MA - monster snapper

Didn't have a lot of time for birding today but checked a couple of spots in the Gill/Turner's Falls area. The Upinngil fields once again had a nice flock of Canada Geese but I couldn't find any Cacklers or White-fronts with them today. The 'Giant' Canada Goose located yesterday was relatively close to the road impressively towering above the surrounding canadensis. 

Elsewhere, three American Coots continued at Barton Cove but otherwise it was relatively quiet with a huge Snapping Turtle providing the highlight of the morning.

'Giant' Canada Goose (B.c. maxima) - middle bird with mostly Atlantic (canadensis) Canada Geese, Gill, Franklin Co., MA. October 14th, 2015. 

Cooper's Hawk mobbing immature Bald Eagle - Turner's Falls power canal, Franklin Co., MA. October 14th, 2015. 

This young eagle had a nice white tail with a blackish terminal band providing a potential pitfall for immature 

Golden Eagle. The same bird appears in the image below. 

 Snapping Turtle - Turner's Falls power canal, Franklin Co., MA. October 14th, 2015.

Massive individual with the guard rail provided some sense of scale.