Skinner State Park, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US
Jun 5, 2021 7:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, Mark Burns leader, 9 participants
40 species
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1    “white-winged” dove flew over the top
Chimney Swift  4
Turkey Vulture  3
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  5
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  10
Eastern Phoebe  4
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Yellow-throated Vireo  5
Red-eyed Vireo  21
Blue Jay  2
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2
Brown Creeper  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  3
Winter Wren  1
European Starling  X
Veery  2
Hermit Thrush  2
Wood Thrush  4
American Robin  5
Cedar Waxwing  2
House Sparrow  X
American Goldfinch  2
Chipping Sparrow  4
Brown-headed Cowbird  8
Ovenbird  11
Worm-eating Warbler  7
Black-and-white Warbler  4
American Redstart  21
Cerulean Warbler  5
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Scarlet Tanager  6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
Indigo Bunting  4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S89845794
Westover Grasslands Complex, Hampden, Massachusetts, US
Jun 5, 2021 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
Upland Sandpiper  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Tree Swallow  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
Grasshopper Sparrow  3
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  1
Song Sparrow  1
Bobolink  3
Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern)  2    one bird carrying food
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S89845786
Quabbin Reservoir–Gate 8, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US
Jun 5, 2021 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM
Acadian Flycatcher  1
Least Flycatcher  2
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  5
Chipping Sparrow  2
Ovenbird  4
Black-and-white Warbler  1
American Redstart  3
Blackburnian Warbler  2
Scarlet Tanager  1
Indigo Bunting  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S89845773
New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, US
Jun 5, 2021 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Eastern Kingbird  1
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Bank Swallow  3
Gray Catbird  2
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  1
Swamp Sparrow  3
Common Yellowthroat  2
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  3
Pine Warbler  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S89845760
Orange Airport, Franklin, Massachusetts, US
Jun 5, 2021 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM
Killdeer  1
Turkey Vulture  1
American Crow  1
Barn Swallow (American)  5
Chipping Sparrow  1
Vesper Sparrow  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
Pine Warbler  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S89845750

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