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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

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th [...]

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th [...]

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th [...]

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