I typically do not do so many posts here within a few days anymore but I want to make just one more quick post as the first week of March has now come to an end. Despite very windy conditions today I added several new species for the month plus two more for the year in the Hampshire County (new year species being American Woodcock and Gadwall). This was best start to March ever here with 87 species so far (breaking my previous first week of March back in 2022 when I had 77 species). I also stand at 118 species for the year so far in the county which is my highest YTD total for the end of the first week of March. A lot of the good numbers are thanks to a great showing of waterfowl this month with a number of rarities around plus a few early arriving species. For today I started near home and then visited a number of spots along both sides of the river with continued large numbers of geese including a few unusual species (Greater White fronted Geese and Cackling Goose) as well as the Greenland banded Canada Goose. The concentrations of geese continue to be impressive with several thousand Canada Geese in the area with other waterfowl showing also with a total of 20 species so far for the month. The ice on the river is rapidly disappearing and open water is slowly starting to show in other areas.
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