Quabbin Park again...lots of siskins

Pine Siskins, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Oct 25, 2014

Pine Siskins, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Oct 25, 2014

Bald Eagle, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Oct 25, 2014

Ring billed Gull, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Oct 25, 2014

Ruffed Grouse, Quabbin Park, MA, Oct 25, 2014

Hank's Meadow looking east, Quabbin Park, MA, Oct 25, 2014

Goodnough Dike at dawn, Quabbin Park, MA, Oct 25, 2014

The winds were northwest and then west before calming down overnight and the radars looked fairly active so I hoped for some good stuff this morning. I headed out before dawn and started at Quabbin Park mainly trying to catch up with waterfowl. It was certainly more active for waterfowl there this morning with nine species Also had a couple Great Horned Owls hooting back and forth plus a tame Ruffed Grouse that ran out from under my car when I returned to it after a short walk. Full list for the park at this link: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20329402

After about an hour in the park I headed over to Winsor Dam where I spent the next two hours watching for migrants coming by and checking the reservoir for waterfowl. Very quiet on the water with just two Common Loons that flew in, a handful of Ring billed Gulls and a single White tailed Deer swimming across the reservoir. Migrants on the other hand were quite active with 300+ Pine Siskins (all flying southwest with a few groups making brief stops in trees west of the dam),123 Canada Geese (movng southwest in small groups), a couple American Pipits, 227 American Crows (most moving southwest), plus numbers of Yellow rumped Warblers, Purple Finches and Red winged Blackbirds. Also had some raptor movement going through with half a dozen species. Full list from the dam at this link: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20330017

I started feeling a little under the weather so headed home a little earlier than I initially planned so I'm sure I missed some more stuff.