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January–February 2001
A Pacific Loon was discovered along the Rowley Shore section of Gloucester on January 18, while the Eared Grebe continued in nearby Gloucester Harbor. A likely Western Grebe was a one-day wonder at Salisbury on January 14. Two adult Greater White-fronted Geese spent most of February in Fairhaven. A Purple Gallinule was rescued on Martha’s Vineyard on January 1, and a Sandhill Crane was present in Fairhaven for the month of February. An impressive 520 Purple Sandpipers were counted in North Scituate on January 26. An adult European Mew Gull was present at Flax Pond, Lynn, in mid-February.
Best sighting: an invasion of White-winged Crossbills, including up to 140 birds in Savoy. Many were singing, and the first breeding record for the state was documented in Windsor.
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