George L. Darey Housatonic Valley WMA, Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts, US

Jun 16, 2024 6:00 AM – 6:45 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC/SSBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader, 2 participants

38 species

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X

Mourning Dove  2

Green Heron  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Alder Flycatcher  2

Willow Flycatcher  3

Least Flycatcher  2

Eastern Phoebe  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  3

Red-eyed Vireo  1

American Crow  2

Cliff Swallow  4    only 2 seen today; at least 4 present on June 14 and likely more; nesting under bridge, cool morning

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Gray Catbird  6

Veery  6

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  2

Cedar Waxwing  6

American Goldfinch  3

Song Sparrow  3

Swamp Sparrow  1

Orchard Oriole  1    1st yr male

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  10

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  4

Ovenbird  1

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  2

American Redstart  3

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  4

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S183260888

October Mountain SF, Berkshire, Massachusetts, US

Jun 16, 2024 7:00 AM – 11:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

10.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC/SSBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader, 2 participants

56 species

Mourning Dove  6

Black-billed Cuckoo  1

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2    males

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-shouldered Hawk  1

Broad-winged Hawk  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  14

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Pileated Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Alder Flycatcher  4

Eastern Phoebe  1

Eastern Kingbird  3

Blue-headed Vireo  5

Red-eyed Vireo  39

Blue Jay  7

Black-capped Chickadee  9

Tree Swallow  9

Red-breasted Nuthatch  3

Brown Creeper  3

House Wren  1

Winter Wren  2

Gray Catbird  6

Eastern Bluebird  3

Veery  23

Hermit Thrush  2

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  5

Cedar Waxwing  10

Purple Finch (Eastern)  5

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  4

White-throated Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  7

Swamp Sparrow  7

Eastern Towhee  1

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  15

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  4

Ovenbird  20

Northern Waterthrush  4

Black-and-white Warbler  8

Common Yellowthroat  18

American Redstart  2

Magnolia Warbler  3

Blackburnian Warbler  6

Chestnut-sided Warbler  15

Black-throated Blue Warbler  7

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  4

Black-throated Green Warbler  2

Canada Warbler  8

Scarlet Tanager  5

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  4

Indigo Bunting  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S183260905

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

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