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| Common Redpoll, North Lane Conservation Area, Hadley, MA, Nov 16, 2012 |
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| Common Redpoll, North Lane Conservation Area, Hadley, MA, Nov 16, 2012 |
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| Common Redpoll, North Lane Conservation Area, Hadley, MA, Nov 16, 2012 |
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| Common Redpoll, North Lane Conservation Area, Hadley, MA, Nov 16, 2012 |
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| Common Redpoll, North Lane Conservation Area, Hadley, MA, Nov 16, 2012 |
After Jacob Drucker found a Cackling Goose on the UMASS pond on Wednesday I have tried to catch up with this species both yesterday and today. Yesterday I stopped before work and the pond held only two Canada Geese and a the usual Mallards. Today I found no geese at all on the pond in the morning. Although I did not find any Cackling Geese today I did manage to find add another species to my county year list
(#222) when I came across a few groups of Common Redpolls at separate locations including Quabbin Park and the North Lane Conservation Area in Hadley. The group in Hadley provided great views and at one point the entire 40+ bird flock descended all around my car and flew within inches of my head.
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| Horned Grebes, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 16, 2012 |
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| Bufflehead, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 16, 2012 |
As mentioned above before I headed over to Amherst today I stopped by Quabbin Park and found a few other notable birds besides the redpolls including eight Snow Buntings, a hooting Great Horned Owl, a couple Hermit Thrush, 14 White winged Crossbills and a couple Red Crossbills plus nine Horned Grebes and a few loons as well as a large group of 178 Mallards plus a few Black Ducks in a sheltered cove opposite Enfield Lookout. Other waterfowl included a single Bufflehead and four Hooded Mergansers
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| Canada Goose w/ leg tag (could only read "03"), Stockbridge Rd, Amherst, MA, Nov 16, 2012 |
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| Canada Goose w/ odd neck plumage, Stockbridge Rd, Amherst, MA, Nov 16, 2012 |
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| Peregrine Falcon, Honeypot, Hadley, MA, Nov 16, 2012 |
In addition to my stop by the campus pond I stopped by a few other areas in Hadley and Amherst including the UMASS athletic fields (a few hundred Ring billed Gulls), fields north and west of campus, Lake Warner, North Lane Conservation Area and the Honeypot. I ran into a group of 344 Canada Geese along Stockbridge Road and a flyby group 840+ Canada Geese at the Honeypot that were heading west and appeared to land in Hatfield. At Lake Warner the only waterfowl were seven Mute Swans. Besides the flyover Canada Geese at the Honeypot there were a number of Horned Larks and a Peregrine Falcon.
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