Quabbin Reservoir–Gate 10, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US
Jul 7, 2018 7:00 AM – 1:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.5 mile(s)
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip, 10 participants
49 species
Hooded Merganser 1 female w/3 young
Ruffed Grouse 2 1 ad w/4 young, flushed another later
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 5
Mourning Dove 2
Black-billed Cuckoo 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 6
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 3
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 7
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Blue-headed Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 94
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 3 calling young bird at entance
Black-capped Chickadee 16
Tufted Titmouse 7
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 5
Veery 26
Hermit Thrush 4
Wood Thrush 6
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 5
Cedar Waxwing 12
Ovenbird 47
Black-and-white Warbler 6
Common Yellowthroat 17
American Redstart 3
Blackburnian Warbler 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler 22
Black-throated Blue Warbler 22
Pine Warbler 14
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 6
Black-throated Green Warbler 22
Chipping Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 13
Scarlet Tanager 16
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 7
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 1
American Goldfinch 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47242144
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