Eastern Massachusetts RBA
July 2, 2009
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- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* July 2, 2009
* MAEA0907.02
- Birds Mentioned
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Virginia Rail
Sora
Yellow-throated Vireo
Marsh Wren
Veery
Pine Warbler
Broad-winged Hawk
Spotted Sandpiper
Alder Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren
Hermit Thrush
Nashville Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Grasshopper Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
Northern Fulmar
Cory's Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Fulmar
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Henslow's Sparrow (Western Massachusetts)
Merlin
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: July 2, 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 Thursday, July 2.
Species noted in the Georgetown/Rowley State Forest as part of the
Breeding
Bird Atlas project included 7 WOOD DUCKS, 1 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2
PIED-BILLED GREBES, 125 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 1 GREAT EGRET,
1 VIRGINIA RAIL, 1 SORA, 2 YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS, 5 MARSH
WRENS, 5 VEERYS, and 3 PINE WARBLERS, and another atlas report from
Winchendon included 2 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 3 SPOTTED SAND-
PIPERS, 1 ALDER FLYCATCHER, 2 LEAST FLYCATCHERS, 6 BLUE-
HEADED VIREOS, 11 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, 1 WINTER
WREN, 15 HERMIT THRUSHES, 10 NASHVILLE WARBLERS, 3 BLACK-
THROATED BLUE WARBLERS, 11 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS,
20 PINE WARBLERS, 1 GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, 21 WHITE-
THROATED SPARROWS, 2 DARK-EYED JUNCOS, and 7 PURPLE
FINCHES.
Seabirds seen at the south end of Stellwagen Bank this week included
7
NORTHERN FULMARS, 15 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, roughly 500
GREATER SHEARWATERS, 230 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 220 WILSON'S
STORM-PETRELS, 1 POMARINE JAEGER, 1 PARASITIC JAEGER, and
5 unidentified jaegers, and another seabird report from waters
roughly 7
miles east of Orleans yesterday included roughly 1500 GREATER SHEAR-
WATERS, 1000 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 700 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS,
and 1 NORTHERN FULMAR.
Miscellaneous reports this week included 5 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS
at Nantucket, and a HENSLOW'S SPARROW and nesting MERLINS in
western Massachusetts. For more information about the western
reports, call
the western Voice of Audubon at 781-259-8805, ext. 2.
Have a good holiday weekend and thank you for calling.
- End Transcript
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