Eastern Massachusetts RBA
June 26, 2009
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From: Jason Forbes <jason@BREWSTERSLINNET.COM>
Subject: [BIRDEAST] RBA: Eastern MA 06/26/09
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- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* June 26, 2009
* MAEA0906.26
- Birds Mentioned
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
BLACK-CAPPED PETREL
Cory's Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Least Bittern
PURPLE GALLINULE
Greater Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
LONG-TAILED JAEGER
COMMON MURRE
Razorbill
Black Guillemot
ATLANTIC PUFFIN
Brown Thrasher
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
- Transcript
Hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
Date: June 26, 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: Jason Forbes jason@brewsterslinnet.com
VOICE OF AUDUBON FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 26 (2009)
Before the ocean storm dissipated earlier this week its easterly winds
blew more seabirds into inshore waters. Highlights included a BLACK-
CAPPED PETREL off Race Point in Provincetown and an AUDUBON'S
SHEARWATER off Nantucket, both on Tuesday. Also at Nantucket, a PURPLE
GALLINULE, first found on Tuesday was still there at least as recently
as yesterday.
Other seabirds seen at Provincetown on Tuesday included 1 CORY'S
SHEARWATER, 1300 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 950 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 600
WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 7 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 2 LESSER BLACK-
BACKED GULLS, 4 BLACK TERNS, 16 ROSEATE TERNS, roughly 1000 COMMON
TERNS, 132 ARCTIC TERNS, 2 POMARINE JAEGERS, 28 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 1
LONG-TAILED JAEGER, 7 unidentified jaegers, and 1 RAZORBILL.
In Cape Cod Bay, at First Encounter Beach in Eastham, there were 180
NORTHERN GANNETS, 15 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 8 LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS,
1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 3 ARCTIC TERNS, 1 POMARINE JAEGER, 9
PARASITIC JAEGERS, and 3 LONG-TAILED JAEGERS, and a report from
Andrew's Point in Rockport on Tuesday included 2 GREATER SHEARWATERS,
8 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 175 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 275 NORTHERN GANNETS,
4 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 3 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 3 COMMON MURRES, 2
RAZORBILLS, 4 BLACK GUILLEMOTS, and 2 ATLANTIC PUFFINS.
Reports from Plum Island this week included 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 2
NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 GREATER SHEARWATER, 3
WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 1 LEAST BITTERN, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, roughly
20 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 6 BROWN THRASHERS, and
7 SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, and miscellaneous reports included
15 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS and 3 LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS at Manomet Point
in Plymouth, and 400 GREATER SHEARWATERS and 250 SOOTY SHEARWATERS at
Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro.
Have a good weekend and thank you for calling.
- End Transcript
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