Housatonic River Valley WMA, Berkshire, Massachusetts, US
Jun 11, 2017 6:00 AM – 6:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.7 mile(s)
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Paul C
37 species
Canada Goose 25
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Alder Flycatcher 1
Willow Flycatcher 3
Least Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 3
Red-eyed Vireo 2
American Crow 1
Tree Swallow 5
Cliff Swallow (pyrrhonota Group) 5
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
Veery 5
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 17
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 8
Song Sparrow 6
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 5
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Baltimore Oriole 3
Purple Finch (Eastern) 1
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow X
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37706952
October Mountain SF, Berkshire, Massachusetts, US
Jun 11, 2017 7:15 AM – 12:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
14.0 mile(s)
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Paul C
49 species
Canada Goose 2 4 young
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 2
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 male
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Alder Flycatcher 6
Eastern Phoebe 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Blue-headed Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 71
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 5
Tree Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
Brown Creeper 3
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Veery 6
Hermit Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 10
Cedar Waxwing 16
Ovenbird 35
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Common Yellowthroat 11
American Redstart 6
Magnolia Warbler 6
Blackburnian Warbler 8
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 14
Black-throated Blue Warbler 7
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4
Black-throated Green Warbler 7
Canada Warbler 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 2
White-throated Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 6
Eastern Towhee 2
Scarlet Tanager 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 14
Purple Finch (Eastern) 3
American Goldfinch 4
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37706951
Woods Pond, Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, US
Jun 11, 2017
Protocol: Historical
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Paul C
2 species
Mallard (Northern) 1
Bank Swallow 15
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37706953
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