Quabbin Reservoir–Gate 10, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US
Jul 6, 2024 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, 2 participants, rain shortened this section of walk, went to South Quabbin instead
17 species
Wild Turkey 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay 1
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Veery 3
Hermit Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Pine Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S187615708
Quabbin, south, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US
Jul 6, 2024 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.2 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, 2 participants
35 species
Wild Turkey 3 w/19 young
Mourning Dove 2
Turkey Vulture 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 7
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 4
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 5
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 7
Red-eyed Vireo 26
Blue Jay 4
Black-capped Chickadee 3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 5
Gray Catbird 5
Veery 5
Hermit Thrush 3
American Robin 12
Cedar Waxwing 5
American Goldfinch 6
Chipping Sparrow 11
Song Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 7
Baltimore Oriole 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Ovenbird 4
Black-and-white Warbler 9
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 7
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 4
Prairie Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 2
Indigo Bunting 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S187615719
Lake Wallace, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US
Jul 6, 2024 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, 2 participants
18 species
Canada Goose 20
Wood Duck 3 plus 5 young
Mourning Dove 3
Green Heron 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 1
Common Raven 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
European Starling X
Gray Catbird 4
American Robin 2
House Finch 1
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 10
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S187615720
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