Western Massachusetts RBA
March 17, 2008
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] RBA, Western MA 03/17/08
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-RBA
* Massachusetts
* Western
* March 17, 2008
* MAWE0803.17
- Birds mentioned
BLACK VULTURE
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
SNOW GOOSE
CACKLING GOOSE
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Ring-necked Ducks
Scaup (Sp.)
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
ICELAND GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
Eastern-Screech-Owl
Eastern Phoebe
Northern Shrike
Fish Crow
Horned Lark
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
Cedar Waxwing
Snow Bunting
Rusty Blackbird
Pine Grosbeak
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
Evening Grosbeak
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: March 17, 2008
number: 1-781-259-8805 x2
to report: 1-781-259-8805 x2 (leave message after report)
compiler: Seth Kellogg, skhawk@comcast.net, sponsored by MA Audubon
transcriber: Trudy Tynan, ttynan@sprynet.com
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
This is the Western Voice of Audubon for Monday March
17, 2008
Seen in Amherst were 100 SNOW GEESE, a CACKLING
GOOSE, a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, 2 BLACK
VULTURES, an EASTERN PHOEBE, a NORTHERN SHRIKE, 135
CEDAR WAXWINGS, a BOHEMIAN WAXWING, and 4 PINE
GROSBEAKS.
In Northampton there were 7 AMERICAN WIGEON, 24
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 36 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 4
CANVASBACKS, 24 RING-NECKED DUCKS, and a NORTHERN
SHRIKE.
Seen at Forest Park in Springfield were a GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, a CANVASBACK, 16 RING-NECKED
DUCKS, 18 HOODED MERGANSERS, and an adult LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL.
Two AMERICAN WIGEONS were in Agawam, a RED-SHOULDERED
HAWK was in Huntington, 40 COMMON REDPOLLS continue
at a feeder in Blandford, and a RUSTY BLACKBIRD was
seen in Holyoke.
Observed in the Turners Falls area were 2 BUFFLEHEAD,
3 SCAUPS, 3 CANVASBACKS, 10 COMMON GOLDENEYES, an
ICELAND GULL, an EASTERN PHOEBE, and a PINE GROSBEAK.
Six NORTHERN PINTAILS were at Onota Lake, a NORTHERN
SHRIKE was seen in Windsor and Lenox, and 2 GADWALLS,
a NORTHERN PINTAIL, and a BUFFLEHEAD were at Cheshire
Reservoir in Cheshire.
Seen in Longmeadow were 30 NORTHERN PINTAILS, an
AMERICAN WIGEON, 70 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 11 RING-NECKED
DUCKS, a CANVASBACK, and 5 FISH CROWS.
Found in Hadley were 4 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, an AMERICAN
WIGEON, a NORTHERN HARRIER, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, and
50 HORNED LARKS.
Twelve PINE SISKINS were at a feeder in Shutesbury
and 22 EVENING GROSBEAKS were in Petersham.
In Belchertown there were two NORTHERN HARRIERS, an
EASTERN SCREECH-OWL, and a SNOW BUNTING.
Thank you for calling
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