
PEREGRINE
FALCON, 20 WILD TURKEYS, 1 KILLDEER, and 6 GLAUCOUS GULLS.
Nearby in Rockport, the TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was still present
yesterday along Country Club Road.

Recent reports from Nantucket have included 60 CANVASBACKS, 6 DOUBLE-
CRESTED CORMORANTS, 10 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 1 BLACK-
HEADED GULL, 45 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 2 GLAUCOUS
GULLS, 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS, 3 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS,
2 NORTHERN SHRIKES, 1 YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, and 65
COMMON REDPOLLS, and in Barnstable there were 175 RING-NECKED
DUCKS, 1 BLACK-HEADED GULL, AND 55 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS.

Miscellaneous reports from the weekend included 5 BALD EAGLES in
Newburyport, 9 FISH CROWS in Tewksbury, 28 BRANT in Beverly, 30
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS in Concord, an EASTERN PHOEBE in
Northbridge, 7 COMMON REDPOLLS in Scituate, a CHIPPING SPARROW
in Marion, a EURASIAN WIGEON in Falmouth, another EURASIAN
WIGEON in Eastham, 12 COMMON REDPOLLS and 2 HOARY REDPOLLS
at the Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary in South Wellfleet, a BARROW'S 
GOLDENEYE
at Chequessett Neck in Wellfleet, and 80 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS on
Commercial Street in Wellfleet Center.

On Saturday, March 15th, Mass Audubon and Mass Wildlife will 
co-sponsor
the 16th annual Birders Meeting. For more information visit
<http://www.massaudubon.org/>www.massaudubon.org.

Thank you for calling.
-End transcript




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