Eastern Massachusetts RBA
March 21, 2008
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:17:41 -0400
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] RBA: Eastern MA 03/21/08
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- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* March 21, 2008
* MAEA0803.21
- Birds mentioned
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Killdeer
Horned Lark
Fish Crow
Snow Bunting
Red-shouldered Hawk
Wilson's Snipe
Northern Shrike
Common Raven
Wood Duck
Common Goldeneye
Ring-necked Duck
American Coot
Canvasback
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Oystercatcher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Common Redpoll
EARED GREBE
Pine Siskin
Hooded Merganser
Tree Swallow
Fox Sparrow
Pine Grosbeak
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Snow Goose
Peregrine Falcon
Rough-legged Hawk
Osprey
Thick-billed Murre
American Woodcock
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: March 21, 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 21.
The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE along South Main Street in
Sharon was reported again on Tuesday, and also in the vicinity were 4
KILLDEER, 150 HORNED LARKS, several FISH CROWS, and 40
SNOW BUNTINGS.
Reports from Plum Island this week have included 1 RED-SHOULDERED
HAWK, 1 WILSON'S SNIPE, 4 NORTHERN SHRIKES, and 1 COMMON
RAVEN, and at the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in
Concord there were 13 WOOD DUCKS, 11 COMMON GOLDENEYE,
7 RING-NECKED DUCKS, and 2 AMERICAN COOTS.
Seen in Braintree were 15 CANVASBACKS, 1 AMERICAN COOT,
1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, and 1 RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLET, recent reports from Nantucket have included 29 AMERICAN
OYSTERCATCHERS, 3 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, 1
NORTHERN SHRIKE, and 20 COMMON REDPOLLS, and miscellaneous
reports this week have included a probable EARED GREBE along the
waterfront roughly midway between Carson Beach in South Boston and
the JFK Library in Dorchester, 2 COMMON REDPOLLS and 2 PINE
SISKINS in Merrimac, 5 CANVASBACKS, 48 HOODED MERGANSERS,
and 2 TREE SWALLOWS in Pepperell, 5 KILLDEER, 2 FOX SPARROWS,
and a PINE GROSBEAK in Groton, a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
and 6 TREE SWALLOWS in Wayland, a COMMON RAVEN in Concord, a
SNOW GOOSE at Horn Pond in Woburn, 2 CANVASBACKS in Belmont, a
PEREGRINE FALCON in Jamaica Plain, 1 FOX SPARROW at the Stony
Brook sanctuary in Norfolk, a TREE SWALLOW at Duxbury Beach, 4
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS at the Cumberland Farm fields in Middleboro,
13 CANVASBACKS and 5 TREE SWALLOWS in Lakeville, 3 OSPREYS and
an AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER in Mashpee, 2 OSPREYS in Barnstable,
a THICK-BILLED MURRE in Brewster, and displaying AMERICAN
WOODCOCKS in Boxford, Concord, and Newton.
Have a good weekend and thank you for calling.
-End transcript
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