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| Dickcissel, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, Jan 9, 2012 |
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| Dickcissel, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, Jan 9, 2012 |
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| Dickcissel, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, Jan 9, 2012 |
I made a trip back over to Hampshire College to hopefully get some pictures of the continuing Dickcissel that has been present there since at least November. As soon as I got out of the car I could hear it chipping. It took awhile to find the bird as it moved around the hedgerows with groups of House Sparrows but I eventually got great looks at it. I also had a nice selection of other sparrows including a Fox Sparrow, three White-throated Sparrows, an American Tree Sparrow and two Song Sparrows plus 30+ Dark-eyed Junco's. It will be interesting to see how long the bird can make it through the winter. It may have a chance if the warm weather continues. Although it started out cool this morning around 22 it warmed up to near 40. A warm day to be sure but still a far cry from the record setting warmth this past Saturday when the temperature topped out at 60 degrees.
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