Mt. Greylock, Berkshire, Massachusetts, US
Jun 18, 2016 6:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
14.5 mile(s)
Comments: BBC/SSBC trip
48 species
Turkey Vulture 7
Broad-winged Hawk 2
Mourning Dove 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Least Flycatcher 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 76
Blue Jay 7
Black-capped Chickadee 10
Red-breasted Nuthatch 7
Brown Creeper 1
Winter Wren 4
Veery 15
Swainson’s Thrush 2
Hermit Thrush 4
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 28
Gray Catbird 2
Cedar Waxwing 7
Ovenbird 46
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Mourning Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 10
American Redstart 13
Blackburnian Warbler 17
Chestnut-sided Warbler 16
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 21
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 7
Canada Warbler 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 13
White-throated Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 11
Scarlet Tanager 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 7
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Baltimore Oriole 1
Purple Finch (Eastern) 9
Red Crossbill 2 continuing
American Goldfinch 1
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/
Post Farm Marsh, Berkshire, Massachusetts, US
Jun 18, 2016 7:30 PM – 8:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: BBC/SSBC trip
34 species
Wood Duck 6
Mallard (Northern) 2
Virginia Rail (Virginia) 2
Mourning Dove 3
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Barred Owl (Northern) 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Tree Swallow 8
Bank Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Marsh Wren (palustris Group) 3
Veery 8
Wood Thrush 3
Gray Catbird 4
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 16
Common Yellowthroat 5
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 6
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 7
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 25
Common Grackle 1
Baltimore Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow X
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/
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