Date: 10/12/24 8:03 pm From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...> Subject: [MASSBIRD] Great Pond Randolph Great Variety
Thanks to Paul Peterson for this report.
Barbara Volkle Northborough, MA <barb620...>
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Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 17:54:05 +0000 (UTC) From: Paul Peterson <petersonpaul63...> Subject: Great Pond Randolph Great Variety
I birded this beautiful, peaceful, place from 12:45-4:30. Thanks to Bonnie, otherwise, I would have missed the HUDSONIAN GODWIT: I covered almost the entire Randolph side of the upper reservoir. (the upper reservoir iis actually the southern of the two reservoirs). I also covered most of the dike, which was too high for anything except swans and a few cormorants.
Great Blue Heron 1 Green-winged Teal 37 American Black Duck 2 Ruddy Duck 32+ Ring-necked Duck 20+ scaup sp. 1 diving duck sp. 15 Red-shouldered Hawk 2+ incl. imm. eating a snake on branch Red-tailed Hawk 1 Osprey 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Semipalmated Plover 23+ Killdeer 6+ Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 White-rumped Sandpiper 1 peep sp. 10 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Greater Yellowlegs 9 Hudsonian Godwit 1 fourth day here; upper reservoir alone Hairy Woodpecker 1 Blue-headed Vireo 1 F.O.F Common Raven 1 heard. American Pipit 20 Braintree side; saw flying ; a cloud of birds Yellow-rumped Warbler 12 Blackpoll Warbler 3 White-throated Sparrow 7
