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| Snow Bunting, Quabbin Park, Nov 26, 2011 |
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| Snow Bunting, five of seven present, Quabbin Park, Nov 26, 2011 |
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| Snow Bunting, Quabbin Park, Nov 26, 2011 |
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| Distant shot of Red-necked Grebe, Quabbin Park, Nov 26, 2011 |
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| Distant shot of Red-necked Grebe, Quabbin Park, Nov 26, 2011 |
I spent another early morning at Quabbin Park beginning at dawn at Winsor Dam where I spent 45 minutes watching the morning spectacle of American Robins leaving their evening roost. Today the birds seemed to split into two groups with one heading nearly west and the other milling around and finally heading south to southeast. It was difficult to get a good count as many were at the limit of sight even with a scope. I counted just over 1100 this morning which is a bit lower than previous days. The waters were quite still this morning as there was little wind which made looking for waterfowl a bit easier. I found a handful of Common Loons, several Horned Grebes, a Red-necked Grebe, Hooded and Common Mergansers as well as Black Ducks, Mallards and Canada Geese. No big numbers but with southerly winds the last few days I was not expecting a large influx of new waterfowl from up north. I also had a Belted Kingfisher flying quite high over the reservoir. The number of land birds was quite low but not really unexpected given the date and conditions. The Snow Buntings in the tower parking lot continued today and I was able to get a few photos. The day started around freezing but ended at a balmy 60 degrees as we continued our run of above normal temperatures.
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