November 2004 Central Mass Bird Sightings

Sightings are listed in reverse chronological order. The email address of birders submitting reports, as well as other Central Massachusetts birding info can be found via the Central Mass Bird Update homepage.

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11/30/04 -- Institute Park, Worcester

At 1:00 pm, birds of note included 1 GREAT CORMORANT and approx 50 Hooded Mergansers. I noticed the cormorant from some distance away by its prominant white belly and underparts, shining in the sun. When I got closer the details were clear, including light gray on the front of the neck (sharp line separating this from the white underparts), yellowish skin at corner of mouth, grey bill and feet. Interestingly, it was perched in the same spot that the DC cormorants usually perch, on a branch that sticks out over the water near the fire station. (report from Rick Quimby).

11/28/04 -- Flint Pond, Shrewsbury

From the Flint Pond boat ramp I saw 1 A.Coot, and on Lake Quinsigamond, 2 Great Cormorants and 4 Common Goldeneye. (report from John Shea).

11/27/04 -- Wachusett Reservoir

At the Wachusett Reservoir and neighboring bodies of water: Common Loon - 3; Horned Grebe - 2 (South Bay); Bald Eagle - 1 (ad); Red Tail Hawk - 3 ( 1 imm); Bufflehead - 2 (Coachlace Pond); Hooded Merganser - 4 ( 2m / 2 f); Canada Goose - 1; Lesser Scaup - 50; Mallard - 60; Black Backed Gull - 1; Song Sparrow - 4; Tree Sparrow - 2; (report from (Marion Larson/Scott Handler)

11/26/04 -- Asnebumskit Hill, Paxton

On a sunny, cold, windy day there was suprisingly little bird activity here with even common species hard to come by, but we did have a large flock of over 100 House Finches, and there might have been other Finches in the flock but I couldn't tell for sure. We also had 8+ American Tree Sparrows. At the Heron Rookery, the number of Great Blue Heron nests has increased from 21 early this spring to 30 of them now. (report from Brian Mulhearn)

11/25/04 -- Wachusett Res/the Waushacums/Indian Lake, Worcester/Boylston/Sterling

A pre-Thanksgiving Day dinner ramble to some local spots to look for waterbirds yielded the following:

WACHUSETT RESERVOIR: amazingly few ducks, despite some serious scoping from Scar Hill Bluffs Common Loon (9); Mute Swan (2); Common Merganser (1); N Harrier (1m); Bald Eagle (1sub-ad); WILD TURKEYS (13);

COACHLACE POND, CLINTON: Greater Scaup (33); Bufflehead (2); Carolina Wren (1);

EAST WAUSHACUM, STERLING: Common Loon (1); Canada Goose (156+1 hybrid CanadaX?: this bird had a much larger light cheek patch which was very dusky, an almost block-shaped head and was very dark at the breast on the waterline. My guess is CanadaXsome domestic breed); Mallard (1); Greater Scaup (1f); Bufflehead (12); Hooded Merganser (2); Belted Kingfisher (1); Carolina Wren (1);

WEST WAUSHACUM, STERLING: Greater Scaup (10);

INDIAN LAKE, WORCESTER (including Little Indian);: Canada Goose (22); A Wigeon (2); Mallard (29); Hooded Merganser (25); Common Merganser (8); Red-tailed Hawk (1); (report from Mark Lynch/Sheila Carroll).

11/22/04 -- Fitchubrg

We had a beautiful, solitary Fox Sparrow scraping the ground under brush this morning in Fitchburg. (report from Cheryl and Jean-Pierre Boissy).

11/21/04 -- Northbridge

We birded Northbridge as part of the bi-annual Blackstone Valley waterbird survey. Here are our totals: Great Blue Heron (1); Mute Swan (9); Canada Goose (74); Mallard (77); A Black Duck (6); Wood Duck (3); Green winged Teal (3); Hooded Merganser (54); Common Merganser (5); Ring neck Duck (31); Cooper's Hawk (1); Ring-billed Gull (17); Herring Gull (1); Great Black-backed Gull (2); Belted Kingfisher (3); Red Bellied Woodpecker (5); (report from Barbara, Rick and Mike Walker, Paul Meleski).

11/21/04 -- Burrillville/Glocester, RI

Kim Kastler and I did the Burrillville/Glocester section of the Blackstone Count today. It took us about 2 hours and several ponds before we recorded our first duck. We also had to cut things short this afternoon because the mid-afternoon fog made the visibility almost nil.

BURRILLVILLE Common Loon (1 - Wallum Lake); Canada Goose (2 + 14 in Mass. section of Wallum Lake); American Black Duck (3); Mallard (59 + 3 on Slatersville Reservoir on Saturday); Mallard-Black Duck hybrid (1); Ring-necked Duck (3 on Slatersville Reservoir on Saturday); Bufflehead (1); Hooded Merganser (29); Common Merganser (16); Ruddy Duck (11 - Spring Lake); Ring-billed Gull (26); Herring Gull (1); Great Black-back Gull (2 + 1 on Slatersville Reservoir on Saturday); Red-tailed Hawk (1); Wild Turkey (5+);

GLOCESTER Great Blue Heron (4); Canada Goose (9); Mute Swan (1 immature on Echo Lake/Pascoag Reservoir); American Black Duck (44 - includes 41 on Lake Washington); Mallard (115); Ring-necked Duck (67 - Cherry Valley Pond); Bufflehead (1); Hooded Merganser (86); Common Merganser (22 - Waterman Reservoir); Ring-billed Gull (40); Herring Gull (14);

These were our numbers from North Smithfield yesterday (11/20/04); Great Blue Heron (1); Canada Goose (59); Mute Swan (1 Homestead Gifts); Wood Duck (6); American Black Duck (38); Mallard (89); Mallard hybrid (1); Plus 3 River Otters eating fish in Tarklin Pond.

With its 67 Ring-necked Ducks, Cherry Valley Pond had the most ducks. Pascoag Reservoir (including Echo Lake section); had five species of waterbirds (Great Blue Heron - 1, Canada Goose - 8, Mute Swan - 1, Mallard - 35, Hooded Merganser - 14);, while Primrose Pond, Waterman Resrvoir, and Lake Washington also had 4 species of waterfowl. Finally, Waterman Reservoir was first in gulls (Rin-billed Gull - 33, Herring Gull - 14);. (report from John Liller).

11/21/04 -- Pawtucket/Providence/Cumberland

Today we birded several areas in the RHODE ISLAND section of the BLACKSTONE NATIONAL CORRIDOR for our bi-annual Corridor-wide waterbird survey. When we left at dawn, as we passed the landfill in Worcester, the crows were just leaving thier roost and heading south. By the time we returned, we passed the landfill and the crows were heading north into thier evening roost. Weather was cool, damp with some showers in the AM and late PM. Below are the totals of WATERBIRDS in the order of the towns we did them:

PAWTUCKET: typically this is our toughest town to survey: very few ponds, widely separated admist a VERY urban area. In other words: lots of city driving with little reward. Today, however, was one of our better counts for this town. Double-crested Comorant (2); Great Blue Heron (2); Mute Swan (7); Canada Goose (248); Gadwall (18); Mallard (62); A Black Duck (4); Hooded Merganser (5); Peregrine Falcon (1); Ring-billed Gull (62); Herring Gull (4); Great Black-backed Gull (2); Belted Kingfisher (3); Fish Crow (1);

PROVIDENCE/EAST PROVIDENCE (in part). This is by far, the smallest section covered in the National Corridor survey as only small sections of either cities are actually IN the Corridor. These areas are: Central Pond/Turner Reservoir, Omega Pond (which typically has little or nothing on it), a small stretch of the Ten Mile River (actually Central Pond and Turner Reservoir are ponds on the Ten Mile River) and the Seekonk River from Bold Pt (extremely few birds present here this time around); to the Pawtucket border. The total area is smaller than the city of Worcester, but it takes a huge effort to survey this productive, if extremely urban and polluted, area. We timed our visit to co-incide with low tide along the Seekonk. Today, there were only modest numbers of birds along the Seekonk this time around: very unusual for this time of the year. Most gulls were seen in a huge roosting flock on Central Pond/Turner Reservoir. The majority of the Herring Gulls were non-adults. Pied-billed Grebe (2); Double-crested Cormorant (17); Great Cormorant (4); Great Blue Heron (8); Mute Swan (90); Canada Goose (247); American Wigeon (7); Gadwall (27); Green-winged Teal (3); Mallard (345); A Black Duck (205); Ring-necked Duck (14); Greater Scaup (13); Lesser Scaup (6); Bufflehead (116); Hooded Merganser (23); Ruddy Duck (41); Red-tailed Hawk (3); A Coot (3: low); Bonaparte's Gull (3adW: at outflow pipe on Seekonk per usual); Ring-billed Gull (444); Iceland Gull (3: 2 1stW+1adW); Lesser Black-backed Gull (2: 1 1stW+ 1adW); Herring Gull (581); Great Black-backed Gull (59); Kingfisher (3); Fish Crow (30: of which a large number were seen and heard mobbing a Great Blue Heron that was perched on the side of the Burlington Coat Factory near the trail head to Central Pond!);

CUMBERLAND: extreme NE Rhode Island. The most productive areas are the "twin" reservoirs adjacent to each other: Diamond Hill/Arnolds Mill. Together, these reservoirs are much, much smaller than Wachusett. Double-crested Comorant (5); Great Blue Heron (1); Mute Swan (8); Canada Goose (20); Green-winged Teal (4); Mallard (94); A Black Duck (33); Ring-necked Duck (5: low for count); A Goldeneye (6); Hooded Merganser (146); Red-breasted Merganser (1); Common Merganser (94); Ring-billed Gull (43); Herring Gull (6); Great Black-backed Gull (2);

Nota bene: landbirds were pretty typical, though we did note small numbers of GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS in many locations, an indication of some movement south. (report from Mark Lynch/Sheila Carroll).

11/20/04 -- Smithfield, RI

Blackstone waterfowl survey RI results:

At Smithfield Reservoir: DC Cormoran (2);Great Cormorant (1); Great Blue Heron (1); Canada Goose (149);Mute Swan (7); Mallard (108); Green-winged Teal (13); Ring-necked Duck (70); Bufflehead (13); Hooded Mergansers (6); Common Mergansers (194); Ruddy Duck (6); Ring-billed gull (23); Herring Gull (7); Greater Black-backed Gull (7); Belted Kingfisher (1); and Carolina Wren (7);. Lincoln- Canada Goose (75); Mute Swan (7); Gadwall (13); Americaan Wigeon (1); American Black Duck (9); Mallard (61); Hooded Merganser (32); /common Merganser (3); Ring-billed Gull (59); Herring Gull (2); Greater Black-backed Gull (1);

At Woonsocket Reservoir: Canada Goose (5); Mallard (16); Ring-billed Gull (31); . Smithfield had lowered their water and signs of construction on major resevoirs. Construction at Woonsocket Resevoir has improved the view of the resevoir. (report from Dan & Deb Berard)

11/20/04 -- Leicester

Today we did the Leicester section of the Corridor-wide survey of waterbirds that is occuring both days this weekend. Numbers were modest, typical for this town. This is some of the highest elevation in the National Corridor, and the edges of some ponds were frozen a wee bit. There were also lots of hunters out. Even though we had our requisite "hunter's orange" on, the walk through the woods to the north end of Burncoat Pond was a bit "stressful" as we bumped into four bow hunters. Double-crested Cormorant (2imm); Great Blue Heron (4); Mute Swan (1imm); Canada Goose (90); Mallard (80); A Black Duck (4); Bufflehead (3); Hooded Merganser (68); Common Merganser (80); Red-tailed Hawk (1); Ring-billed Gull (44); Herring Gull (1); Great Black-backed Gull (2adW); Belted Kingfisher (1);
Landbirds were unremakable, but we did tally around the ponds: Red-bellied Woodpecker (1);; Hairy Woodpecker (4);; Pileated Woodpecker (1 heard and seen: north end of Burncoat);; Carolina Wren (2);. (report from Mark Lynch/Sheila Carroll).

11/20/04 -- N. Smithfield, RI

Kim Kastler and I recorded the following in the North Smithfield section of the Blackstone Count this morning: Great Blue Heron (1); Canada Goose (59); Mute Swan (1); Wood Duck (6); American Black Duck (38); Mallard (89+3 in Burrillville section of Slatersville Reservoir); Mallard hybrid (1); Ring-necked Duck (3 in Burrillville section of Slatersville Reservoir); Great Black-backed Gull (1); Plus 3 River Otters eating fish in Tarklin Pond. (report from John Liller).

11/20/04 -- Wompanoag MAS, Gardner

Hilites from hawkwatching today at the Wompanoag MAS for 0830 to 1400 hours, temp ~6C, wind 1-5 North shifting East and then South: Sharp-shinned Hawk 3; Coopers Hawk 1; Red-shouldered Hawk 3; Red-tailed Hawk 42; Merlin 1; Total 50. Also a Northern Shrike flew past headed East. (report from Tom Pirro).

11/20/04 -- Worcester ponds

Joan Zumpfe and I surveyed the Worcester ponds and lakes. The greatest number of water birds, excluding gulls, were in Flint Pond and Lake Quinsigamond. The greatest variety of waterbirds were in Flint Pond and Leesville Pond. The body of water with the greatest number of gulls was Indian Lake. The weather was quite nice for looking over bodies of water. There was no wind and the temperatures were in a comfortable range from the high 40's to the low 50's We even had some sunshine through partly cloudy skies. It started to rain at sunset just as we were finishing the survey. The following are totals for the city: Pied-billed Grebe 1 A; Double-crested Cormorant 3 (sub-adult); Great Blue Heron 4; Canada Goose 198; Mute Swan 4 (3 A, 1 sub-adult); Gadwall 1 F; American Wigeon 2 D; American Black Duck 23; Mallard 571; Northern Pintail 1 D; Green-winged Teal 12 (10 D, 2 F); Hooded Merganser 179; Common Merganser 16 F; Red-breasted Merganser 1 F; Ruddy Duck 2 D; American Coot 1; Ring-billed Gull 458; Herring Gull 19; Great Black-backed Gull 2 (1 a, 1 sub-adult); Belted Kingfisher 3; (report from Fran McMenemy).

11/19/04 -- downtown Worcester

Right over Main Street at 6:30AM this morning, two Peregrines were seen zooming all around. One bird was much larger than the other. Eventually, the larger of the two nailed a Rock Pigeon and feasted on it atop the building across from Mechanics Hall. As I left the radio station (new location: 50 Portland St, the Printer's Building), the large bird was seen perched atop the church next to the old People's Bank Building. ALSO: (1) Fox Sparrow at my feeder off Salisbury Street, along with lots of White-throats, Cardinals and Goldfinches, but no Siskins...yet. I am happy to report the large COOPER'S HAWK has also returned to my feeder and has already succeeded in taking several Rock Pigeons. (report from Mark Lynch).

11/19/04 -- Barre Falls Dam, Barre

Today there was 1 adult Northern Shrike and 7 Snow Buntings. (report from Bart Kamp).

11/18/04 -- Orlando Farm Pond, Charlton and Lake Quaboag,Brookfield

This afternoon at Orlando Farm Pond, there were: 20 Canada Geese, 3 American Black Duck, 8 Mallard (3D, 5F), 2 female Common Merganser, 5 Ruddy Duck (4d, 1F) and 4 Bufflehead (1D, 3F). At Lake Quaboag in Brookfield there were only 1 Common Loon and 1 Great Blue Heron. (report from Joan Zumpfe).

11/18/04 -- Gate 37, Quabbin Reservoir

At Quabbin Reservoir today where the road from gate 37 meets the road from gate 35 there were 9 Long-tailed Ducks, 1 Greater Yellowlegs and 1 Dunlin. (report from Bart Kamp).

11/17/04 -- Leesville Pond, Worcester

A quick ckeck showed 13 Hooded Mergansers, 4 Green-winged Teal, 2 Mute Swans, 4 Black Ducks, and 2 Tree Sparrows. (report from Brian Mulhearn)

11/14/04 -- Wompanoag MAS/Crystal Lake, Gardner

Hilites from the Wompanoag MAS in gardner while Hawkwatching from 0900 to 1200 hrs, wind NW 10MPH, temps -2C to 4C: Red-shouldered Hawk 2; Red-tailed Hawk 19; Total Migrant Raptors 21. Also 33 Snow Geese (headed NW all white morphs.), Purple Finch and Pine Siskin. One American Crow passed which had a substantial amount of white mid-way through the flight feathers of both wings.

At Crystal Lake: White-winged Scoter 1 female Common Goldeneye 3 Common Meganser 3 Hooded Merganser 4 (report from Tom Pirro).

11/13/04 -- Wachusett Reservoir/Fort Meadow Reservoir, Clinton/Sterling/Marlborough

This morning we birding a few ponds in the Clinton/Sterling/Marlborough areas:

WEST WAUSHACUM, STERLING: Nothing, nada, rien

EAST WAUSHACUM, STERLING: Great Blue Heron (1); Mallard (41); Ring-necked Duck (6); Greater Scaup (10); Lesser Scaup (3); Common Merganser (11); Belted Kingfisher (1); on a nearby lawn: Wild Turkey (21);

SOUTH MEADOW POND, CLINTON: Great Blue Heron (2); Mute Swan (2); Canada Goose (7); Mallard (1); Hooded Merganser (6);

COACHLACE POND, CLINTON: Ring-necked Duck (2); Greater Scaup (25); Bufflehead (1); Hooded Merganser (4); elsewhere in Clinton: A Robin (flock of 200+); Common Grackle (flock of 180+);

WACHUSET RESERVOIR: we hiked to a few overlooks, including a rather snowy trek out to Scar Hill Bluffs: Common Loon (6); Canada Goose (8); Mallard (22); A Black Duck (12); White-winged Scoter (1m); Long-tailed Duck (pair); Bufflehead (7); Common Goldeneye (9); Hooded Merganser (3); Common Merganser (9); Bald Eagle (1 sub-ad seen all over the reservoir);

FORT MEADOW RESERVOIR, MARLBOROUGH: Great Blue Heron (2); Mute Swan (1); Canada Goose (2); Mallard (179); A Black Duck (3); Ring-necked Duck (2); Greater Scaup (3); Bufflehead (4); Common Goldeneye (9); Hooded Merganser (37); Common Merganser (12); Ruddy Duck (184); Red-tailed Hawk (3); A Coot (9); (report from Mark Lynch/Sheila Carroll).

11/13/04 -- Gardner

The following are hilites from birding today. Wompanoag MAS: Hawkwatching from 0830 to 1200, wind 10MPH NW, temp -2C to 1C and ~2" of fresh snow. Sharp-shinned Hawk 4; Coopers Hawk 1; Red-shouldered Hawk 12; Red-tailed Hawk 22; Total raptors migrating 39. Also on the move were 3 Common Mergnasers, 2 Common Loons, 43 American Crows, 1 DC Cormerant.... birds in the area were a few Common Raven, Purple Finched and 16 Snow Bunting.
On way to grocery shopping at Crystal Lake (Gardner) in the afternoon ~3PM were: Common Loon 1; Horned Grebe 2; Long-tailed Duck 6; plus, ~400 gulls Herring, Gr Black-backed and Ring-billed.
On the way back from shopping 4:30PM ..the LT Ducks were gone and the number of gulls had increased to over 1,000 .... all appeared to be the 3 common species. (report from Tom Pirro).

11/11/04 -- Hadwen Park/Curtis Pond, Worcester

There were 85+ Hooded Mergansers, 1 Great Blue Heron, 1 DC Cormorant, 1 Belted Kingfisher, 4 Black Ducks, 65 Mallards, 2 Mute Swans, and 2 Red-tailed Hawks. (report from Brian Mulhearn)

11/10/04 -- Barre Falls Dam, Barre

Raptors migrating today: > Red-shouldered Hawk 4 ; > Red-tailed Hawk 26 ; (report from Bart Kamp).

11/10/04 -- Sudbury Reservoir, Southborough

A mid-morning trip around Sudbury Reservoir on 11/10 yielded surprisingly few ducks. All observations follow: Double-Crested Cormorant 1, Mallard 8, Ring-Necked Duck 9, Black Scoter 1, Common Goldeneye 1, Hooded Merganser 8 and Common Merganser 1. (report from Chuck Caron).

11/9/04 -- Barre Falls Dam, Barre

Raptors migrating today: > Turkey Vulture 1 ; > Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 ; > Cooper's Hawk 1 ; > Red-shouldered Hawk 1 ; > Red-tailed Hawk 51 ; (report from Bart Kamp).

11/9/04 -- Fort Meadow reservoir, Marlboro

I did a quick check of Fort Meadow reservoir this morning and tallied the following: Ruddy Duck 160; Hooded Merg. 18; American Coot 10; DC Cormorant 2; GB Heron 2. Also on Sunday we had 6 Pine Siskins at our thistle feeder in Worcester. (report from Simon Hennin).

11/8/04 -- Barre Falls Dam, Barre

Raptors migrating today: > Bald Eagle 2 ; > Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 ; > Cooper's Hawk 2 ; > Red-shouldered Hawk 2 ; > Red-tailed Hawk 8 ;

Yesterday (8/7) there were: > Turkey Vulture 1 ; > Northern Harrier 1 ; > Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 ; > Red-shouldered Hawk 1 ; > Red-tailed Hawk 9 ;
(report from Bart Kamp).

11/6/04 -- Worcester ponds

I did a check of some Worcester ponds, some hilites:

Salisbury Pond: 13 Hooded Merganser.

Indian Lake: 76 Common Merganser, 24 Hooded Merganser, 7 Mute Swans,8 Ring neck Ducks,

Small pond next to Indian Lake: 25 Hooded Merganser, 6 A, Wigeon.

Curtis Pond: 41 Hooded Merganser.

Leesville Pond: 2 Wood Duck, 12 Green -winged Teal, 3 Black Ducks and 2 N. Pintail.
(report from John Shea).

11/6/04 -- Barre Falls Dam, Barre

Raptors migrating today: > Osprey 1 ; > Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 ; > Cooper's Hawk 2 ; > Red-shouldered Hawk 1 ; > Red-tailed Hawk 7 ; > Rough-legged Hawk 0 . (report from Bart Kamp).

11/6/04 -- Brookfields

We toured around select spots in the Brookfields today. Everywhere there were hunters: in fields, forest and on the water. So, it is little surprise that waterfowl numbers were unremarkable. We managed to see: Common Loon (2:South Pond); Double-crested Cormorant (1imm); Great Blue Heron (5); Canada Goose (248); Wood Duck (2); Mallard (42); A Black Duck (4); Bufflehead (2); Hooded Merganser (21); Common Merganser (34); Red-tailed Hawk (7); Wild Turkey (19); Ring-necked Phaesant (m: this bird was obviously a released bird as it was wandering aimlessly in the road. Some sport!); Ring-billed Gull (54); Herring Gull (1); Great Black-backed Gull (4); Red-bellied Woodpecker (3); Blue Jay (79); Common Raven (1); E Bluebird (6); Swamp Sparrow (1); White-throated Sparrow (27); Dark-eyed Junco (75); Pine Siskin (3); Common Grackle (28); (report from Mark Lynch/Sheila Carroll).

11/4/04 -- Barre Falls Dam, Barre

Raptors migrating today: > Turkey Vulture 3 ; > Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 ; > Cooper's Hawk 1 ; > Northern Goshawk 1 ; > Red-shouldered Hawk 3 ; > Red-tailed Hawk 15 ; (report from Bart Kamp).

11/3/04 -- Wachusett Reservoir

The flocks of sea ducks that stop at the local ponds do not stay overnight, so that the 175 Black Scoters and the 9 Long-tailed Ducks that were at the Wachusett Reservoir today are not the same birds that were reported by Bart Kamp yesterday. (report from Fran McMenemy).

11/3/04 -- Barre Falls Dam, Barre

Raptors migrating today: > Turkey Vulture 1 ; > Osprey 1 ; > Northern Harrier 3 ; > Red-shouldered Hawk 4 ; > Red-tailed Hawk 6 ; > > Two of the Northern Harriers were adult males. (report from Bart Kamp).

11/3/04 -- Crystal Lake, Gardner

There was a female Black Scoter on Crystal Lake in Gardner this morning. (report from Tom Pirro).

11/2/04 -- Wachusett Reservoir

At Wachusett Reservoir today there were: 10 Common Loons, 11 Horned Grebes, 3 Double-crested Cormorants, 3 Common Goldeneyes, 4 Buffleheads, 3 Long-tailed Ducks, a raft of more than 250 Black Scoters with 6 Surf Scoters, 25 Common Mergansers, 1 Red-breasted Merganser and 1 Merlin. (report from Bart Kamp).

11/1/04 -- Barre Falls Dam, Barre

Raptors migrating today: > Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 ; > Cooper's Hawk 2 ; > Red-tailed Hawk 6 ; (report from Bart Kamp).

11/1/04 -- Gate 39 Wachusett Reservoir, Clinton

At 10:00AM this morning there were 2 female Black Scoters at this gate. Also, there were 3 Greater Scaup at South Meadow Pond. (report from Peter Morlock).

For previous sightings, see October 2004 Archives or Archive Index