Skinner State Park, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US
Jun 4, 2016 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.5 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – Westover Air Force Base for Grassland Birds – Leader: Linda Ferraresso – multiple locations – Continuation of the BBC Westover AFB Grassland complex walk earlier in the morning. Birds observed primarily from Halfway house to the Summit house, though a few were heard on the drive up to the Halfway House and at the base parking lot.
32 species
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 5
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 15
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Veery 1
Hermit Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 8
Cedar Waxwing 1
Ovenbird 10
Black-and-white Warbler 3
American Redstart 5
Cerulean Warbler 5
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 1 Seen at Barstow’s at the base of the park
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Scarlet Tanager 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
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