Dunlin, East Meadows, Northampton, MA, May 10, 2025
Dunlin and Spotted Sandpiper, East Meadows, Northampton, MA, May 10, 2025
Short billed Dowitchers, East Meadows, Northampton, MA, May 10, 2025
We endured another bout of heavy rain and even some thunderstorms overnight and into a good portion of the morning today with at least another couple inches of rain. I heard about a number of shorebirds that showed up in the flooded fields of the East Meadows of Northampton yesterday but I was unable to make the trip over until this morning. With the crappy weather I figured there was a decent chance the birds did not continue their migration north. I had a few hours available in the morning so headed over to be there for sunrise. The radar showed moderate rain but it looked like it might lift (it did not lift for hours and instead just sad and pinwheeled in more rain for hours). Despite all the rain the roads were not as muddy as I feared they might be. I made it down to where the shorebirds were yesterday and quickly found at least four Dunlin among the more expected species. With a bit more scanning I turned up the two Short billed Dowitchers. I had an impressive eight species of shorebirds in the area plus a few other rarities including Sandhill Crane and Green winged Teal. I checked a few other areas along the river for shorebirds before returning to the Quabbin area and then to home. Today was Global Big Day and World Migratory Bird Day and despite having crappy weather and not as much time free as usual I still managed 92 species.
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