RBA: Eastern MA 02/19/10

[Barbara Volkle and Steve Moore]

- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Eastern
* February 19, 2010

- Birds Mentioned
TUFTED DUCK
Mute Swan
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye (possible)
Common Merganser
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Red-necked Grebe
Black-legged Kittiwake
Razorbill
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Wild Turkey
Common Raven
Fox Sparrow
Wood Duck
Ring-necked Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Gray Catbird
King Eider
Peregrine Falcon
Merlin
American Wigeon
Harlequin Duck
Eurasian Green-winged Teal
Eurasian Wigeon
Black-headed Gull

- Transcript
hotline:      Eastern Massachusetts
date:           February 19, 2010
number:     [phone]
to report:   anytime day or night, 781-259-2148 (Simon Perkins)
compiler:   Simon Perkins, Massachusetts Audubon Society
coverage:    Eastern Massachusetts
transcriber: Barbara Volkle    barb620@...

EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

This is the Voice of Audubon for Friday, February 19.

The TUFTED DUCK was still present today on the Sudbury River north of
the
Rt. 27 bridge in Wayland and Sudbury. Also in the area were 15 MUTE
SWANS,
9 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 2 LESSER SCAUP, 9 COMMON GOLDENEYE,
1 possible BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, 12 COMMON MERGANSERS,
1 TURKEY VULTURE, and 1 BALD EAGLE.

Noted yesterday in the Newburyport/Salisbury area were 1 LESSER
SCAUP,
4 RED-NECKED GREBES, 3 BALD EAGLES, 17 BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKES, 16 RAZORBILLS, 35 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, 1
EASTERN MEADOWLARK, and 5 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS.

A report from Milton included 17 WILD TURKEYS, 2 COMMON RAVENS,
1 FOX SPARROW, and 32 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, and seen in
Lakeville were 17 WOOD DUCKS, 11 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 1 PIED-
BILLED GREBE, 3 BALD EAGLES, 1 ICELAND GULL, 1 GLAUCOUS
GULL, and 1 GRAY CATBIRD.

Miscellaneous reports this week included a KING EIDER, 4 TURKEY
VULTURES, and 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS in Gloucester, a MERLIN in
Lowell, a BALD EAGLE in Marlboro, 4 AMERICAN WIGEON at Belle
Isle marsh in East Boston, a WOOD DUCK and a FOX SPARROW in the
Fenway section of Boston, a TURKEY VULTURE in Plymouth, a KING
EIDER and 4 HARLEQUIN DUCKS at Scusset Beach in Sandwich, a
EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL in Falmouth, and 1 EURASIAN
WIGEON and 1 BLACK-HEADED GULL at Nantucket.

On Saturday, March 6, Mass Audubon and the Manomet Center for
Conservation Sciences will cosponsor the 18th annual Massachusetts
Birders Meeting. For further information or registration, visit our
website
at massaudubon.org or call 781-259-2150.

Have a good weekend and thank you for calling.
- End Transcript

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