Eastern Massachusetts RBA
April 25, 2008
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- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* April 25, 2008
* MAEA0804.25
- Birds mentioned
NORTHERN PARULA
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER
WORM-EATING WARBLER
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Louisiana Waterthrush
HOODED WARBLER
GREEN HERON
Eastern Screech-Owl
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER
Chipping Sparrow
BALTIMORE ORIOLE
ORCHARD ORIOLE
Northern Shoveler
Greater Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Virginia Rail
KING RAIL
Sora
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Marsh Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Brown Thrasher
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Barred Owl
Common Raven
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Bittern
Glossy Ibis
Green-winged Teal
Wilson's Snipe
Manx Shearwater
American Oystercatcher
Cattle Egret
Black Vulture
Common Redpoll
Pileated Woodpecker
WARBLING VIREO
Northern Waterthrush
HOUSE WREN
Upland Sandpiper
Vesper Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK
WARBLING VIREO
YELLOW WARBLER
Little Blue Heron
Dunlin
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT
WHIP-POOR-WILL
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD
WILLET
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: April 25, 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, April 25.
Reports from the Marblehead Neck sanctuary this week included 1
NORTHERN PARULA, 1 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, 1
WORM-EATING WARBLER, 1 PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, 1 LOUISIANA
WATERTHRUSH, and 1 HOODED WARBLER, and seen at Mount Auburn
Cemetery in Cambridge were 1 GREEN HERON, 1 EASTERN SCREECH-
OWL, 1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 12 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS,
8 PALM WARBLERS, 1 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, 15 CHIPPING
SPARROWS, 2 BALTIMORE ORIOLES, and 1 ORCHARD ORIOLE.
Reports from the Newburyport/Plum Island area this week have included
1
NORTHERN SHOVELER, 12 GREATER SCAUP, roughly 900 LONG-
TAILED DUCKS, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 74 migrating AMERICAN
KESTRELS, 5 MERLINS, 3 PEREGRINE FALCONS, 1 VIRGINIA RAIL,
1 KING RAIL, 3 SORAS, roughly 100 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 2
LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 PURPLE MARTIN, 1 NORTHERN ROUGH-
WINGED SWALLOW, 2 BARN SWALLOWS, 1 MARSH WREN, 1
WINTER WREN, 27 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, 19 RUBY-
CROWNED KINGLETS, 22 HERMIT THRUSHES, 6 BROWN
THRASHERS,18 EASTERN TOWHEES, 1 AMERICAN TREE
SPARROW, 1 FOX SPARROW, and 2 SEASIDE SPARROWS.
Reports from the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord
included 42 WOOD DUCKS, 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 BARRED
OWL, 1 COMMON RAVEN, and 1 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER,
seen in West Bridgewater were 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, 1 GLOSSY
IBIS, 100 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 5 GREATER YELLOWLEGS,
and 35 WILSON'S SNIPE.
Miscellaneous reports this week included a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
at Ell Pond in Melrose, 3 MANX SHEARWATERS at Revere Beach, 2
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and 1 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER
in Manchester, a CATTLE EGRET in Essex, 200 GLOSSY IBISES and
a BLACK VULTURE in Rowley, 2 LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES
in Haverhill, a COMMON REDPOLL in Pepperell, 3 PILEATED WOOD-
PECKERS, a WARBLING VIREO, and a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH
in Westminster, a HOUSE WREN and 6 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS
in Littleton, 2 UPLAND SANDPIPERS, 1 VESPER SPARROW, and 12
EASTERN MEADOWLARKS at the Worcester airport, a ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK in Wayland, another ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK in
Lincoln, a BALTIMORE ORIOLE at Nahanton Park in Newton, a
WARBLING VIREO, a BROWN THRASHER, and a YELLOW WARBLER
at the Boston Nature Center and adjacent Forest Hills Cemetery in
Mattapan,
a LITTLE BLUE HERON, roughly 2000 DUNLIN, and 1 HOUSE WREN
in Duxbury, 2 HOUSE WRENS, a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, and
2 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES in Middleboro, a WHIP-POOR-WILL
in Falmouth, 6 UPLAND SANDPIPERS at the Otis Airforce Base
in Falmouth and Sandwich, a BARN SWALLOW and a YELLOW
WARBLER in Mattapoisett, a HOUSE WREN in Marion, a RUBY-
THROATED HUMMINGBIRD in Brewster, a WILLET in Dennis, and
roughly 20 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS in Chatham.
Have a good weekend and thank you for calling.
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