Date: 11/3/25 8:42 pm From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...> Subject: [MASSBIRD] Wachusett Mountain (03 Nov 2025) No Migrating Raptors - no watch on Tuesday
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2025 21:42:33 +0000 From: <reports...> Subject: Wachusett Mountain (03 Nov 2025) No Migrating Raptors - no watch on Tuesday
Wachusett Mountain Princeton, Massachusetts, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 03, 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 12:00:00 Total observation time: 2.5 hours
Official Counter: Eric Mueller
Observers: Visitors: About 45 hikers, 8 dogs and 2 bicyclists.
Weather: Mostly cloudy all morning, with some patchy blue sky off to the west and north. The clouds were high strato-cumulus until the late morning when lower dark cumulus clouds began to move in. Moderate to heavy haze, especially to the east, with a temperature inversion (36 F down in Sterling, 46 F at the base of Wachusett) aggravated by high humidity. 8-12 mph SW winds with gusts to 20 mph.
Raptor Observations: No migrating birds and only 4 local raptors (Merlin, Red-shoulder, adult Red-tail and juvenile Bald Eagle) sticking their heads up in 2.5 hours, so with low dark clouds coming in on the solid SW wind, I closed down at noon.
Non-raptor Observations: The non-raptors were the most entertaining birds of the day, with a flock of Snow Buntings (the first of the year up here) swirling around the summit several different times, and a good-sized flock of Juncos pecking on the ground, then ducking into the bushes as a Merlin dove on them.
Blue Jay - 3 Comm Raven - 2 Amer Robin - 1 Snow Bunting - 12 DE Junco - 22 passerine sp - 1
Predictions: A wind advisory is in effect for Tuesday with WNW winds averaging 20-25 mph with gusts over 40 mph possible. We will not conduct a watch. ======================================================================== Report submitted by ERIC MUELLER (<ericmueller1912...>) Wachusett Mountain information may be found at: http://www.massbird.org/emhw
