Eastern Massachusetts RBA
April 18, 2008
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- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* April 18, 2008
* MAEA0804.18
- Birds mentioned
Fork-tailed Flycatcher (not reported)
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Palm Warbler
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Canada Goose
Bohemian Waxwing
Glossy Ibis
American Kestrel
SANDHILL CRANE
Piping Plover
Lesser Yellowlegs
Eastern Phoebe
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Purple Finch
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Peregrine Falcon
Virginia Rail
Purple Sandpiper
Winter Wren
BROWN THRASHER
Rufous-sided Towhee
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Northern Shoveler
American Coot
Rusty Blackbird
Black Vulture
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-breasted Merganser
Northern Gannet
WHIMBREL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Louisiana Waterthrush
Vesper Sparrow
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: April 18, 2008
number: (781) 259-8805
to report: anytime day or night, 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler: Wayne Petersen, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage: Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Barbara Volkle barb620@theworld.com
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS -
This is the Voice of Audubon for Friday, April 18.
A FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER first noted last Sunday afternoon in the
vicinity
of Chandler Pond at Gallagher Park on Lakeshore Road in Brighton was
last seen
on Tuesday. This is one of very few spring records of this
spectacular tropical
flycatcher in Massachusetts. Also seen at Chandler Pond were 15 RUDDY
DUCKS,
a PIED-BILLED GREBE, and 8 PALM WARBLERS.
This morning a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was found amongst a
small flock of CANADA GEESE off Wood Street adjacent to the
Cumberland
Farms fields in Halifax.
At least two flocks of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were reported this week,
including 28 in Brookline and 75 in Fitchburg.
Among the migrant species noted at the Parker River Refuge on Plum
Island this
week were 8 GLOSSY IBISES, over 100 AMERICAN KESTRELS, a SANDHILL
CRANE seen in flight and 10 PIPING PLOVERS at Sandy Point, 2 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, several EASTERN PHOEBES, 30 GOLDEN-CROWNED
KINGLETS, a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, a HERMIT THRUSH, and
2 PURPLE FINCHES.
Reported from Essex were 10 GREAT EGRETS, 33 SNOWY EGRETS, a
LITTLE BLUE HERON, a PEREGRINE FALCON, and a VIRGINIA RAIL,
and in Ipswich 116 GLOSSY IBISES were tallied.
A report from Nahant included 70 PURPLE SANDPIPERS, a WINTER
WREN, a BROWN THRASHER, and a RUFOUS-SIDED TOWHEE.
At the Great Meadows Refuge in Concord there were 17 WOOD DUCKS,
2 GADWALLS, 2 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, a PIED-BILLED
GREBE, 2 AMERICAN COOT, 4 PALM WARBLERS, and 4 RUSTY
BLACKBIRDS.
Among the highlights counted at the Pilgrim Heights hawk watch in
North
Truro this week were a BLACK VULTURE, 2 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS,
3 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 20 AMERICAN KESTRELS, and a
PEREGRINE FALCON.
Hundreds of scoters, RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, and NORTHERN
GANNETS continue to be observed off Race Point and Herring Cove Beach
in Provincetown, along with a remarkable concentration of Northern
Right Whales, Fin Whales, and Atlantic White-sided Dolphins.
Miscellaneous reports included a WHIMBREL at South Cape Beach in New
Seabury; LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS at Duxbury Beach and
Christopher Columbus Park in Boston; a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH
in Hamilton; and a VESPER SPARROW in Melrose.
Thank you for calling and have a nice weekend.
-End transcript
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