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Date: 3/3/25 4:50 am From: Lynn Pelland <lpelland...> Subject: Re: [MASSBIRD] Western Waterfowl Wackiness
Good morning Around 9am Sunday (3/2) I was at the transfer station off Cemetery Rd in Hadley and I'm 99.99% positive the trumpeter swan flew over heading south. It was alone and was struggling against the winds. So, if the trumpeter was not seen then it's 100% that is what flew over. By the time I saw it the head never was in view to confirm. Lynn On Sun, Mar 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM Josh <opihi...> wrote: > Hi MassBirders, > > eBird has been lighting up with duck, goose, and swan sightings from > western MA this weekend. A quick rundown of the state-review-list species: > > Tufted Duck, photographed by Ted Gilliland near the Longmeadow Sandbar on > Saturday morning, only the second record in the state west of the Quabbin > as far as I know (And Ted found the other one too). I have not heard of any > sightings of this bird from Sunday. > > Pink-footed Goose, also found by Ted on Saturday AM in Longmeadow! > Presumably this is the same individual that Mark Fairbrother reported as > being in Hadley on Sunday, just a few miles up the river… An eBird report > for the record books, with those two species both on it! > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S215981533 > https://ebird.org/checklist/S216089915 > > Ross’ Goose, found near Great Barrington by Greg Ward on Saturday, seen > again on Sunday. > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S216119736 > > Trumpeter Swan on the UMass campus pond, found by Charles Stowers Friday, > still there on Saturday, not sure if anyone saw it there Sunday. Presumably > the same one that has been on the CT River for the past few weeks, > wandering between Holyoke and South Hadley. > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S215841135 > > Crazy! > > JSR > > > > Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D. > Amherst, MA > https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/opihiman > https://www.facebook.com/opihi > > Writer/compiler, Bird Observer > https://www.birdobserver.org/ > > Columnist, “Earth Matters” > https://www.gazettenet.com/search?bodysearch=earth+matters > https://www.hitchcockcenter.org/category/earth-matters/ > > Vice-president, Hampshire Bird Club > https://hampshirebirdclub.org/ > > Northeast Chapter head, Dragonfly Society of the Americas > https://www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/northeastdsa > > > > -- Lynn Pelland Facilities Services Assistant Facilities Management Smith College 126 West St Northampton, MA 01063 p 413.585.2391 f 413.585.2398 <lpelland...> --

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