Eastern Massachusetts RBA
February 8, 2010
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- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* February 8, 2010
* MAEA0802.10
- Birds mentioned
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
Lesser Scaup
King Eider
Harlequin Duck
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle
Rough-legged Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Common Moorhen
Black-legged Kittiwake
Black-headed Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Common Murre
Razorbill
Snowy Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
Northern Shrike
Common Raven
Townsend’s Solitaire
Pine Warbler
White-crowned Sparrow
Snow Bunting
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: February 8, 2010
number: (781) 259-8805
to report: 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler: Simon Perkins, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage: Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Marjorie Rines marj@mrines.com
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS –
The Tufted Duck that’s been frequenting the Sudbury River between the
Rt. 20 and Rt. 27 bridges in Wayland was still present today, and other
recent reports from the area have included 10 Mute Swans, 2 Lesser
Scaup, 9 Common Goldeneyes, 12 Hooded Mergansers, 14 Common Mergansers,
and 1 Common Raven.
The Townsend’s Solitaire in Yarmouth was last reported on Thursday.
A report from Race Point in Provincetown included 12 Iceland Gulls, 30
Black-legged Kittiwakes, 220 Razorbills, and 1 Common Murre, and seen at
Nantucket were 3 Wood Ducks, 1 Northern Shoveler, 23 Ring-necked Ducks,
6 Redheads, 10 Harlequin Ducks, 1 Barrow's Goldeneye, 1 Common Moorhen,
1 Black-headed Gull, 118 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 38 Iceland Gulls, 3
Pine Warblers, 1 White-crowned Sparrow, and 30 Snow Buntings.
Miscellaneous reports from the weekend included a Bald Eagle and a Snowy
Owl at Plum Island, 2 Barrow's Goldeneyes on the Merrimac River in
Dracut, a Red-headed Woodpecker in Lowell, a King Eider and a Barrow's
Goldeneye in Gloucester, a Bald Eagle and 2 Peregrine Falcons in Boston,
a Bald Eagle in Cambridge, 2 Common Ravens in Lincoln, a Eurasian
Green-winged Teal in Newton, 2 Common Ravens at Millennium Park in West
Roxbury, a Bald Eagle and a Rough-legged Hawk in Quincy, 2 Barrow's
Goldeneyes on the Charles River in Dover, 3 Rough-legged Hawks at the
Cumberland Farms fields in Middleboro, and a Northern Shrike in Barnstable.
On Saturday, March 6, Mass Audubon and the Manomet Center for
Conservation Sciences will cosponsor the 18th annual Massachusetts
Birders Meeting. For further information or registration, visit our
website at massaudubon.org or call 781-259-2150.
Thank you for calling.
-End transcript
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Marj. Rines
Arlington, MA
marj(at) mrines.com
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