- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Nantucket Island
* March 26, 1997
* MANI9703.26

- Birds mentioned
Common Loon
Red-throated Loon
Northern Gannet
Black Guillemot
Iceland Gull
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Ring-necked Gull
TUFTED DUCK
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Great Blue Heron
SANDHILL CRANE (possible)
Black-crowned Night-heron
Sanderling
American Oystercatcher
PIPING PLOVER
Killdeer
American Woodcock
Snow Goose
Snowy Owl
Short-eared Owl
Osprey
Merlin
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Harrier
Peregrine Falcon
Belted Kingfisher
Hermit Thrush
Brown Thrasher
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ipswich Savannah Sparrow
Horned Lark
Snow Bunting

- Transcript
  hotline:      Nantucket Island, Massachusetts
  date:          March 26, 1997
  number:      (508)228-8818
  to report:   (508)228-8818
  compiler:    Edith Andrews & Edie Ray (rray@nantucket.net)
  coverage:    Nantucket, Massachusetts
  transcriber:  H. Lawrence Jodrey   curlew@shell1.shore.net

Nantucket Island, Massachusetts

The first PIPING PLOVERS arrived right on schedule at Eel Point
and the AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER count is up to 8, with birds
ranging from Pimney Point to Coskata.  OSPREYS are inspecting
nesting platforms which are spread out around the island marshes
and at Bartlett Farm there were GREEN-WINGED TEAL, KILLDEER
and 1 SNOW GOOSE.  Both SCAUP, HOODED MERGANSERS, RING-NECKED
DUCKS and the TUFTED DUCK with its long tuft blowing in the wind
were all seen at Miacomet Pond, while nearby there was a HERMIT
THRUSH scratching around last year's garden and a small flock of
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS.  Hawks were present, with a SHARP-
SHINNED, MERLIN, COOPER'S, RED-TAILED and NORTHERN HARRIER
all reported and at Great Point, a PEREGRINE FALCON was seen
on the lighthouse railing.  Also present at Great Point and Coskata
were SNOW BUNTINGS, HORNED LARKS, an IPSWICH SAVANNAH SPARROW
and a SNOWY OWL.  At Low Beach there were several ICELAND GULLS,
100 SANDERLINGS, a RED-THROATED LOON, NORTHERN GANNETS and
a BLACK GUILLEMOT.  Two SHORT-EARED OWLS were observed near
Long Pond, a KINGFISHER at Folger's Marsh, AMERICAN WOODCOCK
displaying in Madaket and a wintering BROWN THRASHER was
still present at a feeder on the edge of town.  The most interestng
report of the past week was a possible SANDHILL CRANE at Slosek's
Farm.

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