The fog was still on the water at Hopkinton State Park when I stopped in this morning. Beautiful!
Chipping Sparrow
A small pool at the lower beach was popular this morning, hosting a Ring-Billed Gull, a Great Blue Heron, and a Greater Yellowlegs, as well as some Killdeer pecking around the edges.
Great Blue Heron
Ring-Billed Gull
Greater Yellowlegs w/ a catch
After Hopkinton SP, I drove over to the Sudbury Reservoir Trail and walked it from Parkerville Road to the bridge entrance to Beals Preserve. I saw a muskrat swimming in the fall colored water, Canada geese, Mute Swans, Yellow-Rumped Warblers, Golden Crowned Kinglets, Gray Catbird, Belted Kingfishers, Song Sparrows, House Sparrows, Wild Turkeys, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jays, and American Crows.
Muskrat
Song Sparrow
Belted Kingfisher (one of 3-4 seen)
Great Blue Heron
I stopped to watch this Great Blue Heron as it made its way along the shore of the channel. It was interesting to watch it approaching a group of 4 Mute Swans. I wondered if they would just ignore each other. No. The swans wanted the GBH out of their space. While they were pushing him along, a Belted Kingfisher dove into the same area twice to catch fish. It was quite a popular little waterway!
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