Skinner State Park, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US
Jun 2, 2018 6:45 AM – 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC trip, Mark B leader 5 total participants
57 species
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 1
Black Vulture 3 three distinctive plumages, one with missing perhaps two primaries on left wing, one with missing inner primary or outer secondary on each wing, and one with all flight feathers
Turkey Vulture 7
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 female
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 6
Eastern Phoebe 7
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Yellow-throated Vireo 4
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 1
Red-eyed Vireo 26
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 2
Common Raven 5
Barn Swallow (American) 1
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea) 3
Veery 1
Hermit Thrush 2
Wood Thrush 3
American Robin 23
Gray Catbird 4
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 4
Ovenbird 14
Worm-eating Warbler 5
Black-and-white Warbler 5
American Redstart 23
Cerulean Warbler 2
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 2
Song Sparrow 1
Scarlet Tanager 4
Northern Cardinal 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 3
Baltimore Oriole 4
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow X
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47242906
Quabbin Reservoir–Gate 8, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US
Jun 2, 2018 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.3 mile(s)
Comments: BBC trip, Mark B leader 5 total participants
12 species
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Veery 2
Ovenbird 4
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Scarlet Tanager 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47242903
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