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| Pileated Woodpeckers, Quabbin Park, MA, Apr 17, 2016 |
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| Pileated Woodpeckers, Quabbin Park, MA, Apr 17, 2016 |
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| Virginia Rail swimming, Lake Wallace, Belchertown, MA, Apr 17, 2016 |
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| Virginia Rail, Lake Wallace, Belchertown, MA, Apr 17, 2016 |
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| Downy Woodpecker, Quabbin Park, MA, Apr 17, 2016 |
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| Palm Warbler, Quabbin Gate 9, Pelham, MA, Apr 17, 2016 |
As the weather has continued to be quite nice around here with cool mornings giving way to warmer afternoons with abundant sunshine I have spent a fair amount
of time out and about in the morning and the afternoons catching up on various
projects around the yard. Although the weather has been nice the migration
conditions have been less than ideal with continued northerly winds but nonetheless new species continue to arrive with several new species over the
last several days. The following has shown up from Thursday until today: Broad winged Hawk (#
117) on Thursday, Double crested Cormorant (#
118) on Friday, an early Spotted Sandpiper (#
119), Northern Rough winged Swallow (#
120), Barn Swallow (#
121) and Osprey (#
122) on Saturday and an Eastern Whip Poor Will (#
123) today....my earliest date ever for this species here. I also witnessed some interesting bird behavior today with a swimming Virginia Rail at
Lake Wallace and a couple of Pileated Woodpecker males that continuously chased
each other around the base of a tree truck at Quabbin Park...very interesting
behavior to see. Link to video of woodpeckers here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54277284@N05/25883939814/in/dateposted-public/
Pileated woodpeckers are among my most favorite birds. Fantastic shot!!
ReplyDeleteThey are really cool birds...it was fun to watch them from close range for several minutes as they chased each other around a tree.
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