Quabbin Reservoir–Gate 10, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US
Jul 3, 2022 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
6.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC/SSBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, 6 participants
44 species
Mourning Dove  4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  2
Barred Owl  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  6
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Pileated Woodpecker  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee  6
Acadian Flycatcher  1    normal place on gate 8 road which this road goes past
Great Crested Flycatcher  3    at nest hole
Eastern Kingbird  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  2    pair at nest
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  64
Blue Jay  8
American Crow  5
Black-capped Chickadee  7
Tufted Titmouse  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  9
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  3
Gray Catbird  4
Veery  24
Hermit Thrush  6
American Robin  3
Cedar Waxwing  4
Red Crossbill  10    estimate of what was heard flyovers
Chipping Sparrow  7
Eastern Towhee  11
Ovenbird  34
Black-and-white Warbler  4
Common Yellowthroat  12
American Redstart  3
Blackburnian Warbler  4
Chestnut-sided Warbler  8
Black-throated Blue Warbler  12
Pine Warbler  14
Black-throated Green Warbler  16
Scarlet Tanager  9
Northern Cardinal  3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  5
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