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birding north central massachusetts birding north central massachusetts monday april 4 2016 feeder birds 4 1 to 4 3 sunday s 4 3 2016 snow brought good numbers of birds to our deck feeders and surrounding yard here are photos of some of the species present a few notable missed photo ops were 2016 firsts of chipping sparrow and yellow bellied sapsucker red maple flowers on 4 1 this robin is taking a frigid anal blast of cold air same bird as above in a more dignified pose another lighter male which often battles the previous for the territorial rights of the deck a blue jay dropped in for a quick grab and go dark eyed juncos should remain for most of april the male 1 2 of a local pair hopefully they ll nest close by white breasted nuthatch on our perching post this modo looking for seed on the deck rail tufted titmouse working a seed my 1st yard northern flicker was noted 4 1 first by its call then visually house finch male blacked capped chickadee working a sunflower seed outside the kitchen window a dorsal view of one of the several downy woodpeckers that frequent our deck a hairy woodpecker working the cage male red bellied woodpecker on the sapsucker tree a basswood the drillings are from previous years though a sapsucker did show up on sunday we had a nice assortment of american goldfinches this is a fun time of year to observe their transitioning into breeding plumage here are a few of 25 30 that showed during sunday s snow posted by tom pirro at 10 11 am no comments monday march 14 2016 high ridge wma east side 3 12 2016 the east side of high ridge wild life management area is a section that i shamefully have not explored in over 25 years i have birded and walked this area other than occasionally checking whitmanville reservoir from south ashburnham road the trail off old gardner road lead to a stream that cuts through a small ravine which i followed till i reached the rr tracks just east of the east gardner road marsh while the woods were pretty dead today later in the season this area should be a good location to find nesting warblers such as ovenbird louisiana watherthrush black throated green black throated blue blackburnian and magnolia warblers other song birds i d expect nesting would be hermit thrush winter wren red breasted nuthatch and golden crowned kinglet and of course red eyed vireo an attractive stream good habitat for louisiana waterthrush old tin wear near an old cellar hole another view of this quick moving stream a minnow with a wound growth on its back glacial erratic red tailed hawk also a red shouldered hawk was heard calling from high overhead an oncoming freight train the tracks thorough the wma are active its always good to be aware bush whacking from the rr tracks eventually lead me to a large beaver impoundment to the east the spruce grove that surrounds the pond would appear to be good habitat from nesting golden crowned kinglets magnolia warbler and red breasted nuthatches a nice spruce grove near a large beaver pond just west of whitmanville res signs of beaver all along the shore line an open view of the pond looking west a pair of common mergansers on whitmanville res the spill way from whitmanville res the bird list from this 4 1 2 mile meander through the woods species count wood duck 2 mallard northern 2 common merganser north american 2 red shouldered hawk 1 red tailed hawk 1 downy woodpecker eastern 3 pileated woodpecker 1 american crow 3 common raven 2 black capped chickadee 15 tufted titmouse 8 red breasted nuthatch 5 white breasted nuthatch eastern 6 brown creeper 5 golden crowned kinglet 3 american robin 5 dark eyed junco slate colored 1 northern cardinal 2 house finch 2 posted by tom pirro at 12 34 pm no comments friday november 13 2015 quabbin gate 40 11 8 we had a perfect sunday walk at gate 40 on the 8th more of a general poke around out and back walk to dana center then continuing to a large marsh one high light was gathering some oyster mushrooms which karin made into a great soup on tuesday the pictorial highlights are below a toothed shelf fungi not the oysters we took home there were several robins in this stand of winter berry we saw a few wasp nests a few autumn meadowhawks were seen flying about karin investigates an old foundation sumac by the road side another wasp nest that was torn open the round stone foundation in dana center with some recent restoration work karin viewing the old school house cellar hole oriental bittersweet doing what it does best on a sapling this bittersweet vine was supporting the attack of a tall red pine roots had apparently grown from the tree bark over the dead wood into the ground for additional support i assume one of a few a drake wood ducks on the marsh a few oak leaves were holding their color another colorful oak leaf one of several blue jays near dana center another foundation with a nice place to duck out on a rainy day this skein of canadas flew over one had an all white head posted by tom pirro at 2 05 pm no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me tom pirro westminster massachusetts united states view my complete profile blog archive 2016 2 april 1 feeder birds 4 1 to 4 3 march 1 2015 29 november 2 october 4 september 1 august 2 july 1 june 3 may 3 april 3 march 5 february 2 january 3 2014 12 december 1 november 5 october 1 may 2 april 1 march 1 february 1 2013 15 december 1 november 3 october 2 may 3 april 1 march 2 february 1 january 2 2012 20 december 3 november 2 october 2 september 1 august 2 july 1 june 2 april 2 march 1 february 2 january 2 2011 33 december 2 november 2 october 1 august 3 july 3 june 3 may 6 april 3 march 2 february 3 january 5 2010 51 december 7 november 5 october 6 september 3 august 5 july 3 june 2 may 3 april 5 march 5 february 5 january 2 2009 48 december 2 november 7 october 4 september 2 august 2 july 2 june 3 may 7 april 8 march 3 february 3 january 5 2008 26 december 6 october 1 september 1 august 1 may 3 april 4 march 1 february 1 january 8 2007 83 december 9 november 8 october 11 september 2 august 2 july 8 june 13 may 13 april 17 my blog list quabbin birding and beyond some birds for the first three days of may despite poor migration conditions image brewster s warbler brewster s warbler rail trail amherst ma may 3 2026 image orchard oriole orchard oriole silvio conte nwr fort river had 1 day ago mountain wandering sliding up smarts mountain one of my favorite areas to wander in spring is the expansive wild area on the south side of smarts mountain this is the southernmost big mountain alo 4 days ago stokes birding blog little blue heron rare inland in ma saw this little blue heron at horn pond birding site inland in ma very unusual for this site and it thrilled all the birders who saw it little blues a 1 week ago the brownstone birding blog save that ravine for windy days temperatures are starting to improve but winds ruin that birds are more difficult to find on windy days and birding is certainly a less pleasant experie 3 weeks ago sibley guides identifying mangrove and northern yellow warblers in florida and the caribbean following up on my earlier post about structural differences here is a discussion about plumage differences between mangrove and northern yellow warblers 2 months ago pioneer birding 2025 what a spring it was northern lapwing barton cove gill franklin co ma march 12th 2025 spring birding in the pioneer valley is generally pretty special but 2025 9 months ago birding move over pterosaurs looking like a revisionists version of an ancient flying reptile the great blue heron has a commanding yet graceful figure in the sky their large size 6 years ago surner birding colorado 2018 it seems appropriate to resurrect a dead blog in the month that hosts halloween a couple of weeks ago valerie had a conference in fort collins colorado 7 years ago worcester county photographic birding big year 2015 1 or 2 gulls left i saw a report from rodney jenkins 2 days late and again kudos to jim for the white rumped sandpiper and dunlin he found for me of a lesser black backe 10 years ago looking out from central massachusetts art and nature combined in williamstown saturday september 20th mark and i headed out to pittsfield state forest to hopefully catch some migrant landbirds and spend time atop berry mountain looking for hawks i absol 11 years ago birding blogs birding quabbin donald and lillian stokes birding blog james p smith s pioneer birding blog justin lawson s big year northern maine birding rich guthrie s blog albany ny scott surner s blog western mass shawn carey s web pages and photography sheila carrol s looking out from central massachusetts the brownstone birding blog ct links athol bird and nature club e bird east quabbin bird club eastern mass hawk watch forbush bird club massachusetts bird sightings massachusetts breeding bird atlas ii new hampshire bird sightings recent central mass bird sightings steve smith s white mtn hiking blog hits texas isp 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