Common Nighthawk - Turner's Falls, Franklin Co., MA. September 22nd, 2019.
After a busy summer/early autumn of tours and family commitments, I've finally managed to do at least a little local birding around the autumn equinox and pleased to have found a few species of local interest. The warm, muggy air (89 deg F in Turner's Falls on the afternoon of the 23rd) produced a late migration of Common Nighthawks with eight over Turner's Falls, and six over downtown Greenfield on the 22nd and a remarkable 15 over Main Road, Gill on 23rd when Josh Layfield had five over Montague WMA, and a further 11 over the Green River at Deerfield Street in Greenfield. Clearly a strong, late push of nighthawks and quite unusual to see actual flocks gathering this late into the fall.
Common Nighthawks - over Main Road, Gill, Franklin Co., MA. September 23rd, 2019.
The 23rd also produced an eclipse American Wigeon with the Mallards at Turner's Falls, and a Mourning Warbler (first-winter), an American Golden Plover and several Purple Finches migrating over North Cross Road earlier during the morning.
American Wigeon - Turner's Falls, Franklin Co., MA. September 23rd, 2019.
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