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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

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

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