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| Lapland Longspur, East Meadows, Northampton, MA, Apr 16, 2013 |
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| Lapland Longspur, East Meadows, Northampton, MA, Apr 16, 2013 |
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| Eastern Meadowlark, East Meadows, Northampton, MA, Apr 16, 2013 |
I spent an hour of so this morning
with Ian Davies checking a few areas around Northampton before work. Given the appearance of a lot of migration on
the radar last night we had high hopes.
We started at Arcadia but the area was quite flooded so we headed over
to the East Meadows instead. In the East
Meadows we ran across several large flocks of Horned Larks that totaled at
least 400 individuals. In among them
were at least two Lapland Longspurs that are a bit unusual to have around in
the middle of April here. An Eastern
Meadowlark sang a few times and showed itself well. Our attempt to find anything more unusual
failed but the area looks prime to host some unusual birds and with more time
we may have found some but not today.
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