Wednesday 12/4: Started at Drumlin Farm for the Lark Sparrow. Followed the juncos around the parking lot/entrance road a bit but only turned up a sapsucker. Decided to try the fields as there didn’t seem to be any sparrows among them. Went over the drumlin and had a Pine Warbler with a bluebird. Boyce Field had a pile of bluebirds, juncos and other sparrows but no Lark. The light was pretty bad, especially along the back edge. Went back the way I came and the sparrow promptly flew across the road.
Continued from here to Nine Acre. Didn’t see any obvious geese and thought there was construction by Verrill, so I went around towards White’s Pond (although passing by, I don’t think there was any work beig done). The field at Powder Mill and Plainfield had a pile of geese and there was a young Snow among them. Drove back through Nine Acre and saw nothing.
Had enough time for a good scope of the res. Found most of the usual ducks plus a Lesser Scaup and a couple cormorants.
Thursday 12/5: Eventually did a res loop, which had more Common Mergansers but not much else. Decent number of mergansers on Flint’s too. Canadas at Nine Acre were all in tall vegetation and no geese in the field that had a Snow yesterday.
Friday 12/6: Creeper at Cookson was the most interesting thing there and at the square.
Saturday 12/7: Started at Kendrick Pond, which was busy although nothing particularly noteworthy (did get 6-7 Norfolk December birds though). Nahanton after, picked up the towhee and a couple other month birds. Had enough time for a quick check of Millennium. Orange-crowned was nice, if mostly uncooperative, nothing beyond a kinglet or two otherwise.
Sunday 12/8: Twitch. Went to Plum after, nothing terribly exciting.
Monday 12/9: Both Accipiters(ish now), Purple Finches, waxwings, etc at Dunback but no Yellow-rumps.
Tuesday 12/10: Great Meadows was quiet. Red-shoulder, bunch of bluebirds, usual waterbirds and sparrows. Ran over to Horn Pond in the afternoon. If there was any light, I would have had spectacular photos of the Blackpoll and Cape May. Ran down to the gardens and then along the causeway after, nothing noteworthy.