Here are this week’s bird sightings from the Western Massachusetts Voice of Audubon.
A little gull was found in Turners Falls.
A flock of 24 long-tailed ducks was seen on Lake Onota in Pittsfield.
Northern shovelers were reported in Pittsfield and Wilbraham.
Great egrets were found in Pittsfield, Williamstown, Deerfield and Hadley.
A sandhill crane, seen in Sheffield
A blue-winged teal, spotted in Pittsfield.
A northern shrike continues to be reported in Windsor.
A snow goose, seen in Lee.
A red-headed woodpecker continues to be seen in Northampton.
Red crossbills continue to be seen in Montague.
Other uncommon or arriving species included: green-winged teal, gadwall, red-breasted merganser, common loon, cormorant, pied-billed grebe, sharp-shinned hawk, harrier, osprey, American kestrel, yellow-bellied sapsucker, northern flicker, horned lark, ruby-crowned kinglet, hermit thrush and purple finch. Also American pipit, bank and barn swallows; yellow-rumped, palm and pine warblers; and towhee, fox, swamp, field and white-crowned sparrows.
