Eastern Massachusetts RBA
June 15, 2009
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:43:44 -0400
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] RBA: Eastern MA 06/15/09
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- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* June 15, 2009
* MAEA0906.15
- Birds Mentioned
Yellow-headed Blackbird (not reported)
Alder Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Hermit Thrush
Nashville Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
White-throated Sparrow
Indigo Bunting
Surf Scoter
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Loon
Sooty Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Black-legged Kittiwake
Laughing Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Merlin
Pine Siskin
Manx Shearwater
Red-necked Grebe
Bonaparte's Gull
Black Tern
Orchard Oriole
Brown Thrasher
Field Sparrow
Black Guillemot
Mourning Warbler
Glossy Ibis
Short-billed Dowitcher
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: June 15, 2009
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, June 15.
The YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD found at the end of Whale Cove Lane
in Rockport this past Friday was last reported there on Saturday.
Species reported from Winchendon as part of the statewide Breeding
Bird Atlas
project included 1 ALDER FLYCATCHER, 5 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, 7
HERMIT THRUSHES, 11 species of wood warblers including 1 NASHVILLE,
3 BLACK-THROATED BLUES, and 6 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS,
10 SCARLET TANAGERS, 2 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, and 5
INDIGO BUNTINGS.
A congregation of seabirds off Race Point in Provincetown on Saturday
included 1 SURF SCOTER, 1 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, 10 COMMON
LOONS, 5 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 15 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 40
WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 350 NORTHERN GANNETS, 4 BLACK-
LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 600 LAUGHING GULLS, 1 ICELAND GULL, 2
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 4 ROSEATE TERNS, 4500 COMMON
TERNS, 5 ARCTIC TERNS, 3 POMARINE JAEGERS, 12 PARASITIC
JAEGERS, 1 LONG-TAILED JAEGER, and 5 unidentified jaegers. Highlights
from Nantucket included a MERLIN and a PINE SISKIN.
Seen at Revere Beach were 12 MANX SHEARWATERS, 1 RED-NECKED
GREBE, 5 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, and 1 BLACK TERN, and miscellaneous
reports from the weekend included 4 ORCHARD ORIOLES in Ipswich, 2
BROWN THRASHERS, 4 FIELD SPARROWS, and 4 PINE SISKINS in
Acton, a BLACK GUILLEMOT off Marblehead, a MOURNING WARBLER
in Wellesley, and 3 GLOSSY IBIS and 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS
at Duxbury Beach.
Thank you for calling.
- End Transcript
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