Suffield WMA, Hartford, Connecticut, US
Jul 12, 2026 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Trip – Southwick WMA – Leader Nick Paulson. No participants showed up. Decided to bird on the CT side at Suffield WMA down to marsh and back. Trails more overgrown on CT side. Lots of dog ticks, pulled off maybe 120 or so.
69 species
Canada Goose 2
Mallard 1
Mourning Dove 10
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 6
Virginia Rail 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 7
American Kestrel 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 7
Alder Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Eastern Kingbird 11
Eastern Warbling Vireo 7
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 14
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 12
Bank Swallow 50
Tree Swallow 150
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 75
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 8
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Northern House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 14
Gray Catbird 8
Brown Thrasher 7
Northern Mockingbird 4
Eastern Bluebird 3
Veery 1
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 30
Cedar Waxwing 12
House Sparrow 2
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 28
Grasshopper Sparrow 9
Chipping Sparrow 4
Field Sparrow 10
Vesper Sparrow 1 Calling straight out from parking area along the state line.
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 9
Eastern Towhee 9
Bobolink 26
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 60
Common Grackle 26
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 24
Northern Yellow Warbler 6
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Canada Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 3
Northern Cardinal 9
Blue Grosbeak 1 Young bird. Rufous brown all over with large bill.
Indigo Bunting 18
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