Northbridge Ponds (11/4)

Saturday afternoon we went out to check on some of the local ponds. Some of our favorites are out in Northbridge where my parents and I used to do a biennial waterfowl census. We started at Meadow Pond. As we drove up to the pond, I thought that I saw a flock of gulls. They were actually Mute Swans... 17 in all. With the swans were a few Mallards and two Ruddy Ducks. But the highlight were two Common Mergansers, my first of the year.

At nearby Arcade Pond we found a flock of Canada Geese and 5-8 Hooded Mergansers. The rest of the ponds were pretty bare.

Birds: Mute Swan, Common Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Mallard, Hooded Merganser