Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks in Amherst

[Diana F.]

Thought I'd pass this along in case anyone wants to try for these Ducks, but also the link for "Earth Matters" at the bottom of the email has a good article on various types of Big Years, a warm up for tonight's meeting.

Hope to see you all tonight.

Diana Fruguglietti 

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From: Josh <op...@mindspring.com>
Date: Mon, Jun 24, 2024, 8:13 PM
Subject: [MASSBIRD] Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks in Amherst
To: massbird <mass...@theworld.com>

Hi MassBirders,

Dave Adrien found a flock of 7 Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks in Amherst this morning! They are by the Norwottuck Rail Trail just north of Station Road. Birders continued to report them in the same location through at least 5:45 PM this evening. I believe that this is the first record for Hampshire County.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S183475339

https://ebird.org/checklist/S183572791

I noticed that this is not the first occurrence of the species in MA this month! A pair was photographed flying past Plum Island back on June 8. This got posted to eBird but apparently not to MassBird, nor to the state RBA group on FaceBook.

Good birding,

Josh



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