Eastern Massachusetts RBA
February 26, 2010
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:05:25 -0500
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] RBA: Eastern MA 02/26/10
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- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* February 26, 2010
- Birds Mentioned
Mew Gull (not reported)
Tufted Duck (not reported)
Harlequin Duck
Pacific Loon
Northern Fulmar
Northern Gannet
Black-legged Kittiwake
Common Murre
Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Eastern Meadowlark
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gray Catbird
Bald Eagle
Rough-legged Hawk
Ruddy Turnstone
Wilson's Snipe
Winter Wren
Snowy Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Fox Sparrow
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: February 26, 2010
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 Friday, February 26.
The MEW GULL that has been present in East Gloucester most of the
winter was
last reported at Niles Pond in East Gloucester last weekend, as was
the TUFTED
DUCK on the Sudbury River near the Rt. 27 bridge on the Wayland and
Sudbury
town line.
The prolonged easterly winds and stormy conditions on Tuesday and
Wednesday
this week produced some notable seabird tallies at Andrew's Point in
Rockport
including 22 HARLEQUIN DUCKS, a PACIFIC LOON, 72 NORTHERN
FULMARS, 40 NORTHERN GANNETS, 740 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES,
nearly 200 COMMON MURRES, 7 THICK-BILLED MURRES, approximately
2000 RAZORBILLS, and over 500 unidentified large alcids.
Increasing numbers of small groups of RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS and
COMMON GRACKLES are now being reported from various localities, and
birders are reminded that the current rainy conditions are likely to
knock down
early migrating waterfowl wherever there is appropriate flooded
wetland habitat.
At Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary in South Dartmouth there were 6
EASTERN
MEADOWLARKS, 4 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, 2 HERMIT THRUSHES, 2
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, and 3 GRAY CATBIRDS.
Miscellaneous reports this week included 2 BALD EAGLES in Arlington,
a
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at Nantucket, 5 RUDDY TURNSTONES in
Revere, a WILSON'S SNIPE and a WINTER WREN at the Arnold Arboretum,
a SNOWY OWL at Plum Island, the continued presence of 2 RED-HEADED
WOODPECKERS in Tyngsboro, a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER in
Medford, a WINTER WREN in Fall River, and 2 FOX SPARROWS in
Lexington.
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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