Piping Plover (Plum Is)
It's been a couple of weeks since my last update- To say Migration is in full swing , would be an understatement. Recent trips with the Hitchcock Center Birding Class to the Quabbin Reservoir and last weekend to Plum Island/Newburyport have been quite successful.
The Quabbin trip produced some nice highlights...Nesting Common Ravens at the spillway, Bald Eagle, several Yellow-throated Vireos and 15+ Black-throated Blue Warblers.
Last weeks trip to the Newburyport/Plum Island region produced 103 species. While it wasn't the best day for migrates, an adult White-faced Ibis in Newbury continued to put on a show. Other highlights included - a large raft of Long-tailed Ducks off parking lot #1 on Plum Island, Blue-winged Teal, Tricolored Heron, 65 Glossy Ibis (Newbury),
Great Horned Owl nest, (1 young) and Orchard Oriole.
The Quabbin trip produced some nice highlights...Nesting Common Ravens at the spillway, Bald Eagle, several Yellow-throated Vireos and 15+ Black-throated Blue Warblers.
Last weeks trip to the Newburyport/Plum Island region produced 103 species. While it wasn't the best day for migrates, an adult White-faced Ibis in Newbury continued to put on a show. Other highlights included - a large raft of Long-tailed Ducks off parking lot #1 on Plum Island, Blue-winged Teal, Tricolored Heron, 65 Glossy Ibis (Newbury),
Great Horned Owl nest, (1 young) and Orchard Oriole.
Gadwall (Plum Is)
Eastern Towhee (Plum Is. Mass)
Common Raven (Quabbin Reservoir-Spillway)
