Western Massachusetts RBA
June 22, 2009
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:28:51 -0400
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] RBA, Western MA 6/22/09
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-RBA
* Massachusetts
* Western
* June 22, 2009
* MAWE0906.22
- Birds mentioned
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Ruffed Grouse
Virginia Rail
Sora
COMMON MOORHEN
Barred Owl
Black-billed Cuckoo
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Fish Crow
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Swainson's Thrush
Brown Thrasher
Blackburnian Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Mourning Warbler
Canada Warbler
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Indigo Bunting
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: June 22, 2009
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, June 22, 2009
Two YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were found in different parts of western
Massachusetts this past week, one in Southwick and another on Mt.
Greylock. The Greylock bird was heard singing on Saturday at Jones
Nose, at the upper end of the fields. From Thursday to at least
Saturday the Southwick bird was singing in brush next to some of the
grasslands in the new Southwick Wildlife Management Area.
Also in the grasslands of Southwick were 4 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, a FISH
CROW, 6 BROWN THRASHERS, 9 PRAIRIE WARBLERS, 12 FIELD SPARROWS, 2
GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, 5 SAVANNAH SPARROWS, and 6 INDIGO BUNTINGS.
Seen elsewhere in Southwick were a BROAD-WINGED HAWK, an AMERICAN
KESTREL, and 12 PINE SISKINS.
Found on October Mt. in the town of Washington were a BROAD-WINGED
HAWK, an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, 3 ALDER FLYCATCHERS, 4 WINTER WRENS,
3 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, 15 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS, 6 MOURNING
WARBLERS, and 2 CANADA WARBLERS.
In the marsh at Post Farm in Lenox there were 2 COMMON MOORHENS, 2
VIRGINIA RAILS, and a SORA.
A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and a SWAINSON'S THRUSH were on Mt. Greylock,
ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen in Longmeadow and Northampton, 3 COOPER'S
HAWKS and 2 BARRED OWLS were in Westfield, and an adult PIED-BILLED
GREBE and four young were seen in Southampton.
In Blandford there were 4 RUFFED GROUSE, a BARRED OWL, an OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATCHER, 2 ALDER FLYCATCHERS, 2 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, a NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH, and 2 CANADA WARBLERS.
A survey of the north Quabbin area produced 5 HOODED MERGANSERS, 8
COMMON MERGANSERS, 10 COMMON LOONS, a BROAD-WINGED HAWK, and 7 PRAIRIE
WARBLERS.
Thank you for calling.
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