US-MA-Turners+Falls--Bartons+Cove

Also, see Turner's Falls
 * =Birding in Massachusetts=

Franklin County
=Turner's Falls= =Barton's Cove= Turners Falls, Massachusetts 01376

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Turner's Falls--Barton's Cove
Coordinates: 42.6068003, -72.5465441 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips for birding Barton's Cove
Described in the //Birdwatchers Guide to Western Massachusetts//, Barton's Cove is easily viewed from two locations. The first is off MA-2 between the Public Boat Ramp (also a good viewing spot) and the Turners Falls Bridge. By exploring the neighborhood adjacent to the river you will easily find quiet streets and be able to see resting waterfowl during the spring and fall migration. Large numbers of Mallards, Black Ducks, and Canada Geese are joined by Ring-necked Ducks, Lesser Scaup, Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead, Mute Swans, Common and Hooded Mergansers. In winter large flocks of gulls gather on the ice and the savvy observer may find among the Herring, Great Black-backed, and Ring-billed Gulls such specialties as Iceland, Glaucous, or Lesser Black-backed Gulls. The streets and boat ramp are good for both car and wheelchair birding.

A special treat each spring is the return of the nesting Bald Eagles. A spotting scope is helpful in observing the birds across the cove. A stop at the Silvio Conte National Wildlife Refuge Discovery Center (just over the Turners Falls Bridge from MA-2) will allow you to view the Eagles’ nest on closed-circuit TV, and the Center’s accessible exhibits are not to be missed. From Athol Bird Club

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