Housatonic River Valley WMA, Berkshire, Massachusetts, US
Jun 19, 2016 6:00 AM – 6:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: BBC/SSBC trip
39 species
Canada Goose 7
Mallard (Northern) 1
Ring-necked Pheasant (Ring-necked) 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Alder Flycatcher 1
Willow Flycatcher 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 3
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 3
Red-eyed Vireo 3
American Crow 6
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow (American) 2
Cliff Swallow (pyrrhonota/ganieri) 2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
House Wren 1
Veery 5
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 2
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 4
Ovenbird 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 2
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 7
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 5
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Baltimore Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 1
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October Mountain SF, Berkshire, Massachusetts, US
Jun 19, 2016 7:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
12.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC/SSBC trip
46 species
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 1
Mourning Dove 7
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Alder Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 2
Blue-headed Vireo 7
Red-eyed Vireo 33
Blue Jay 9
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 11
Red-breasted Nuthatch 5
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
Brown Creeper 2
Winter Wren 3
Veery 13
Hermit Thrush 4
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 11
Gray Catbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 4
Ovenbird 28
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 16
American Redstart 2
Magnolia Warbler 8
Blackburnian Warbler 12
Chestnut-sided Warbler 10
Black-throated Blue Warbler 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 4
Canada Warbler 2
White-throated Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 5
Eastern Towhee 2
Scarlet Tanager 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 3
Purple Finch (Eastern) 6
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This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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