Recent bird sightings as reported to the Massachusetts Audubon Society:
►Sightings from several scattered localities last week indicated that migratory snow geese are starting to move, while other notable waterfowl reports included a Ross’s goose and a canvasback at Chauncey Pond in Westborough, a tufted duck and a Barrow’s goldeneye at Great Herring Pond in Plymouth, a Eurasian wigeon at Hagar Pond in Marlborough, a blue-winged teal in Wayland and Hanson, four northern shovelers at Belle Isle Marsh in East Boston, single redheads at Niles Pond in Gloucester and the Cambridge Reservoir, Heard Pond in Wayland, and three more at Silver Lake in Wilmington, and single king eiders at the Jodrey State Fish Pier in Gloucester and in the Cape Cod Canal in Bourne. Other recently arrived migrants included double-crested cormorants from several localities, a great egret in Medford, a little blue heron in Acushnet, glossy ibises at Burrage Pond in Hanson and another in Wayland, 19 black vultures and eight ospreys in Westport, and single greater yellowlegs in Plymouth, Duxbury, and Acoaxet.
►Saugus: At Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary a Smith’s longspur was still present, along with 30 killdeer, two Wilson’s snipes, and four short-eared owls.
►Miscellaneous: Reports last week included two Manx shearwaters at Revere Beach; a black-crowned night-heron at Leverett Pond in Boston; tow sandhill cranes at Burrage Pond in Hanson; eight piping plovers at Plum Island; two American oystercatchers at Belle Isle in East Boston; an eastern phoebe at Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary in Worcester; a red-headed woodpecker at Appleton Farm in Ipswich; a northern shrike at the Bolton Flats; 10 tree swallows at Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary in Topsfield; a northern rough-winged swallow at Hagar Pond in Marlborough; and 18 red crossbills at the Salisbury Beach State Reservation in Salisbury.
For more information about bird sightings or to report sightings, call the Massachusetts Audubon Society at 781-259-8805 or go to www.mass-audubon.org.
