Eastern Massachusetts RBA
March 14, 2008
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:10:35 -0400
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- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* March 14, 2008
* MAEA0803.14
- Birds mentioned
Brant
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ruddy Duck
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Rough-legged Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Killdeer
Piping Plover
Black-headed Gull
Northern Shrike
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Red-winged Blackbird
Ring-necked Duck
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Canvasback
Harlequin Duck
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Coot
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Hermit Thrush
Gray Catbird
Eastern Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Redhead
Barrow's Goldeneye
Pied-billed Grebe
American Oystercatcher
Glaucous Gull
Short-eared Owl
Common Redpoll
Iceland Gull
Pacific Loon
Long-eared Owl
Pine Grosbeak
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Eastern Meadowlark
Tundra Swan
Seaside Sparrow
Hoary Redpoll
American Woodcock
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: March 14, 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 Friday, March 14.
Reports this week from the Newburyport/Plum Island area have included
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BRANT, 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 59 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 38 GREEN-
WINGED TEAL, 2 RUDDY DUCKS, 8 TURKEY VULTURES, 4 BALD
EAGLES, 5 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 1 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 1
PEREGRINE FALCON, 1 KILLDEER, 1 PIPING PLOVER, 1 BLACK-
HEADED GULL, and 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE.
At Nine-Acre-Corner in Concord there were 4 WOOD DUCKS, 80 GREEN-
WINGED TEAL, 10 AMERICAN WIGEON, 11 NORTHERN PINTAILS,
5 KILLDEER, and roughly 800 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, and seen
at the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord this week
were
8 WOOD DUCKS, 5 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 30 RING-NECKED DUCKS,
21 COMMON GOLDENEYES, and 25 HOODED MERGANSERS.
Reports from Westport have included 32 AMERICAN WIGEON, 181
NORTHERN PINTAILS, 45 CANVASBACKS, 7 HARLEQUIN DUCKS,
3 RUDDY DUCKS, 8 TURKEY VULTURES, 5 NORTHERN HARRIERS,
3 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 3 AMERICAN COOTS, 1 KILLDEER,
1 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, 6 HERMIT THRUSHES, 4 GRAY
CATBIRDS, 5 EASTERN TOWHEES, and 2 FOX SPARROWS, and at
Nantucket there were 3 REDHEADS, 2 RUDDY DUCKS, a BARROW'S
GOLDENEYE, 2 PIED-BILLED GREBES, 31 AMERICAN COOTS, 8
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, 1 GLAUCOUS GULL, 1 SHORT-
EARED OWL, and 5 COMMON REDPOLLS.
Miscellaneous reports this week included a CANVASBACK, 5 GLAUCOUS
GULLS, and 7 ICELAND GULLS in East Gloucester, 1 CANVASBACK
at the Cherry Hill Reservoir in West Newbury, a probable PACIFIC LOON
at Halibut Point in Rockport, a LONG-EARED OWL at Belle Isle Marsh in
East Boston, 3 PINE GROSBEAKS in Lincoln, a NORTHERN SHRIKE in
Wayland, a NORTHERN HARRIER in Littleton, a GREATER WHITE-
FRONTED GOOSE at Linwood Pond in Northbridge, a SNOW GOOSE, a
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, and a CANVASBACK at Lake
Massapoag in Sharon, 2 CANVASBACKS, 150 RING-NECKED DUCKS,
and 25 HOODED MERGANSERS in West Bridgewater, 3 CANVAS-
BACKS in Lakeville, 3 CANVASBACKS in Scituate, a SNOW GOOSE and
13 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS in South Dartmouth, a TUNDRA SWAN
at First Encounter Beach in Eastham, a NORTHERN SHRIKE and 3
SEASIDE SPARROWS at Fort Hill in Eastham, 20 COMMON REDPOLLS
and 1 HOARY REDPOLL at the Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary in South
Wellfleet,
and displaying AMERICAN WOODCOCKS in Newburyport, Reading,
Marlborough, Newton, and Nantucket.
Have a good weekend and thank you for calling.
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