Western Massachusetts RBA
May 5, 2008
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-RBA
* Massachusetts
* Western
* May 5, 2008
* MAWE0805.05
- Birds mentioned
Common Loon
Green-winged Teal
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Long-tailed Duck
Northern Harrier
Merlin
Virginia Rail
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
WILLET
Least Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Bonaparte's Gull
COMMON TERN
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Great Crested Flycatcher
Yellow-throated Vireo
Fish Crow
Cliff Swallow
Veery
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Prairie Warbler
American Redstart
WORM-EATING WARBLER
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
White-crowned Sparrow
Bobolink
Orchard Oriole
Pine Siskin
Evening Grosbeak
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: May 5, 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
May 5, 2008
Five COMMON TERNS were present in the Turners
Falls area on Saturday morning only, and on
Sunday an WILLET was seen there
briefly. Also in the area were a BONAPARTE'S
GULL, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 2 LESSER SCAUP, 2
COMMON LOONS, and a CLIFF SWALLOW.
At Quabbin Park there were 2 BUFFLEHEADS, a
LONG-TAILED DUCK, a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL, a
NORTHERN PARULA, 2 BLACK-THROATED BLUE
WARBLERS, 2 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS, an AMERICAN
REDSTART, and 4 EVENING GROSBEAKS.
Seen in the east Quabbin area were a NORTHERN
HARRIER, a LEAST FLYCATCHER, a BLACKBURNIAN
WARBLER, and 7 EVENING GROSBEAKS.
A WORM-EATING WARBLER was on Mt. Tom, an ORCHARD
ORIOLE in Wilbraham, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS in
Holyoke, and a MERLIN in Deerfield.
Seen in Amherst were 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, a
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, 2 FISH CROWS, 2
EASTERN KINGBIRDS, a PRAIRIE WARBLER, a SCARLET
TANAGER, a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, and 4
BOBOLINKS.
Found in Pittsfield were a VIRGINIA RAIL, a
SOLITARY SANDPIPER, an EASTERN KINGBIRD, a
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, a
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW,
and a BOBOLINK.
Seen in Southwick were a COMMON LOON, a
BONAPARTE'S GULL, 2 LEAST FLYCATCHERS, a
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, a VEERY, a NASHVILLE
WARBLER, a BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, a WHITE-
CROWNED SPARROW, an ORCHARD ORIOLE, and a
BOBOLINK.
Observed in Northampton were 6 GREEN-WINGED
TEAL, 31 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 7 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, a MERLIN, a WILSON’S SNIPE, an
EASTERN KINGBIRD, a CLIFF SWALLOW, a FISH CROW,
and a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.
In Hadley there were 18 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 7
LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and a LEAST SANDPIPER.
PINE SISKINS were reported from Granby,
Westfield, Belchertown, and South Quabbin.
Thank you for calling
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