October 10th, 2005. Hampshire Mall, Hadley, MA.
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Snow Goose Chen caerulescens, adult.
| This morning I spent a few hours behind the Hampshire Mall just off Route 9 in Hadley. Some Canada Geese gathered in the wet corn stubble fields just north of the mall with small parties of birds dropping in all the time.
Highlights (07:30-10:30hrs);
Canada Goose - c.300
SNOW GOOSE - 1 adult dropped in at 09:30hrs with small party of Canada Geese.
Wood Duck - 1
Peregrine - 1 immature (probably 2nd-winter) ‘tundrius’
but a different bird to that in the East Meadows from yesterday. Swept
over the field, giving a half hearted swoop at a Killdeer but just kept
going south at about 09:45hrs.
American Kestrel - 1 flew south
Osprey - 1 flew south.
Killdeer - 54+
Pectoral Sandpiper - 3 juveniles. Very difficult to see in the stubble.
American Pipit - 16+.
Marsh Wren - 1 in ditch by stubble field.
Lincoln’s Sparrow - 1
Bobolink - 1 flew south.
| | Taken using Canon Powershot A-95 through Swarovski telescope. |
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