Here are this week’s bird sightings from the Voice of Audubon for western Massachusetts:
A brant has been lingering on the campus pond at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
A Bonaparte’s gull was seen on Pontoosuc Lake, and two were seen at the southern end of the Quabbin Reservoir.
Single Iceland gulls were reported in Northampton and Turners Falls.
A flock of 23 common redpolls was heard flying overhead in Northampton. Two Lapland longspurs were also reported in Northampton.
A white-winged scoter was found in Ludlow, and two black scoters were at the southern end of the Quabbin Reservoir.
A long-tailed duck was seen in Otis and 29 were at the southern end of the Quabbin Reservoir. Ruddy ducks were reported in Otis and Ludlow.
White-fronted geese were seen in Hampden and North Adams, and a cackling goose was found in Northampton.
The red-headed woodpecker continues to be reported at Lake Wallace in Belchertown.
Other uncommon, lingering or arriving species of waterfowl included northern pintail, American wigeon, ring-necked duck, bufflehead, red-breasted merganser, common loon, horned grebe, pied-billed grebe, double-crested cormorant, coot and pectoral sandpiper.
Also reported were northern harrier, woodcock, merlin, eastern phoebe, horned lark, American pipit, winter wren, hermit thrush, palm warbler, fox sparrow, white-crowned sparrow, eastern towhee, eastern meadowlark, rusty blackbird, snow bunting, pine siskin, purple finc, and evening grosbeak.