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| Ruddy Duck, Beaver Lake, Ware, MA, Apr 15, 2019 |
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| Lesser Scaup, Beaver Lake, Ware, MA, Apr 15, 2019 |
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| Greater Scaup and Lesser Scaup, Beaver Lake, Ware, MA, Apr 15, 2019 |
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| Spotted Sandpipers, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Apr 15, 2019 |
A round of heavy showers and thunderstorms rolled in before dawn this morning and brought a number of species to the area. The worst of the storms finally ended a bit after 6:30 and I immediately headed over to
Winsor Dam where I had three early Spotted Sandpipers as well as a single Bonaparte's Gull among the more common gulls. I then stopped over to
Beaver Lake and despite an increase in the rain once again I turned up a Greater Scaup and Lesser Scaup together giving a nice side by side comparison of these very similar species. I then made a return trip to
Winsor Dam where I had a pair of Blue winged Teal in with a small group of Black Ducks. I have only had Blue winged Teal anywhere at Quabbin two times before this morning and today was the first time I have seen it at Winsor Dam...so quite a rarity for me at Quabbin. After dropping off some groceries at home I headed back once again to the dam and not long after arriving saw a post from Aaron about a Ruddy Duck he found at Beaver Lake when he went to see the scaup I had seen there earlier. I headed right over to
Beaver Lake and quickly found the Ruddy Duck as well as the original scaup I had there plus a male Lesser Scaup that had joined the group. This morning added a number of new migrants. continuing the activity of the last few days thanks to southerly winds and occasional bouts of rain.
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