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| Black capped Chickadee, Sabin St, Belchertown, MA, Sep 7, 2015 |
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| Eastern Towhee, Quabbin Park, MA, Sep 7, 2015 |
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| Merlin, Quabbin Park, MA, Sep 7, 2015 |
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| Black and White Warbler, Quabbin Park, MA, Sep 7, 2015 |
Today I stayed close to home once again and concentrated my time at Quabbin Park. I had some great luck early on before sunrise when I had four Eastern Whip Poor Wills still calling as well as one each of Virginia Rail and Sora calling at the Route 9 marsh. I then spent the next few hours in Quabbin park itself tracking down mixed species flocks. Certainly some migrants moving through with eleven species of warblers among the other 55+ species. Full lists below:
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| Killdeer, Paradise Pond, Northampton, MA, Sep 6, 2015 |
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| White tailed Deer fawns, Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Sep 6, 2015 |
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| Eastern Phoebe, Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Sep 6, 2015 |
I spent Sunday morning trying
to catch up with shorebirds in honor of International Shorebird Day but managed
to find just a few with nothing unusual. I stopped at Paradise Pond, Arcadia,
the Honey Pot and a couple other spots and turned up six species of shorebird
including Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs,
Lesser Yellowlegs and Least Sandpiper. So far for the fall I have found a dozen
shorebird species with some unusual ones including Short billed Dowitcher,
Upland Sandpiper and White rumped Sandpiper. I have failed to turn up any
American Golden Plovers or Buff breasted Sandpipers so far despite much
effort. A grand total of fifteen shorebirds in the county for the year is
decent but hopefully I will add a bit to that total before the season ends. I
also spent a little time at Silvio Conte NWR looking for other migrants but
overall it was fairly quiet although running across a couple White tailed Deer fawns that were sleeping just off the trail was neat.
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| Black throated Green Warbler, Quabbin Park, MA, Sep 5, 2015 |
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| Eastern Towhee, Quabbin Park, MA, Sep 5, 2015 |
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| Northern Cardinal, Quabbin Park, MA, Sep 5, 2015 |
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| American Redstart, Quabbin Park, MA, Sep 5, 2015 |
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| Gray Catbird, Quabbin Park, MA, Sep 5, 2015 |
On Saturday I stayed around Quabbin Park in search of passerine migrants and had a few mixed species flocks with the highlights in among them being Cape May Warbler and Yellow bellied Flycatcher. I also stopped at Winsor Dam before dawn and had at least three Eastern Whip Poor Wills still calling plus I had two Merlins moving south.
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