Wednesday 11/20: Pileated, 3+ Killdeer, a few ducks at Weston Station Pond.
Thursday 11/21: Pond/field loop had very little.
Friday 11/22: Same stuff at BBN.
Saturday 11/23: Decided to do some town listing and check ponds while it wasn’t terribly nice out. Started at Lake Quannapowitt, which had gulls and little else. Audubon Rd had 5 Gadwall (Wakefield tick). Found the Common Loon at Martin’s Pond in North Reading, then eventually parked at the little playground. Ton of juncos and stuff there, including a robin for the first bird I’ve seen in every town in the county (9 total new North Reading birds). Also a ton of gulls came in, estimated close to 450 Herring. Decided that was a good sign for Silver Lake so headed that way. Gulls were more interested in flying, but Hooded Merganser was another addition. Horn Pond from here, no luck with the Great Cormorant. Fox Sparrow was the most interesting.
Sunday 11/24: Made a coastal swing hoping for Cave Swallow. Decided to try to find my own at Deer Island instead of chasing the one from yesterday at Winthrop Beach. No luck (but none at the beach either). Did have a RB Nuthatch, siskin, American Tree Sparrow, usual water birds, etc. Too windy to check the south side though.
Yirrell Beach next, didn’t see much of anything until I crossed to Winthrop Beach where a flock of Snow Buntings dropped in. Started to check those for a longspur and got a notification that a Cave Swallow had just been seen. No birders and no swallow in sight though. Several people arrived almost immediately and we wandered around without any luck (Peregrine and kestrel maybe getting in the way). Eventually I bailed to check elsewhere, which worked out as no one else found the bird. Quick stop at Pico/yacht club and Bayswater had nothing and a swing along the Charles on the way home didn’t have much.
Monday 11/25: Went to Great Meadows with faints hope of a swallow. Obviously none, big flight of crows and a couple coot about it for anything of interest.
Tuesday 11/26: Tried Fresh Pond. Loon on the water, Yellow-rump by the golf course, and Palm near the road.