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

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

Bring Back Bobolinks!

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