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| Bald Eagles, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 4, 2016 |
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| Bald Eagles, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 4, 2016 |
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| Bald Eagles, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 4, 2016 |
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| Bald Eagles, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 4, 2016 |
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| Bald Eagles, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 4, 2016 |
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| Bald Eagles, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 4, 2016 |
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| Long tailed Ducks, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 4, 2016 |
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| Black Scoters, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 4, 2016 |
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| Black Scoter, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 4, 2016 |
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| Brant, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 4, 2016 |
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| Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 4, 2016 |
On Friday morning I spent a cold and windy morning at Winsor Dam in search of migrants taking advantage of the northwest winds and had some rewards for being out in the cold including some spectacular acrobatics from a few Bald Eagles, 32 Brant flying south (seen distantly through scope), 16 Black Scoters, 26 Long tailed Ducks and four Bufflehead. I was joined for part of my time there by Devin but he arrived just a few minutes too late to see the best part of the eagle show.
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| Red necked Grebes, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 6, 2016 |
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| Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 6, 2016 |
Sunday morning found me at Winsor Dam once again after work and the dam was once again very windy which made viewing a bit of a challenge but I nonetheless turned up 22 Long tailed Ducks, 2 White winged Scoters, 2 Red necked Grebes and 4 Horned Grebes. I wish I had more to spend there as the winds promised to bring in more good stuff but I was exhausted (another group at Quabbin Park had a Golden Eagle and a White winged Crossbill fly by!)
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| Spotted Sandpiper, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 8, 2016 |
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| Spotted Sandpiper, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 8, 2016 |
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| Gate 52 looking northeast, the small peninsula in front is normally under a few feet of water, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 8, 2016 |
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| Red headed Woodpecker, Lake Wallace, Belchertown, MA, Nov 8, 2016 |
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Lake Wallace, Belchertown, MA, Nov 8, 2016
After work today I headed for home but not before a brief stop along the river and Hadley and then over to Quabbin Park. The river in Hadley had just over a hundred Mallards plus one each of Black Duck and Green winged Teal. Quabbin Park held some great birds during my time at Gate 52 including a fly by Pine Grosbeak and a late Spotted Sandpiper. I tried to get a recording of the grosbeak but it was too far past by the time I started recording. At least I got some photos of the sandpiper! This is my latest Spotted Sandpiper record in the area and only the second November or December record for the Connecticut Valley in eBird, The Pine Grosbeak was a pleasant surprise and added a new species for the county for the year bringing my total to 235 (although this species was not predicted to be irruptive into the area this year several have turned up in lower New England in the last few days). After my time at Quabbin I went home and picked up Wilson and we went for a walk at Lake Wallace where we once again had the Red headed Woodpecker as well as at least eight Rusty Blackbirds. During all my stops this morning it was once again surprising to see just how low the water is at various bodies of water due to our ongoing drought. At Quabbin Park the water level is as low as I have ever seen it with the water level down several feet (as of November the level is at 80.6%)...Lake Wallace was equally very low....we really need rain!
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