Western Massachusetts RBA
August 16, 2010
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] RBA, Western MA 8/16/10
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-RBA
* Massachusetts
* Western
* Aug 16,2010
* MAWE1008.16
- Birds mentioned
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Common Loon
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Osprey
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Virginia Rail
COMMON MOORHEN
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
American Woodcock
Black-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Screech-Owl
Common Nighthawk
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Fish Crow
Bank Swallow
Marsh Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Scarlet Tanager
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
- Transcript
hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: Aug. 16, 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, August 16, 2010
In the old Deerfield marshes there were 3 immature BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERONS, 6 GREEN HERONS and 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS.
In a yard not far away in Whately an incredible 50 RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRDS were captured for banding.
In Amherst there were 6 GREEN HERONS, 2 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS,
and 3 EASTERN KINGBIRDS.
GREAT EGRETS were seen in Otis, Pittsfield, and Southwick. An AMERICAN
WOODCOCK and an EASTERN SCREECH-OWL were also seen in Southwick.
At the Post Farm in Lenox there were 3 GREAT EGRETS, 2 VIRGINIA RAILS,
3 COMMON MOORHENS, an OSPREY, and 2 MARSH WRENS.
In Agawam there were 5 GREAT EGRETS, 4 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, a
LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 20 LEAST SANDPIPERS, a PECTORAL
SANDPIPER, and 150 BANK SWALLOWS.
In Longmeadow there were 3 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 36 WOOD DUCKS, 11
GREAT BLUE HERONS, 3 GREAT EGRETS, an OSPREY, a BLACK-
BELLIED PLOVER, 5 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, a LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, a FISH CROW and 100 BANK SWALLOWS.
In Belchertown there were a GREEN HERON, a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK,
a BROAD-WINGED HAWK, 3 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS, a GREAT
CRESTED FLYCATCHER, and 4 EASTERN KINGBIRDS.
At south Quabbin there were an AMERICAN WOODCOCK, 4 BLACK-BILLED
CUCKOO, 8 EASTERN WOOD-PEWEES, 2 GREAT CRESTED
FLYCATCHERS, 6 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, a SCARLET
TANAGER, and 8 BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
In central Quabbin there were 15 COMMON LOONS, an OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATCHER, 6 PURPLE FINCHES, and 5 BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
Thank you for calling, and if you want to report a
sighting, wait for the tone at the end of this
recording. Please leave place and date of sighting as
well as your name and contact info.
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