White winged Scoter, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 10, 2026
Common Loons, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 10, 2026
Bald Eagle, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 10, 2026
Turkey Vulture, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 10, 2026
Bonaparte's Gull and Ring billed Gull, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 10, 2026
Black Scoters, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 9, 2026
Red necked Grebe, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 9, 2026
White tailed Deer, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 9, 2026
Eastern Marsh Wren, Belchertown, MA, Nov 8, 2026
Common Mergansers and a Green winged Teal, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 8, 2026
Rainbow over reservoir, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 8, 2026
With my ability to walk severely limited I have settled into what will likely be my routine for the next several weeks as my broken foot heals. I can at least stand so my spot to at least get outside and hopefully get some birds is the ever productive Winsor Dam. It is actually a good time of year to spend time at the dam as later fall holds the greatest potential for unusual species to show up. Having started off my now daily trips there with a bang on Friday the 6th with a
Franklin's Gull the last few days have turned up some other good stuff. I will go day by day because I have the time and level of boredom to do so. On
Saturday I only stayed for about 45 minutes and there were no real rarities with the best sightings being a few Long tailed Ducks flying by with a scaup species.
Sunday was a nicer and more productive day with 8 species of waterfowl, a Bonaparte's Gull, the continued Gray Catbird and a flyover Dickcissel. The Dickcissel was a new species for me at the dam (not something that happens too often now) and became species #227 for me there. There was also an impressive morning rainbow as a few showers moved through. After my time at the dam I stopped along the road at a
marsh in Belchertown and picked up a very cooperative Eastern Marsh Wren. For
Monday I spent about an hour and a half first thing in the morning and had seven species of waterfowl including Black Scoters and a Red necked Grebe that vocalized a few times (not something I have ever had the species do before here in Hampshire County). In addition the Gray Catbird continued to call occasionally and still stayed hidden from view. I made
another stop mid morning without finding anything too interesting.
Today I spent about an hour and a half at the dam to start the day and had a selection of waterfowl with a few offering some fairly close views (at least for Quabbin). I
returned to the dam again mid morning and added a Bonaparte's Gull plus an intriguing loon that defied identification due to distance and its constant diving. Tomorrow is a day that has historically been very productive for me for rarities, especially at Winsor Dam so hopeful for something good...we shall see.
Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 8, 2026
Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 8, 2026
Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 8, 2026
Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 8, 2026
Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 9, 2026
Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 9, 2026
Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 9, 2026
Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 10, 2026
Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 10, 2026
Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Nov 10, 2026
Even when there are few birds to see the view from the dam is always fantastic and I can't help but take photos of it every time I'm there...enjoy the ever changing views.
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