Quabbin Reservoir–Gate 10, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US
Jul 3, 2026 6:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 3 participants. Due to extreme heat, cut the trip short at 9:00.
35 species
Black-billed Cuckoo 1 giving the single “coo”, not in triplicates, we hear at this time of year. distant, but not the “kow” of YB. Upland habitat favors BB. Unfortunately Xeno-canto does not have this BB call in their 4 page repertoire.
Broad-winged Hawk 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 6
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 24
Blue Jay 10
Common Raven 6 vocal group crossing road at meeting spot. Likely a family group
Black-capped Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
Gray Catbird 1
Veery 8
Hermit Thrush 4
American Goldfinch 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 3
Ovenbird 18
Black-and-white Warbler 6
Common Yellowthroat 3
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler 6
Pine Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 5
Scarlet Tanager 8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S371343840
Quabbin Reservoir–Quabbin Park, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US
Jul 3, 2026 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.2 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 3 participants
16 species
Turkey Vulture 2
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Red-eyed Vireo 9
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Gray Catbird 1
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 2
American Goldfinch 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Ovenbird 2
American Redstart 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 1
Indigo Bunting 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S371343815
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