Southwick WMA, Hampden, Massachusetts, US

Jul 7, 2024 7:30 AM – 10:50 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk-Southwick WMA-Leader Nick Paulson

45 species (+1 other taxa)

Mourning Dove  8

Chimney Swift  8

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  8

Eastern Wood-Pewee  3

Eastern Phoebe  7

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  10

Warbling Vireo  2

Red-eyed Vireo  4

Blue Jay  3

Common Raven  1

Tufted Titmouse  5

Tree Swallow  12

Barn Swallow (American)  3

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Northern House Wren  2

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  8

Gray Catbird  4

Brown Thrasher  7    Family group of five, plus two others singing.

Northern Mockingbird  4

Eastern Bluebird  14

Veery  8

American Robin  12

Cedar Waxwing  5

House Finch  7

American Goldfinch  6

Grasshopper Sparrow  5

Chipping Sparrow  14

Field Sparrow  22    Lots of young birds, family groups, spread throughout.

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  1

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  20

Eastern Towhee  12

new world sparrow sp.  1    Looked like a Clay-colored Sparrow.

Orchard Oriole  5

Baltimore Oriole  7

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  4

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Yellowthroat  18

Pine Warbler  1

Prairie Warbler  14    Family group of 4, 3 pairs, several singles seen or calling.

Scarlet Tanager  3

Northern Cardinal  6

Indigo Bunting  8    5 males, 1 female, 2 young

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S204121924

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