After another long shift at work I got out this morning to sunny skies and temps that were only in the upper 50's...quite a change from the previous two days when temps reached into the 90's. I was originally going to try to track down a reported Hooded Warbler at Mt Tom but after seeing negative reports from others and the increasingly windy conditions I ditched that plan and instead made a brief stop down at Arcadia before heading home. I did some stuff around the house and was finishing up a few odd and ends when I saw a report from Sara of a Red headed Woodpecker in Quabbin Park. I headed right over to the general area and after quite a bit of looking I heard and then saw the bird, a stunning adult. I got some recordings and distant photos. The Red headed Woodpecker is a new species for me in Quabbin Park (species #250) as well as in the Quabbin area overall (species #254). This follows on the heals of the unprecedented number of Arctic Terns that gave me another new Quabbin species earlier this month.
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