Western Massachusetts RBA
June 29, 2009
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:33:29 -0400
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-RBA
* Massachusetts
* Western
* June 29, 2009
* MAWE0906.29
- Birds mentioned
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Black Duck
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Kestrel
Ruffed Grouse
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Brown Thrasher
Blue-winged Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
CERULEAN WARBLER
Louisiana Waterthrush
Canada Warbler
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
HENSLOW'S SPARROW
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Meadowlark
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: June 29, 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
29, 2009
A HENSLOW'S SPARROW has been present since Saturday
singing in a hayfield in Montague. The field is on
the north side of Meadow Road where it intersects
with North Taylor Hill Road.
Also in the Montague area there were 4 BLACK DUCKS, 2
SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, an
AMERICAN KESTREL, 7 ALDER FLYCATCHERS, 3 BROWN
CREEPERS, a BROWN THRASHER, and a BLACKPOLL WARBLER.
In central Quabbin there were 3 RUFFED GROUSE, an
ALDER FLYCATCHER, 16 LEAST FLYCATCHERS, 4 RED-
BREASTED NUTHATCHES, 4 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, 2
BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS, 7 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS, 4
PRAIRIE WARBLERS, a CERULEAN WARBLER, and a CANADA
WARBLER.
In Belchertown there were both ALDER and WILLOW
FLYCATCHERS.
Seen in Southwick were a COOPER'S HAWK family, an
AMERICAN KESTREL, an ALDER FLYCATCHER, 4 WILLOW
FLYCATCHERS, a BROWN THRASHER, 6 PRAIRIE WARBLERS, 8
FIELD SPARROWS, 3 SAVANNAH SPARROWS, 3 GRASSHOPPER
SPARROWS, 7 INDIGO BUNTINGS, an EASTERN MEADOWLARK,
and 2 PINE SISKINS. The YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was
last reported on Saturday.
A survey of the towns of Adams and Cheshire turned up
2 BLACK VULTURES, 28 TURKEY VULTURES, a NORTHERN
GOSHAWK, a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 9 LEAST FLYCATCHERS,
14 EASTERN KINGBIRDS, 150 CLIFF SWALLOWS, 120 BARN
SWALLOWS, 3 WINTER WRENS, 3 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS,
4 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, 25
SAVANNAH SPARROWS, and 13 INDIGO BUNTINGS.
Thank you for calling.
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