Skinner State Park, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US
Jun 3, 2017 7:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.4 mile(s)
Comments: BBC trip, Mark B leader
42 species
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Chimney Swift 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 5
Eastern Phoebe 4
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 1
Red-eyed Vireo 39
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 1
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 7
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea) 2
Veery 3
Hermit Thrush 3
Wood Thrush 5
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 2
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 4
Ovenbird 15
Worm-eating Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 6
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 12
Cerulean Warbler 3
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Chipping Sparrow 3
Scarlet Tanager 3
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Baltimore Oriole 2
House Sparrow X
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37692161
Quabbin, south, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US
Jun 3, 2017 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC trip, Mark B leader
34 species (+2 other taxa)
duck sp. 1
Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo 1 likely a Black-billed, but only one song/call and could not locate or heard again
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Least Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 17
Blue Jay 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Brown Creeper 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea) 2
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 5
Ovenbird 4
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 17
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 9
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 2
Prairie Warbler 2
Chipping Sparrow 4
Field Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 7
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Indigo Bunting 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Baltimore Oriole 2
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37692165
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