Long tailed Ducks, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Oct 31, 2014 |
Bufflehead, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Oct 31, 2014 |
Bufflehead, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Oct 31, 2014 |
Bufflehead, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Oct 31, 2014 |
Long tailed Ducks, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Oct 31, 2014 |
Long tailed Ducks, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Oct 31, 2014 |
Common Raven, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Oct 31, 2014 |
Bufflehead, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Oct 31, 2014 |
Winsor Dam (7:49-9:31)
Long-tailed Duck 38 Group of 18 stayed in area occasionally flying around plus group of 20 flying south
Bufflehead 37 largest groups of 17 and 16
Common Loon 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
Ring-billed Gull 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 519 Moving southwest
Common Raven 14 Group of 13 together
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Eastern Bluebird 2
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 26
European Starling 8
American Pipit 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 5
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 5
Northern Cardinal 1
Purple Finch 1
Pine Siskin 33
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 4
Bufflehead, Beaver Lake, Ware, MA, Oct 31, 2014 |
As October comes to an end it is time once again to look at where I stand this year on my attempt to break my previous Hampshire County record. I sit at 233 so far this year which is still one ahead of last year at the same time and puts me three away from reaching my total from last year. I found five new species for the county this past month among the 118 total species seen. We shall see if the next couple months can deliver four new species and break my record.