Eastern Massachusetts RBA
March 8, 2010

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Subject: [BIRDEAST] RBA:  Eastern MA  03/08/10
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- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* March 8, 2010

- Birds Mentioned
Eurasian Green-winged Teal
American Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Pileated Woodpecker
Wood Duck
Northern Flicker
Fox Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Greater White-fronted Goose
Northern Harrier
Rough-legged Hawk
Savannah Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Harlequin Duck
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Killdeer
Hermit Thrush
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Purple Finch
Razorbill
Thick-billed Murre
King Eider
Red-necked Grebe
Red-headed Woodpecker
Barred Owl
Fish Crow
Barrow's Goldeneye
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Wigeon
Red-shouldered Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
Common Raven
Eurasian Wigeon
Redhead
Canvasback
American Woodcock

- Transcript
hotline:      Eastern Massachusetts
date:           March 8, 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 8.

Seen over the weekend at the Great Meadows National Wildife Refuge in 

Concord were 1 EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL, several AMERICAN
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 13 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 10 BUFFLEHEADS,
27 COMMON GOLDENEYE, 11 COMMON MERGANSERS, 30 HOODED
MERGANSERS, 1 TURKEY VULTURE, 2 BALD EAGLES, and 1
PILEATED WOODPECKER, and a report from Wayland included 4 WOOD
DUCKS, 5 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 6 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 1 BALD
EAGLE, 1 NORTHERN FLICKER, 1 FOX SPARROW, and 30 RED-
WINGED BLACKBIRDS.

Noted at the Cumberland Farms fields in Middleboro were 1 GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, a BALD EAGLE, several NORTHERN
HARRIERS, 3 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 31 SAVANNAH SPARROWS,
and 3 VESPER SPARROWS, and in Westport there were 9 HARLEQUIN
DUCKS, 1 RUDDY DUCK, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 12 TURKEY
VULTURES, 1 KILLDEER, 2 HERMIT THRUSHES, 11 YELLOW-
RUMPED WARBLERS, 1 EASTERN TOWHEE, AND 1 PURPLE FINCH.

Miscellaneous reports from the weekend included 8 RAZORBILLS and 1
THICK-BILLED MURRE in Rockport, a KING EIDER, 22 RED-NECKED
GREBES, and 5 TURKEY VULTURES in Gloucester, 2 RED-HEADED
WOODPECKERS in Lowell, a TURKEY VULTURE in Westborough, a
BARRED OWL in Littleton, a FISH CROW in Acton, 2 BARROW'S
GOLDENEYES in Maynard, a EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 31
AMERICAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL, and 2 KILLDEER at Nine-acre-corner
in Concord, a BALD EAGLE and a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK elsewhere
in Concord, 4 TURKEY VULTURES and 1 PILEATED WOODPECKER
in Lincoln, 2 WOOD DUCKS, 2 AMERICAN WIGEON, and a RED-
SHOULDERED HAWK in Sudbury, 3 BALD EAGLES in Weston, a
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER at Mount Auburn Cemetery in
Cambridge, 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS in Boston, a BARROW'S
GOLDENEYE and 2 TURKEY VULTURES in Hull, an ICELAND GULL
in Cohasset, a COMMON RAVEN in Foxboro, a PIED-BILLED GREBE
and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL in Plymouth, a KING EIDER
in Bourne, a EURASIAN WIGEON, 4 REDHEADS, and 3 CANVAS-
BACKS in Falmouth, a COMMON RAVEN in Dennis, a THICK-BILLED
MURRE in Provincetown, and displaying AMERICAN WOODCOCKS
in Milton and Plymouth.

Thank you for calling.
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