Eastern Massachusetts RBA
March 17, 2008
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- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* March 17, 2008
* MAEA0803.17
- Birds mentioned
Northern Pintail
Canvasback
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Rough-legged Hawk
PIPING PLOVER
Black-headed Gull
Snowy Owl
Northern Shrike
Brant
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Killdeer
WILSON'S SNIPE
Fish Crow
Marsh Wren
Gray Catbird
Fox Sparrow
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Razorbill
Common Raven
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
American Coot
OSPREY
American Oystercatcher
Short-eared Owl
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Redpoll
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Lesser Scaup
Common Merganser
Snow Goose
Barred Owl
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EVENING GROSBEAK
Rusty Blackbird
Bohemian Waxwing
TREE SWALLOW
Pine Grosbeak
Brown Thrasher
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: March 17, 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 17.
Weekend reports from the Newburyport/Plum Island area included 66
NORTHERN PINTAILS, 4 CANVASBACKS, 2 RUDDY DUCKS, 4 BALD
EAGLES, 1 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 2 PIPING PLOVERS, 1 BLACK-
HEADED GULL, 1 SNOWY OWL, and 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE, and
seen in Ipswich were 16 BRANT, 12 WOOD DUCKS, 64 GADWALL, 8
AMERICAN WIGEON, 36 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 CANVASBACK,
34 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 63 KILLDEER, 15 WILSON'S SNIPE, 1
NORTHERN SHRIKE, 2 FISH CROWS, 1 MARSH WREN, 1 GRAY
CATBIRD, and 1 FOX SPARROW.
In Gloucester there were 11 ICELAND GULLS, 1 GLAUCOUS GULL, 5
RAZORBILLS, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE, and 2 COMMON RAVENS,
and recent reports from the Great Meadows refuge in Concord have
included 10 WOOD DUCKS, 15 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 18
COMMON GOLDENEYE, 2 BUFFLEHEAD, 58 RING-NECKED
DUCKS, 44 HOODED MERGANSERS, and 2 AMERICAN COOTS.
Seen at Nantucket over the weekend were 1 OSPREY, 1 PIPING PLOVER,
9 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, 1 BLACK-HEADED GULL, 1
GLAUCOUS GULL, 1 SHORT-EARED OWL, 1 ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER, and 12 COMMON REDPOLLS, and at Bolton Flats there
were 21 WOOD DUCKS, 52 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 1 BALD EAGLE,
6 KILLDEER, roughly 500 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, and 2000
COMMON GRACKLES.
A report from Peabody included 7 LESSER SCAUP, 225 COMMON
MERGANSERS, 2 RUDDY DUCKS, and 10 AMERICAN COOTS, and
miscellaneous reports from the weekend included a SNOW GOOSE in
Newbury, a CANVASBACK and a NORTHERN SHRIKE at the Cherry
Hill Reservoir in West Newbury, a BARRED OWL at the Ipswich River
sanctuary in Topsfield, a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE at
Linwood Pond in Northbridge, 18 EVENING GROSBEAKS in Barre,
a BALD EAGLE and 3 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in Groton, an ICELAND
GULL in Westminster, 6 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in Fitchburg, a TREE
SWALLOW, a FOX SPARROW, and 5 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in
Wayland, 2 PINE GROSBEAKS in Lincoln, 2 CANVASBACKS at Clay
Pit Pond in Belmont, a BROWN THRASHER and a FOX SPARROW
in Nahant, 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS and a LESSER YELLOWLEGS
in Quincy, a BOHEMIAN WAXWING in Foxboro, at least 3 OSPREYS
on territory along the Westport River in Westport, and 3 BLACK
VULTURES elsewhere in Westport.
Thank you for calling
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