Eastern Massachusetts RBA
June 22, 2009
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:31:04 -0400
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] RBA: Eastern MA 06/22/09
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- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* June 22, 2009
* MAEA0906.22
- Birds Mentioned
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Black-legged Kittiwake
Laughing Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Parasitic Jaeger
Cory's Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Northern Fulmar
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Arctic Tern
South Polar Skua
Long-tailed Jaeger
Common Murre
Razorbill
Black Guillemot
Atlantic Puffin
Common Merganser
Alder Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Hermit Thrush
White-throated Sparrow
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Canada Warbler
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: June 22, 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 22.
The weekend highlights continued to be the inshore presence of
seabirds some
of which have been blown landward by the recent, persistent easterly
winds.
Seen from the beach in Provincetown on Saturday were roughly 800
GREATER
SHEARWATERS, 120 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 2500 WILSON'S STORM-
PETRELS, 4 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 400 LAUGHING GULLS, 4
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 1000 COMMON TERNS, 1 PARASITIC
JAEGER, and 4 unidentified jaegers, and seen on Friday from a whale
watch
vessel in the waters off Provincetown were 3 CORY'S SHEARWATERS,
roughly 1800 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 200 SOOTY SHEARWATERS,
1000 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS, and 4
unidentified jaegers.
By yesterday, the shearwater numbers visible from Race Point in
Provincetown
had increased further and included 3 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, 3400
GREATER SHEARWATERS, 400 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 7 MANX
SHEARWATERS, 300 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 110 NORTHERN
GANNETS, 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 3 unidentified jaegers, and 1
probable murre.
A seawatch at Andrew's Point in Rockport yesterday produced 4
NORTHERN
FULMARS, 17 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 92 SOOTY SHEARWATERS,
15 MANX SHEARWATERS, 90 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 1 LEACH'S
STORM-PETREL, 445 NORTHERN GANNETS, 1 BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKE, a minimum of 3- but possibly more than 30 ARCTIC TERNS,
1 SOUTH POLAR SKUA, 3 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 2 LONG-TAILED
JAEGERS, 10 COMMON MURRES, 4 RAZORBILLS, 2 BLACK
GUILLEMOTS, and 5 ATLANTIC PUFFINS.
Meanwhile, back on terra firma, species recorded in Royalston as part
of the
statewide Breeding Bird Atlas project included 3 COMMON MERGANSERS,
6 ALDER FLYCATCHERS, 16 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, 6 HERMIT
THRUSHES, 10 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, and 14 species of wood
warblers including 1 MAGNOLIA, 5 BLACK-THROATED BLUES, 8
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, and 2 CANADA WARBLERS.
Thank you for calling.
- End Transcript
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