Quabbin Reservoir–Gate 10, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US
Jul 3, 2016 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.5 mile(s)
Comments: SSBC/BBC trip
49 species
Wood Duck 1 young bird, just a week or so out of the nest, no adult or siblings seen
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Broad-winged Hawk 3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Barred Owl (Northern) 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 11
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 5
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 7
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 12
Acadian Flycatcher 1 on gate 8 road where historically there have been several, but first in 3-5 years
Least Flycatcher 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 3
Blue-headed Vireo 5
Red-eyed Vireo 76
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 8
Veery 29
Hermit Thrush 7
Wood Thrush 5
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 5
Cedar Waxwing 8
Ovenbird 44
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 23
American Redstart 3
Magnolia Warbler 1
Blackburnian Warbler 5
Chestnut-sided Warbler 23
Black-throated Blue Warbler 27
Pine Warbler 19
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 16
Chipping Sparrow 7
Eastern Towhee 27
Scarlet Tanager 16
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 3
American Goldfinch 1
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/
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