Wednesday 2/11: West Meadow was quiet. Bushwhacked out to Dawes and didn’t have much in that bit of BBN.
Thursday 2/12: Riverwalk was about the same.
Friday 2/13: Dunback had 50+ Red-wings and 10ish waxwings and not much else.
Saturday 2/14: Had a Bird Observer event, thought I had time for Needham Reservoir and the nearby Barrow’s first. Took the wrong turn off 128 and ended up almost at Millennium, so ended up with just enough time to buzz the Barrow’s, which was visible without even stopping thankfully.
Sunday 2/15: Wanted to go check the river in Lowell but decided to start in Tyngsborough. Probably a mistake as the snow was knee deep and the river was frozen solid there. Did add a raven at least. Just common looking gulls at the boat launch, so on to Tsongas. Ton of goldeneye around, all Common that I could see. Eagle flushed the gulls so I walked down past the ballpark without much. Came back and an Iceland and Lesser Black-back were both on the ice. Lesser was new for Lowell (as were Bufflehead, Black Duck, and Hooded Merganser somehow). Continued to the parking lot in Tewksbury and had 500 Herring Gulls and another eagle. Afternoon loop of Nine Acre and School St had a few waxwings and a flock of larks crossing Rt. 2 so no idea if anything was with them.
Monday 2/16: Went to the coast for the holiday. Started at Winthrop Beach where I couldn’t find the pipits. Eventually found Snow Buntings with a single lark but other than a flyby harrier, the rest was on the water. Both loons, both grebes, usual ducks, etc. Winthrop Greenway/cemetery next, pretty quiet. Ran into Tim on the way out and he said the oystercatchers were back, so went to Revere Beach instead of Belle Isle first. Got those but no other sandpipers, then went up the beach and got the Glaucous pretty quickly. Back to Belle Isle, where there were a ton of goldfinches and another harrier but not much else. Quick stop at the Mystic Lakes on the way home had not much.
Tuesday 2/17: Went to College Pond for a change. Interesting sounding crow and possibly a grosbeak but otherwise totally dead.