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| Horned Grebes, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Apr 29, 2018 |
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| Horned Grebes, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Apr 29, 2018 |
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| Red necked Grebes, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Apr 29, 2018 |
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| Bonaparte's Gulls, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Apr 29, 2018 |
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| Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Apr 29, 2018 |
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| Black and White Warbler, Quabbin Park, MA, Apr 28, 2018 |
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| Tree Swallow, Covey WMA, Belchertown, MA, Apr 27, 2018 |
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| House Wren, Home, Belchertown, MA, Apr 27, 2018 |
April appears to be ending on a cool and wet note, much like the weather for the entire month. There was a slight reprieve for a few days with warmer conditions but today and tomorrow are rainy and cool. A few migrants trickled in the last few days with my first Eastern Whip Poor Will, American Bittern, Sandhill Crane, Black and White Warbler, Black throated Green Warbler, Rose breasted Grosbeak, House Wren, Wood Thrush, Yellow throated Vireo and Great crested Flycatcher. Migration is still a little behind but a big warm up starting on Tuesday should bring a flood of new birds in through the middle and end of the week. A more in depth look at warbler migration specifically can be found at the following link:
April warblers
Today's rainy weather at least had a silver lining as it forced some migrants down at Quabbin including my highest count ever for Bonaparte's Gull in the county with a total of 54 (my previous best was 14 back in April of 2014, also at Winsor Dam) and my highest spring count of Long tailed Ducks with a total of 53. Other notables around Winsor Dam for the morning included 2 (possibly 3) scaup (likely Lesser Scaup), five Bufflehead, half a dozen Common Loons, at least 8 Horned Grebes, two Red necked Grebes, 56 Double crested Cormorants flying north and flyover American Pipit, Rusty Blackbird and Purple Finches. Full list from my most productive stop at Winsor Dam
here.
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