Duck box update and other captures on the cameras around the house

Hooded Merganser nest in duck box #2, Home, Belchertown, MA, Apr 4, 2023

Egg in duck box #1, Home, Belchertown, MA, Apr 4, 2023

Egg is duck box #3, Home, Belchertown, MA, Apr 4, 2023

Eggs in duck box #1, Home, Belchertown, MA, Apr 11, 2023

Eggs in duck box #3, Home, Belchertown, MA, Apr 11, 2023

As the first real warm weather of the season arrives I will catch up on activities around the house.  I checked the duck boxes this morning (except box #2 which had a Hooded Merganser sitting on eggs when I last checked the boxes on April 4 so I didn't bother her today).  Both box #1 and box #3 had multiple eggs in them with box #3 looking like it is almost complete with down feathers mixed in among the wood chips and eggs.  I'll check both boxes again in a week or so and see what species is sitting on the eggs and then will leave them be for awhile.

Eastern Phoebe, Home, Belchertown, MA, Apr 10, 2023

American Robin, Home, Belchertown, MA, Apr 9, 2023

Raccoon, Home, Belchertown, MA, Apr 8, 2023

Palm Warbler' yellow', Home, Belchertown, MA, Apr 7, 2023

The water feature continues to attract birds (and a mammal) in the first few days it has been open.  As of yesterday I have had 10 species of birds (including my first warbler of the season) and a single mammal.  Looking forward to more captures as spring moves on.

Bobcat, Home, Belchertown, MA, Mar 17, 2023

Raccoons, Home, Belchertown, MA, Mar 17, 2023

Bobcat, Home, Belchertown, MA, Mar 24, 2023

Beaver, Home, Belchertown, MA, Mar 25, 2023

Bird species, Home, Belchertown, MA, Apr 6, 2023

The game camera along Jabish Brook has also captured some stuff with mainly mammals but a bird species (almost certainly an owl) got captured during the night.