Suffield WMA, Hartford, Connecticut, US

Jul 13, 2025 7:30 AM – 8:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk- Southwick WMA – Suffield WMA Ct section- Leader Nick Paulson – parking lot first, then after MA section a walk in one field.

39 species

Mourning Dove  8

Chimney Swift  10

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  3

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  4

Willow Flycatcher  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Eastern Kingbird  8

Red-eyed Vireo  4

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  3

Bank Swallow  10

Tree Swallow  25

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3

Barn Swallow (American)  12

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Northern House Wren  1

Gray Catbird  3

Brown Thrasher  1

Eastern Bluebird  5

American Robin  6

Cedar Waxwing  4

American Goldfinch  7

Chipping Sparrow  3

Field Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  5

Eastern Towhee  8

Orchard Oriole  1

Baltimore Oriole  1

Common Grackle  2

Common Yellowthroat  5

Yellow Warbler  2

Prairie Warbler  3

Scarlet Tanager  3

Northern Cardinal  2

Indigo Bunting  10

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S259941664

Southwick WMA, Hampden, Massachusetts, US

Jul 13, 2025 7:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.7 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Southwick WMA – Leader Nick Paulson: loop through the main fields. Foray into Suffield WMA(CT side) for separate list. Warming, cloudy, slightly windy, a little quiet to start. 3 participants. Young Blue Grosbeak along bushy row to the right before corn field. Lots of young birds.

53 species (+1 other taxa)

Mourning Dove  26

Chimney Swift  13

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Killdeer  1

Turkey Vulture  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  14

American Kestrel  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Willow Flycatcher  2

Eastern Phoebe  6

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  20    Large area, good habitat. Spot counts as we walked. Dropped total by 15% in case of resighted birds. One family group, some territorial fighting.

Warbling Vireo  2

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  7

American Crow  6

Fish Crow  2

Common Raven  2

Tufted Titmouse  2

Bank Swallow  20

Tree Swallow  50

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3

Barn Swallow (American)  30

Northern House Wren  12    One Family group.

Carolina Wren  1

Gray Catbird  14

Brown Thrasher  4

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  20

Veery  7

American Robin  16

Cedar Waxwing  5

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  17

Grasshopper Sparrow  3

Chipping Sparrow  12

Field Sparrow  27    Large area, good habitat. Spot counts as we walked. Dropped total by 15% in case of resighted birds. Mostly counted the birds seen. Several young birds, several family groups, many calling.

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  1    Scraggly young bird.

Song Sparrow  1    Solid brown-backed bird

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  22

Eastern Towhee  28    Large area, good habitat. Spot counts as we walked. Dropped total by 15% in case of resighted birds. Calling throughout, several young birds

Bobolink  1

Orchard Oriole  9    Single. One family of 5. Then 3 together 2m/1f.

Baltimore Oriole  3

Common Yellowthroat  24

Yellow Warbler  2

Pine Warbler  1

Prairie Warbler  9

Scarlet Tanager  3

Northern Cardinal  8

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2

Blue Grosbeak  1    Young male, blue head, browner body, lighter below. Larger than nearby sparrows/buntings with large bill.

Indigo Bunting  29    Large area, good habitat. Spot counts as we walked. Dropped total by 15% in case of resighted birds. Many males seen singing, some territorial disputes, a few family groups.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S259941661