March winds

Saw my first oystercatchers and osprey yesterday while rambling with the birding group (6 feet apart at all times) at the UMass Field Station.  More signs that spring has arrived, despite the fact that the wind was from the northeast at 20 mph!

UMass Field Station trail

Yesterday Josh and I hiked on the moors past the "Deer Little Pond"  and Jewel Pond.  The water levels are the highest we've every seen them. We've seen that also earlier in the month at Almanac Pond. 

Sankaty Light from Barnard Valley Road

"Jewel Pond"  high water

Tupancy Links

  
Today we hiked Tupancy Links and saw a goldeneye off the north shore.  Then we headed toward home to Windswept Cranberry Bog,  where a dozen bufflehead were swimming on Stump Pond to keep out of the 20 mph ESE wind.

Common Goldeneye

Sphagnum Moss greening up

Bush clover after winter

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Female Goldeneye