RBA: Eastern MA 10/30/09

[Jason Forbes-2]

- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* October 30, 2009
* MAEA0910.30

- Birds Mentioned
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Northern Fulmar
Cory's Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Great Egret
Rough-legged Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
SANDHILL CRANE (gone)
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Lesser Yellowlegs
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Laughing Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Common Tern
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Dovekie
Razorbill
Black Guillemot
ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD (on private property)
Northern Shrike
Common Raven
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Summer Tanager
American Tree Sparrow
LE CONTE'S SPARROW
Fox Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Blue Grosbeak
Pine Siskin

- Transcript
Hotline:      Eastern Massachusetts
Date:         October 30, 2009
Number:     [phone]
To Report:   anytime day or night, 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
Compiler:   Wayne Petersen, Massachusetts Audubon Society
Coverage:    Eastern Massachusetts
Transcriber: Jason Forbes  jason@...

Voice of Audubon for Friday, October 30, 2009

A hummingbird originally suspected of being a Rufous Hummingbird that  
has been present for two weeks at a feeder in Scituate was banded  
yesterday and conclusively identified as an adult female ALLEN'S  
HUMMINGBIRD, only the second-ever record for Massachusetts and one of  
only a handful of reports for the East Coast. Birders are reminded  
that the homeowners have requested anonymity and are thanked for  
respecting their privacy.

The LE CONTE'S SPARROW found at the Cumberland Farms fields in Halifax  
and Middleboro nearly two weeks ago was still present as recently as  
yesterday.  Also seen at the Cumberland Farms fields were 65 migrating  
COMMON LOONS, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 4 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 2 LESSER  
YELLOWLEGS, 6 WILSON'S SNIPES, 18 AMERICAN PIPITS, and a PINE SISKIN.

A group of 5 SANDHILL CRANES present for the past several weeks in  
Wareham was seen apparently departing yesterday in a southwesterly  
direction and was seen in both Rhode Island and Connecticut when last  
observed.

Hundreds of seabirds continue to be seen off Race Point in  
Provincetown, when the windy conditions mid-week produced tallies of  
380 NORTHERN FULMARS, 16 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, 1650 GREATER SHEARWATERS,  
14 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 4750 NORTHERN GANNETS, 1000 BLACK-LEGGED  
KITTIWAKES, 25 LAUGHING GULLS, 30 COMMON TERNS 7 POMARINE JAEGERS, 2  
PARASITIC JAEGERS, 31 DOVEKIES, and 4 RAZORBILLS.

At Andrew's Point in Rockport, the same windy conditions produced  
totals of 222 NORTHERN FULMARS, 625 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 2 SOOTY  
SHEARWATERS, 890 NORTHERN GANNETS, 75 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, a  
POMARINE JAEGER, 21 RAZORBILLS, and 2 BLACK GUILLEMOTS.

At the Parker River Refuge on Plum Island there were 30 GADWALLS, 50  
AMERICAN WIGEON, 25 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 30 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 3 GREAT  
EGRETS, 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS, 2 NORTHERN SHRIKES, an ORANGE-CROWNED  
WARBLER, a LAPLAND LONGSPUR, and 65 SNOW BUNTINGS.

At the Great Meadows Refuge in Concord there were 19 NORTHERN  
PINTAILS, 12 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 3 PIED-BILLED GREBES, a LESSER  
YELLOWLEGS, and one AMERICAN TREE SPARROW.
Reports from Nantucket included 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, a NORTHERN  
SHOVELER, 2 GREAT EGRETS, 15 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, 18 PECTORAL  
SANDPIPERS, 36 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, and a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER.

Miscellaneous reports this week included 3 CANVASBACKS, 97 RING-NECKED  
DUCKS, and 11 RUDDY DUCKS at Fresh Pond in Cambridge; a EURASIAN  
WIGEON and a BLUE GROSBEAK from Marstons Mills; a COMMON RAVEN in  
Mattapoisett; a SUMMER TANAGER in North Falmouth; and FOX SPARROWS in  
Lexington, the Boston Public Garden, and Duxbury Beach.

Thank you for calling and have a pleasant weekend.

- End Transcript

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