Bird sightings

As we close out 2022, interesting bird reports last week featured a northern lapwing in the fields adjacent Argilla Road in Ipswich, a western grebe at Mashpee Pond in Mashpee, a continuing barnacle goose in the Woburn area, and a tufted duck at Nantucket.

Cape Cod: A Barrow’s goldeneye and a continuing western grebe at Attaquin Park at Mashpee Pond in Mashpee, a pacific loon at Race Point in Provincetown, a king eider at Corporation Beach in Dennis, 29 red knots at Morris Island in Chatham, two lingering willets at Forest Beach in Chatham, six very late longbilled dowitchers in the vicinity of the Centerville Riveroff Craigville Beach Road in Barnstable, late great egrets at Morris Island in Chatham and Oyster Pond in Falmouth, and blackheaded gulls in Provincetown Harbor, Halls Creek in Marstons Mills, and Hyannis Harbor.

Bristol County: A barrow’s goldeneye off South Neck Road in South Dartmouth, a black-headed gull at Gooseberry Neck in Westport, and 22 red crossbills at the Horseneck Beach Campground in Westport.

Plymouth County: Three sandhill cranes in the fields off Palmer Street in Plympton, an eastern phoebe in Bridgewater, and 10 red crossbills in North Marshfield.

Norfolk County: An Iceland gull at Lake Massapoag in Sharon, a snow goose at Bird Park in East

Walpole, and a lesser blackbacked gull in Medway.

Suffolk County: Four redheads at Chestnut Hill Reservoir in Chestnut Hill four more redheads at Jamaica Pond in Jamaica Plain, and a lesser scaup at Leverett Pond in Boston.

Essex County: A rare northern lapwing in the fields off Argilla Road in Ipswich where there was also a greater white-fronted goose, an eared grebe at Niles Beach in Gloucester, a bohemian waxwing at Plum Island, an ashthroated flycatcher at the Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm in Newbury, two redheads in Newburyport Harbor, three canvasbacks at Wenham Lake in Beverly, and a continuing red-headed woodpecker at Appleton Farm in Ipswich.

Middlesex County: A continuing barnacle goose at several locations in the Woburn/Winchester area, a cackling goose at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, two redheads at Fresh Pond in Cambridge and at Horn Pond in Woburn, a red-throated loon at the Mystic Lakes in Medford, and four sandhill cranes in Pepperell.

Berkshire County: A redhead at Stockbridge Bowl in Stockbridge, a horned grebe on the Cheshire Reservoir in Cheshire, two pine grosbeaks in Plainfield, and 27 evening grosbeaks in Savoy and 20 more in Cummington.

Franklin County: Three redheads, a northern pintail, and a

Bonaparte’s gull at Turners Falls, three greater scaup and a redbreasted merganser at gate 22 at Quabbin Reservoir in New Salem, and a yellow-bellied sapsucker in Sunderland.

Hampshire County: A rare Smith’s longspur at the Honey Potin Hadley, a greater whitefronted goose at the South Hadley Canal Park and another at Mount Holyoke at the Lower Pond at the Campus Center, a redhead at the Brunelle Marina in South Hadley, five short-eared owls at the Northampton Airport, 60 rusty blackbirds in the Northampton East Meadows, and 32 evening grosbeaks in Worthington.

Worcester County: Two sandhill cranes at the Dexter Drumlin in Lancaster, two redheads and a canvasback in the South Bay of the Wachusett Reservoir, an eared grebe at gate 40 at the Wachusett Reservoir in Clinton, and 23 evening grosbeaks in Royalston.

Martha’s Vineyard: A black vulture and an American oystercatcher at Oak Bluffs and two bald eagles at Oyster Pond in Edgartown.

Nantucket: A Tufted Duck at Hummock Pond, 16 northern shovelers and a common gallinule at Miacomet Pond, a Ross’s goose at Sankaty Head Light, a very late short-billed dowitcher at Tuckernuck Island, three tree swallows at Madaket, and a sedge wren at the Milestone Cranberry Bogs