RBA, Western MA, 11/9/09

[Trudy Tynan]

-RBA
* Massachusetts
* Western
* Nov. 9, 2009
* MAWE0911.09

- Birds mentioned

CACKLING GOOSE
American Wigeon
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
HORNED GREBE
RED-NECKED GREBE
Black Vulture
GOLDEN EAGLE
Merlin
American Woodcock
BONAPARTE'S GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
Northern Saw-Whet Owl
Northern Shrike
Fish Crow
Winter Wren
American Pipit
Fox Sparrow
Snow Bunting
Rusty Blackbird
Purple Finch
White-winged Crossbill
Evening Grosbeak

- Transcript

hotline: Western Massachusetts
date: Nov.9, 2009
number: 1-781-259-8805 x2
to report: 1-781-259-8805 x2 (leave message after report)
compiler: Seth Kellogg, skhawk@..., sponsored by MA Audubon
transcriber: Trudy Tynan, ttynan@...

WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

This is the Western Voice of Audubon for Monday,
November 9, 2009

At Quabbin Park there were 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, 2
BLACK SCOTERS, a LONG-TAILED DUCK, 9 BUFFLEHEAD, 2
COMMON GOLDENEYES, a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, 10 COMMON
LOONS, a RED-THROATED LOON, 16 HORNED GREBES, 2 RED-
NECKED GREBES, 2 BONAPARTE’S GULLS, 8 AMERICAN PIPITS,
a FOX SPARROW, and 4 SNOW BUNTINGS.

At Pittsfield area lakes there were 600 RING-NECKED
DUCKS, 50 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, 16 RUDDY DUCKS, a GREATER
SCAUP, 5 BUFFLEHEADS, a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, a RED-
NECKED GREBE, and 2 HORNED GREBES.

A CACKLING GOOSE was seen on two different days at
Turners Falls. On one day a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
was present.

A PIED-BILLED GREBE was seen in Chicopee, 2 EVENING
GROSBEAKS were in Athol, 4 AMERICAN WOODCOCK and 4
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS were noted in the Ware area, and
a NORTHERN SHRIKE was found in Windsor.

Seen in the Sheffield area were a BLUE-WINGED TEAL, a
BLACK VULTURE, a NORTHERN SHRIKE, 60 AMERICAN PIPITS,
and 13 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS.

Three GOLDEN EAGLES migrated over Granville this week.
Also seen were a MERLIN, 3 SNOW BUNTINGS, and 4 PURPLE
FINCH.

A FISH CROW was seen in Pittsfield, a FOX SPARROW in
Northampton, 3 WINTER WRENS and 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS in
Belchertown, an AMERICAN WIGEON in Agawam, and 3 GREEN-
WINGED TEAL, an AMERICAN WIGEON, and 2 PIED-BILLED
GREBES in Longmeadow.

Thank you for calling.


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