Eastern Massachusetts RBA
March 1, 2010
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 19:31:59 -0500
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] RBA: Eastern MA 03/01/10
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- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* March 1, 2010
- Birds Mentioned
Mew Gull
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Dovekie
White-winged Dove
Merlin
Short-eared Owl
Snow Goose
Gadwall
Northern Pintail
Peregrine Falcon
Black-legged Kittiwake
Razorbill
Snowy Owl
Northern Shrike
Red-winged Blackbird
Brant
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Northern Gannet
Thick-billed Murre
Tundra Swan
Barrow's Goldeneye
American Bittern
Rough-legged Hawk
Killdeer
Eastern Meadowlark
Bald Eagle
Greater White-fronted Goose
KILLDEER
TURKEY VULTURE
OSPREY
AMERICAN WOODCOCK
- Transcript
hotline: Eastern Massachusetts
date: March 1, 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 Monday, March 1.
The MEW GULL that's been present in Gloucester since November was
last
reported on Friday at Nile's Pond in East Gloucester, and also seen
in East
Gloucester were 26 ICELAND GULLS, 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS, and 3
DOVEKIES.
A WHITE-WINGED DOVE seen yesterday in flight from the Rt. 88 bridge
over the Westport River in Westport has not been reported since. Also
seen yesterday in Westport were 1 MERLIN and 1 SHORT-EARED OWL.
Weekend reports from Plum Island included 1 SNOW GOOSE, 60 GADWALL,
40 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 1 BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKE, 1 ICELAND GULL, 30 RAZORBILLS, 1 SNOWY OWL, 1
SHORT-EARED OWL, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE, and 2 RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRDS, and seen in Rockport were 22 BRANT, 1 LESSER SCAUP,
91 HARLEQUIN DUCKS, 325 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, 95 BLACK
SCOTERS, 6 NORTHERN GANNETS, 1 THICK-BILLED MURRE,
and 19 RAZORBILLS.
At Nantucket there were 2 TUNDRA SWANS, 1 BARROW'S GOLDENEYE,
1 AMERICAN BITTERN, 1 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 2 KILLDEER,
and 5 EASTERN MEADOWLARK.
Miscellaneous reports from the weekend included a SNOW GOOSE in
Concord, 5 BALD EAGLES in Sudbury, the over-wintering GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE in Sharon, 2 HARLEQUIN DUCKS and a
KILLDEER in Plymouth, single TURKEY VULTURES in Stoneham,
Concord, and Framingham, single OSPREYS in Newburyport and Mashpee,
and displaying AMERICAN WOODCOCKS at the Wellfleet Bay
sanctuary in South Wellfleet.
This 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.
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