Eastern Massachusetts RBA
May 5, 2008
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- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* May 5, 2008
* MAEA0805.05
- Birds mentioned
WHITE-FACED IBIS
RUFF
Green-winged Teal
Glossy Ibis
Wilson's Phalarope
PURPLE GALLINULE
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
White-crowned Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Blue-headed Vireo
House Wren
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Ovenbird
Eastern Towhee
Lincoln's Sparrow
Bobolink
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Sora
Whimbrel
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Least Flycatcher
Veery
Wood Thrush
Seaside Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Broad-winged Hawk
Gray Catbird
Northern Waterthrush
Pacific Loon
Worm-eating Warbler
Red-necked Phalarope
Glaucous Gull
White-eyed Vireo
Grasshopper Sparrow
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Evening Grosbeak
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: May 5, 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, May 5.
Two WHITE-FACED IBISES were discovered on Saturday in the
fields along Scotland Rd in Newbury, and 2 RUFFS were found
over the weekend in the pools along Rt 1A in Rowley, just north
of Red Gate Rd. Another or one of the same Ruffs was seen in the
Scotland Rd fields today.
Other birds seen in the Rowley pools included 16 GREEN-WINGED
TEAL, 13 GLOSSY IBISES, and 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, and
today in Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard, a PURPLE GALLINULE
was discovered in a small pond on publically accessible property
belonging to the Martha's Vineyard Land Bank Commission a short
distance northeast of the Oak Bluffs public School.
This morning marked the biggest influx of new migrants so far this
spring. Seen at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge were 12
species of wood warblers including roughly 100 YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLERS and 22 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, 1
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, 3 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS,
2 ORCHARD ORIOLES, and 8 BALTIMORE ORIOLES, and a report
from Medford included 10 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, 12 HOUSE
WRENS, 1 BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, 8 NASHVILLE WARBLERS,
7 NORTHERN PARULAS, 10 YELLOW WARBLERS, 82 YELLOW-
RUMPED WARBLERS, 5 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS,
7 PALM WARBLERS, 9 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS, 3
OVENBIRDS, 19 EASTERN TOWHEES, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW,
4 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, and 1 BOBOLINK.
Species reported from the Newburyport/Plum Island area included
TRICOLORED HERON, CATTLE EGRET, SORA, WHIMBREL,
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, CASPIAN TERN, LEAST FLY-
CATCHER, VEERY, WOOD THRUSH, OVENBIRD, SEASIDE
SPARROW, SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROW, ROSE-
BREASTED GROSBEAK, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and BOBOLINK.
Seen in Wayland were 2 WOOD THRUSHES, 1 YELLOW WARBLER,
3 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, 1 BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and
several BOBOLINKS, and at Wompatuck State Park in Hingham
there were 4 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 4 GRAY CATBIRDS, 6
BALTIMORE ORIOLES, and 9 species of wood warblers including
24 OVENBIRDS, 10 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS, 3 NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSHES, and 1 BLUE-WINGED WARBLER.
Miscellaneous reports from the weekend included a PACIFIC LOON
at Herring Cove in Provincetown on Saturday, a WORM-EATING
WARBLER at the Beech Forest section of Provincetown, a RED-
NECKED PHALAROPE at the Topsfield Fairgrounds along Rt 1, a
GLAUCOUS GULL in Lynn, a WHITE-EYED VIREO in Nahant, a
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
at Millennium Park in West Roxbury, 31 GREATER YELLOWLEGS,
5 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and 4 LEAST SANDPIPERS at Bolton
Flats, and 1 LEAST FLYCATCHER, 1 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER,
and 1 EVENING GROSBEAK in Westminster.
Thank you for calling.
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