Winsor Dam in the evening and Lake Warner in the morning

Long tailed Duck, Quabbin Park, MA, Oct 25, 2013

Long tailed Duck, Quabbin Park, MA, Oct 25, 2013

Long tailed Duck, Quabbin Park, MA, Oct 25, 2013

I made a stop early this evening at Winsor Dam to check to see if any waterfowl could be found on the rough waters of the reservoir.  Despite strong winds out of the northwest I was able to find a couple Long tailed Ducks bobbing in the water near the far end of the dam.  The only other waterfowl that I could find where a few small groups of Canada Geese moving southwest.  Raptors seemed to be moving with several Red tailed Hawks, a few Bald Eagles, a Cooper's Hawk and a gray adult male Northern Harrier skimming across the water.  Also a nice influx of juncos that seemed to have arrived overnight.  With the strong northerly winds I had hopes of finding some Brant or perhaps a Golden Eagle but no luck.  I'm sure an all day vigil may have turned up one of these species today...oh well!

Green winged Teal, Lake Warner, Hadley, MA, Oct 25, 2013

Canada Geese, Lake Warner, Hadley, MA, Oct 25, 2013

Before work I made a couple brief stops looking for waterfowl including the UMASS campus pond (which only had a few Mallards and Canada Geese...very low numbers...later in the day among the hundreds of Canada Geese a Cackling Goose showed up...timing is everything!) and Lake Warner in Hadley.  The Canada Geese were just starting to lift off from there when I arrived and I counted over 500 but nothing unusual among them.  Also had four Green winged Teal and a few Mallards.