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| Snowy Egret, Connecticut River, Hadley, MA, July 29, 2015 |
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| Snowy Egret, Connecticut River, Hadley, MA, July 29, 2015 |
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| Great Blue Heron, Connecticut River, Hadley, MA, July 29, 2015 |
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| Great Egret, Paradise Pond at Smith College, Northampton, MA, July, 29, 2015 |
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| Solitary Sandpiper, Connecticut River, Hadley, MA, July 29, 2015 |
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| Painted Turtle on back of Snapping Turtle, Connecticut River, Hadley, MA, July 29, 2015 |
I managed to catch up once again this morning with a Snowy Egret
along the river in the same place I found one a couple days ago. Although the
early morning fog once again made it tough to see more distant areas I still
managed to get some other good birds. In addition to the egret I had a
Solitary Sandpiper, seven Spotted Sandpipers and a Great Blue Heron. A bit
later in the morning while at work I passed by Paradise Pond at Smith College
and noticed a Great Egret fishing along the large area of exposed mud flats as
well as a Double crested Cormorant plus at least one each of Solitary and
Spotted Sandpiper. I wish I had binoculars and a scope to scour through the
large areas of mud as I'm sure some other birds were there. Late in the day I stopped back by the river and the Snowy Egret was still there along with a couple Solitary Sandpipers and a single Spotted Sandpiper. Also had a Painted Turtle climbing on the back of a Snapping Turtle...odd stuff. I also made a late day stop over to Lake Wallace and found a Green Heron as well as other typical stuff. Ended the very hot (95 degrees) day with four heron/egret species, which is not easy to do in western mass.
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