Western Massachusetts RBA
March 15, 2010
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-RBA
* Massachusetts
* Western
* March 15, 2010
* MAWE1003.15
- Birds mentioned
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Brod-winged Hawk
Killdeer
American Woodcock
Northern Shrike
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Winter Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: March 15, 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 March
15, 2010
In Longmeadow there were 2 AMERICAN WIGEON, 2 GREEN-
WINGED TEAL, 6 WOOD DUCKS, 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 5 TREE
SWALLOWS, a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, and 10 SAVANNAH
SPARROWS.
AMERICAN WOODCOCKS were reported performing mating
flights in Agawam, East Longmeadow, and Southwick,
while KILLDEER were noted in Belchertown, Pittsfield,
and Stockbridge.
At Turners Falls there were 24 MUTE SWANS, 13 RING-
NECKED DUCKS, 7 COMMON GOLDENEYE, 7 BUFFLEHEAD, 10
HOODED MERGANSERS, 38 COMMON MERGANSERS, and a RED-
BREASTED MERGANSER.
A day long survey of East Quabbin, Hardwick, and Barre
produced a PIED-BILLED GREBE, a GREAT BLUE HERON, a
NORTHERN HARRIER, 2 KILLDEER, 2 WINTER WRENS, a RUBY-
CROWNED KINGLET, 2 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, 2 WHITE-
CROWNED SPARROWS, an EASTERN MEADOWLARK, a RUSTY
BLACKBIRD, and a very early BROAD-WINGED HAWK.
FISH CROWS were in Northampton, Dalton and Southwick, 4
GREEN-WINGED TEAL were in South Egremont, a NORTHERN
SHRIKE was in Windsor, and 4 BLACK VULTURES were in
Sheffield.
In Easthampton there were 4 GADWALL, 5 WOOD DUCKS, a
NORTHERN HARRIER, 10 GREAT BLUE HERONS, and a FOX
SPARROW.
Two BUFFLEHEAD were in Southwick, 92 COMMON MERGANSERS
were at Quabbin Park, and 15 TURKEY VULTURES were in
Westfield.
Thank you for calling.
-End Transcript
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