Western Massachusetts RBA
February 22, 2010
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-RBA
* Massachusetts
* Western
* Feb. 22, 2010
* MAWE1002.22
- Birds mentioned
BARNACLE GOOSE
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Ring-necked Duck
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruffed Grouse
Common Loon
BLACK VULTURE
Turkey Vulture
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Wilson's Snipe
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Northern Flicker
Horned Lark
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
Eastern Towhee
White-crowned Sparrow
Purple Finch
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: Feb. 22, 2010
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,
February 22, 2010
A BARNACLE GOOSE was reported yesterday and today in a
flock containing hundreds of CANADA GEESE on Mill Pond
in South Egremont. This small pond is located where
Routes 41 and 23 intersect.
In the nearby town of Sheffield there were 32 BLACK
VULTURES, a COOPER'S HAWK, a BARRED OWL and a NORTHERN
FLICKER.
Seen in the Berkshire County town of Williamstown were
2 COMMON GOLDENEYES, a WILSON'S SNIPE, 100 AMERICAN
ROBINS, and 5 PURPLE FINCHES.
Farther east a BARRED OWL was seen in Agawam, 2 TURKEY
VULTURES were in Westfield, a single TURKEY VULTURE and
38 CEDAR WAXWINGS were in Southwick, and a COMMON LOON
and 54 CEDAR WAXWINGS were at Quabbin Park.
Seen in Palmer were a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, a RED-
SHOULDERED HAWK, and an EASTERN TOWHEE.
At Turners Falls there were 24 MUTE SWANS, 5 AMERICAN
BLACK DUCKS, 2 COMMON GOLDENEYES, 6 HOODED MERGANSERS,
and 10 COMMON MERGANSERS.
In Belchertown there were a RUFFED GROUSE, a GREAT
HORNED OWL, a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, a WINTER WREN, 3
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, 19 CEDAR WAXWINGS and 8
EASTERN BLUEBIRDS.
At Forest Park in Springfield there were an AMERICAN
WIGEON, a NORTHERN PINTAIL, and 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS.
Forty HORNED LARKS and a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW were in
Deerfield,
Thank you for calling.
-End Transcript
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