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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Evening Walk at Minute Man NHP
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