Mt. Greylock, Berkshire, Massachusetts, US
Jun 10, 2017 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
15.0 mile(s)
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Paul C
52 species
Turkey Vulture 3
Broad-winged Hawk 2
Mourning Dove 3
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Least Flycatcher 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 74
Blue Jay 10
Common Raven 2
Tree Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 13
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
Winter Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Eastern Bluebird 2
Veery 8
Swainson’s Thrush (Olive-backed) 3
Hermit Thrush 4
Wood Thrush 3
American Robin 18
Gray Catbird 2
Cedar Waxwing 9
Ovenbird 40
Black-and-white Warbler 11
Mourning Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 5
American Redstart 26
Magnolia Warbler 3
Blackburnian Warbler 23
Chestnut-sided Warbler 18
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 21
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 12
Black-throated Green Warbler 8
Canada Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 11
White-throated Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 7
Scarlet Tanager 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 4
Baltimore Oriole 1
Purple Finch (Eastern) 5
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37706838
Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, US
Jun 10, 2017 6:45 PM – 7:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Paul C
17 species
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Tree Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
House Wren 1
Veery 3
Gray Catbird 2
Ovenbird 1
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 1
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 1
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow X
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37706840
Richmond, Beech Road marsh(es), Berkshire, Massachusetts, US
Jun 10, 2017 7:15 PM – 8:30 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Paul C
26 species
Canada Goose 3
Wood Duck 4
Mallard (Northern) 10
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 1
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Willow Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow 5
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Marsh Wren (palustris Group) 5
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 2
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 5
Ovenbird 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 2
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 5
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 5
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 5
Common Grackle 3
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37706841
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