Western Massachusetts RBA
November 30, 2009

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-RBA
* Massachusetts
* Western
* Nov. 30, 2009
* MAWE0911.30

- Birds mentioned

Snow Goose
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
HORNED GREBE
Double-crested Cormorant
Black Vulture
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Killdeer
Great Horned Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Snow Bunting
Rusty Blackbird
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
- Transcript

hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: Nov.30, 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,
November 30, 2009

Seen at the south end of Quabbin Reservoir were a RING-
NECKED DUCK, a BLACK SCOTER, 6 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, 4
COMMON GOLDENEYES, 6 HOODED MERGANSERS, 2 RED-THROATED
LOONS, 12 COMMON LOONS, and 9 HORNED GREBES.

At Quabbin Park there were a GREAT HORNED OWL, 2 BELTED
KINGFISHERS, 3 PILEATED WOODPECKERS, 8 COMMON RAVENS, a
HORNED LARK, 4 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, a WINTER WREN, 7
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, 17 CEDAR WAXWINGS, a YELLOW-
RUMPED WARBLER, and 3 FOX SPARROWS.

An AMERICAN WIGEON, 226 COMMON MERGANSERS, a DOUBLE-
CRESTED CORMORANT, a BELTED KINGFISHER, and a SWAMP
SPARROW were in Brookfield, and a NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 3
KILLDEER, 15 HORNED LARKS, and 63 AMERICAN PIPITS were
in Hadley.

Seen on Pontoosuc Reservoir were a LONG-TAILED DUCK, a
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, 13 HOODED MERGANSERS, 117
COMMON MERGANSERS, a COMMON LOON, a PIED-BILLED GREBE,
and a BELTED KINGFISHER.

A WOOD DUCK was on Lake Onota. A WOOD DUCK and 5 COMMON
GOLDENEYES were on Cheshire Reservoir, and a GREEN-
WINGED TEAL, 10 COMMON GOLDENEYES, and a BELTED
KINGFISHER were on Stockbridge Bowl.

Seen on Richmond Pond were 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, a
LESSER SCAUP, 12 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 2 RUDDY DUCKS, and
2 BELTED KINGFISHERS.

Seen in Southwick were a GREATER SCAUP, 3 BUFFLEHEADS,
a COOPER’S HAWK, a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, a NORTHERN
FLICKER, 2 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, 5 GOLDEN-CROWNED
KINGLETS, an EASTERN TOWHEE, a FIELD SPARROW, AND 12
RUSTY BLACKBIRDS

Seen in Sheffield were a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, 126
SNOW GEESE, 15 BLACK VULTURES, 10 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS,
1,000 AMERICAN ROBINS, 100 AMERICAN PIPITS, a SWAMP
SPARROW, a SNOW BUNTING, 3 PURPLE FINCH and a PINE
SISKIN

Thank you for calling.

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