Fort Meadow Reservoir: Marlboro, MA (12/2)

This time of year its gets really hard to be outside. I don't mind the cold so much... its just the desolation. All the leaves are off the trees and everything is brown. Soon there will be snow and I actually welcome that. At least it covers everything with a "clean" coat. Late Fall is just too depressing.

And, the worst part is that the animals become really hard to find. Even the ducks have mostly continued on their migration south. But, Fort Meadow Reservoir is always a good place to find something. This Saturday was no different. The pond was pretty full. The mixed flock was mostly Ruddy Ducks and Mallards but there were still some Ring-neck Ducks. Also, I found a couple Hooded Mergansers and a small group of Common Mergansers. There were even 7 Coot dabbling for vegetation along the shore.

Birds: Ring-bill Gull, Mallard, Ring-neck Duck, Common Merganser, Hooded Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Coot, Tufted Titmouse, Black-capped Chickadee, Canada Goose