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2004 (2005) (2006)
Loons, Grebes, Cormorants, Herons, Vultures, Raptors

Red-throated Loon

Common Loon
Apr 03, Ludlow, 2, H McQueen#
Apr 10, Ludlow, 2, H McQueen#
Apr 10, Quabbin Park, 3, M Lynch#
Apr 14, Southwick, 1, S Kellogg
Apr 17, Granville, 1, Blueberry Hill Hawk Watch
Apr 25, Granville, 1, Blueberry Hill Hawk Watch
Apr 23, Southwick, 3, S Kellogg
Apr 24, Southwick, 1, S Kellogg
Apr 29, Granville, 1, Blueberry Hill Hawk Watch
May 01, New Salem, 8, Mark Lynch#
May 01, Amherst, 1, S Surner#
May 01, Quabbin HQ, 1, S Surner#
May 16, Quabbin Park, 12, M Lynch#
May 27, Greenfield, 3, L Therrien
May 29, Quabbin Park, 1, M Lynch
Aug 15-22, Hadley, 1, P Yeskie
Sep 24, Granville, 1, BHHW
Sep 25, Granville, 2, BHHW
Oct 17, Quabbin Park, 5, M Lynch#
Oct 23, Quabbin Park, 2, M Lynch#
Nov 15, Quabbin Park, 1, VOA
Nov 21, Holyoke, 1, H McQueen#
Nov 21, New Salem, 5, B Lafley
Nov 27, Granville, 1, BHHW
Nov 29, Southwick, 1, VOA
Dec 05, South Quabbin, 7, M Lynch#
Dec 13, Ludlow, 2, VOA
Dec 26, Cobble Mountain Bird Count, 1, Various

Pied-billed Grebe
Mar 22, Longmeadow, 1, C Patterson & C Surprenant
Mar 27, Longmeadow, 1, S Kellogg
Mar 29, Hadley, 1, VOA
Apr 03, Ludlow, 1, C Gentes#
Apr 03, Longmeadow, 2, C Surprenant#
Apr 04, Longmeadow, 3, D Schell
Apr 04, Bartons Cove, 1, C Gentes
Apr 05, Longmeadow, 2, S Kellogg
Apr 10, Quabbin Park, 1, M Lynch#
Apr 11, Turners Falls, 1, S Surner
Apr 11, Longmeadow, nesting pair?, C Gentes
Apr 15, Southwick, 1, S Kellogg
Apr 15, North Hadley, 1, A Moeckel
Apr 25, Longmeadow, 1-no nest seen, C Gentes
Apr 23, Southwick, 1, S Kellogg
Oct 16, Northampton, 1, C Surprenant#
Nov 06, Holyoke, 1, C Gentes
Nov 13-14, Northampton, 1, NBWC
Nov 15-29, Ludlow, 1, VOA
Nov 18, Northampton, 1, L Therrien

Horned Grebe
Feb 29, Hadley, 1, C Gentes#
Mar 18, South Hadley, 2, H McQueen
Apr 03, Ludlow, 2, C Gentes#
Apr 10, Ludlow, 2, C Gentes#
Apr 14, Southwick, 1, S Kellogg
Apr 23, Southwick, 3, S Kellogg
Apr 27, Southwick, 1, S Kellogg
Oct 17, Quabbin Park, 4, M Lynch#
Nov 13, Holyoke, 2, B Bieda
Nov 21, New Salem, 3, B Lafley
Dec 05, South Quabbin, 1, M Lynch#

Red-necked Grebe
Mar 07, South Hadley, 1, S Kellogg#
Apr 14, Southwick, 9, S Kellogg
Apr 15, Southwick, 11, S Kellogg
Apr 15, Turners Falls, 1, A Moeckel
Nov 21, New Salem, 1, B Lafley

Double-crested Cormorant
Apr 03, Longmeadow, 1, C Gentes
Apr 04, Turners Falls, 2, Allen Bird Club
Apr 08, Northampton, 12, L Therrien
Apr 10, Ludlow, 3, C Gentes
Apr 10, Quabbin Park, 5 migrating, M Lynch#
Apr 11, Turners Falls, 12, S Surner
Apr 13, Turners Falls, 22, L Therrien
Apr 17, Granville, 80, Blueberry Hill Hawk Watch
Apr 22, Barton's Cove, 39, L Therrien
Apr 25, Granville, 59, Blueberry Hill Hawk Watch
Apr 27, Granville, 54, Blueberry Hill Hawk Watch
Apr 29, Granville, 63, Blueberry Hill Hawk Watch
May 01, New Salem, 4 migrating, M Lynch#
May 16, Quabbin Park, 11, M Lynch#
May 27, Greenfield, 13, L Therrien
May 29, Quabbin Park, 13 migrating, M Lynch
Aug 02, Holyoke, 10, VOA
Sep 15, Mount Tom, 13, L Therrien
Nov 01, Northampton, 13, L Therrien
Nov 13, Northampton, 4, NBWC
Nov 29, Southwick, 1, VOA

Great Cormorant
Apr 10, Quabbin Park, 1 migrating, M Lynch#
Oct 19-22, Northampton, 1juv, B Bieda#

American Bittern
Apr 22, Deerfield, 1, D Schell
Apr 24, South Amherst, 1, E Rutman#
Apr 26-Jun 04, South Amherst, 1 (calling), H McQueen et al
May 01, New Salem, 2, Mark Lynch#
May 01, Northfield, 1, BBC
May 02, South Amherst, 1, H Allen
May 09, Blandford-Granville, 1, ABC
May 17, Old Deerfield, 1 possible, VOA
May 25, Northampton, 1 calling, L Therrien#
Jun 01, Belchertown, 1, VOA

Least Bittern
Jun 01, Longmeadow, 1, VOA

Great Blue Heron
Jan 02, Amherst, 1, H Allen
Feb 23, Amherst, 1, A Lombard
Mar 10, Northampton, 1, C Gentes
Mar 10, Northfield, 1, M Taylor
Mar 14, Northampton, 4, M Lynch
Mar 23, Northampton, 14, L Therrien
Mar 25, Northampton, several on nests, L Therrien
Apr 02, Northampton, 10 on nest, C Gentes
Apr 08, Northampton, 18 with 13 on nests, L Therrien
Apr 09, Northampton, 15 on nests, L Therrien
Nov 13, Northampton, 6, NBWC
Dec 08-09, Granville, 1, BHHW
Dec 30, Holland, 1, I Lynch

Great Egret
May 02, Northampton, 1, L Therrien
May 06, Longmeadow, 1, A & L Richardson & E Rutman
May 09, Longmeadow, 1, J LaPointe
May 22, Longmeadow, 1, NBWC
Jul 12, Westfield, 1, VOA
Jul 19, Longmeadow, 2, VOA
Jul 26, Hadley, 1, VOA
Jul 30, Ware, 1, D Norton
Aug 02, Westfield, 1, VOA
Aug 02, Amherst, 1, VOA
Aug 02, Hadley, 4, VOA
Aug 05, Bartons Cove, 1, B Packard
Aug 05, Deerfield, 1, B Packard
Aug 05, Haydenville, 1, B Packard
Aug 09, Longmeadow, 1, VOA
Aug 09, Agawam, 2, VOA
Aug 13, Ware, 3, D Norton
Aug 13, Hadley, 1, C Gentes
Aug 16, Turners Falls, 6, M Fairbrother
Sep 03, Ware, 1, D Norton
Sep 29, Northampton, 1, C Gentes
Oct 04, Longmeadow, 1, VOA

Snowy Egret
Apr 04, Turners Falls, 3, A Richards#
May 22, Longmeadow, 1, NBWC
Jul 19, Longmeadow, 2, VOA
Jul 19, Westfield, 1, VOA

Green Heron
Apr 20, Northampton, 1, C Gentes
Apr 30, Amherst, 2, L Therrien
May 01, Amherst, 1, S Surner#
May 02, Longmeadow, 1, ABC
May 11, Longmeadow, 2, L Therrien
May 11, Hatfield, 5, B Packard
May 19, Amherst, 2, L Therrien
Oct 07, Amherst, 1, L Therrien
Dec 09-20^, UMass Pond, 1, B Packard

Black-crown Night-heron
Jun 04, South Amherst, 1, H Allen
Jul 11, Old Deerfield, 1im, B Packard
Aug 04, Hadley, 2 im, C Gentes
Aug 07, Hadley, 1 im, C Gentes
Aug 09, West Springfield, 2, VOA

Glossy Ibis
Apr 22, Northampton, 1, B Bieda

Black Vulture
Mar 26, Granville, 1, BHHW
Apr 22, Granville, 1, BHHW
May 14, Soutwick, 1, BHHW
Sep 06, Granville, 1, BHHW
Sep 14, Granville, 3, BHHW
Sep 12, Mount Tom, 1, T Gagnon#
Oct 01, Granville, 3, BHHW
Oct 06, Granville, 1, BHHW
Oct 22, Granville, 3, BHHW
Oct 31, Granville, 4, BHHW
Nov 04, Granville, 1, BHHW
Nov 29, Granville, 3, BHHW

Turkey Vulture
Feb 13, Westfield, 1, R Ranney
Feb 13, Palmer, 1, G Long#
Feb 14, Northampton, 1, NBWC
Feb 18, Amherst, 2, C Gentes
Feb 29, Pelham Overlook, 3, M Lynch
Mar 01-30, Granville, 49, BHHW
Mar 02, Northampton, 5, L Therrien
Mar 06, South Hadley, 4, C Gentes
Mar 10, Northampton, 7, L Therrien
Mar 11, Granville, 12, BHHW
Mar 21, Quabbin, 9, M Resch
Mar 29, Mount Tom, 11, L Therrien
Apr 01-30, Granville, 49, BHHW
Apr 02, Hadley, 11, H McQueen
Apr 04, Orange, 12, T Pirro
Apr 10, Deerfield, 32, R Ranney
Apr 17, Mount Tom, 12, L Therrien
May 28, Barton's Cove, 2 eaglets, G d'Entremont
Oct 01-28, Granville, 175, BHHW
Oct 20, Granville, 47, BHHW
Nov 01, Granville, 1, BHHW
Nov 06, Granville, 2, BHHW
Nov 15, Granville, 1, BHHW

Osprey
Apr 08, Northampton, 1, L Therrien
Apr 08-30, Granville, 124, BHHW
Apr 10, Quabbin Park, 2, M Lynch#
Apr 11, Hatfield, 1, C Gentes
Apr 17, Mount Tom, 15, L Therrien
Apr 17, Granville, 55, BHHW
Apr 26, West Springfield, 1 at nest, G Kingston
Apr 29, Deerfield, 5, L Therrien
Apr 29, Northampton, 1, L Therrien
Apr 30, North Hadley, 1, C Gentes#
May 05, Longmeadow, 1, ABC
May 07, Williamsburg, 1, L Therrien
May 15, Wilbraham, 1, J Wojtanowski#
May 17, Greenfield, 1, L Therrien
Jun 06, Orange, 1, B Lafley
Jul 19, West Springfield, 3 fully grown young, VOA
Aug 14, Northampton, 1, L Therrien
Aug 17, Northfield, 1, M Lynch
Sep 01-30, Granville, 126, BHHW
Sep 10, Granville, 13, BHHW
Sep 14, Mount Tom, 11, L Therrien
Sep 30, Granville, 2, BHHW
Oct 01-18, Granville, 35, BHHW
Oct 04, Granville, 10, BHHW

Bald Eagle
Jan 22, North Amherst, 2ad , M Cushing
Jan 31, Quabbin, 7, S Moore
Feb 29, Pelham Overlook, 5, M Lynch
Mar 03, New Salem, 4ad 2im, B Lafley
Mar 06, Hockanum, 1 on nest, C Gentes#
Mar 07, West Springfield, 1 on nest, S Kellogg#
Mar 08, Gill, 1st egg in nest, R Ranney
Apr 7-30, Granville, 12, BHHW
Jul 05, Gill, young eagle leaving nest, VOA
Sep 01-30, Granville, 68, BHHW
Sep 26, Granville, 10, BHHW
Oct 01-31, Granville, 31, BHHW
Oct 10, Granville, 8, BHHW
Nov 14, Northampton, 3, NBWC
Nov 01-30, Granville, 26, BHHW

Northern Harrier
Jan 05, Belchertown, 1, VOA
Jan 31, Hadley, 1, J Jorgensen
Mar 04, Northampton, 1 f, C Gentes
Mar 11, Amherst, 1 f, H McQueen
Mar 15, Amherst, 1 f, H McQueen
Mar 16-29, Granville, 6, BHHW
Mar 24, Deerfield, 1 f, B Packard
Apr 04, Northampton, 1f, H McQueen
Apr 7-29, Granville, 18, BHHW
Apr 11, Hatfield, 1m, C Gentes
Apr 17, Mount Tom, 5, L Therrien
Apr 17, Northampton, 1, NBWC
Apr 29, North Hadley, 1, C Gentes#
Apr 29, Deerfield, 1, L Therrien
May 01, New Salem, 2, Mark Lynch#
May 08, South Amherst, 1, NBWC
Jul 07, Deerfield, 1f, B Packard
Aug 23, Deerfield, 2, H McQueen
Aug 29-30, Northampton, 2, C Gentes
Sep 01-30, Granville, 33, BHHW
Sep 19, Granville, 6, BHHW
Oct 01-29, Granville, 25, BHHW
Nov 01-30, Granville, 14, BHHW
Dec 13, Granville, 1, BHHW

Sharp-shinned Hawk
Mar 11-30, Granville, 18, BHHW
Apr 7-27, Granville, 109, BHHW
Apr 17, Mount Tom, 16, L Therrien
Apr 22, Mount Sugarloaf, 6, L Therrien
Sep 01-30, Granville, 442, BHHW
Sep 19, Granville, 82, BHHW
Oct 01-31, Granville, 397, BHHW
Oct 11, Granville, 58, BHHW
Nov 02-23, Granville, 19, BHHW

Cooper's Hawk
Feb 07, Northampton, 2, J Gottsche
Feb 14, Northampton, 3, T Gagnon
Mar 26, Turners Falls, 2, L Therrien
Apr 03, South Amherst, pair, M Faherty
Apr 05, Northampton, probable nest, C Gentes
Apr 07-25, Granville, 14, BHHW
Jul 26, Granby, 4 young, VOA
Sep 01-30, Granville, 26, BHHW
Sep 11, Granville, 5, BHHW
Oct 01-28, Granville, 72, BHHW
Oct 03, Granville, 17, BHHW
Nov 13-15, Granville, 5, BHHW

Northern Goshawk
Jan 05, Chicopee, 1, VOA
Mar 04, Ashfield, 1, S Sauter
Apr 10, Deerfield, 1, R Ranney
Jun 05, Little River IBA, 1, ABC Survey
Jul 03, Quabbin - Gate 10, 1, Glen d'Entremont
Jul 12, Hawley, 1, VOA
Sep 12, Mount Tom, 1, T Gagnon#
Sep 10, Granville, 1, BHHW
Sep 19, Granville, 1, BHHW
Oct 22, Mount Tom, 1, R Titus
Oct 01-27, Granville, 5, BHHW
Nov 06, Shutesbury, 1, K Weir
Nov 08, Russell, 1, VOA
Nov 09, Granville, 1, BHHW
Nov 16, Granville, 1, A Magee
Dec 12, Granville, 1, BHHW
Dec 26, Cobble Mountain Bird Count, 1, Various

Red-shouldered Hawk
Feb 21, Northampton, 1, T Gagnon
Mar 10, Northampton, 2, L Therrien
Mar 14, Granville, 8, BHHW
Mar 16, Northfield, resident pair, M Taylor
Apr 17, Mount Tom, 1, L Therrien
Apr 17, Granville, 2 courting, BHHW
May 17, Hatfield, 1, L Therrien
May 22, Northampton, 1, NBWC
May 23, Williamsburg, 1, L Therrien
May 29, Whately, 1 nest, C Gentes
Jun 05, Little River IBA, 7, ABC Survey
Jun 27, Chesterfield, 1 im & 1 ad, B Packard
Sep 19, Granville, 2, BHHW
Oct 01-28, Granville, 15, BHHW
Oct 21, Granville, 4, BHHW
Nov 08, Russell, 1, VOA
Nov 08-29, Granville, 12, BHHW
Dec 26, Cobble Mountain Bird Count, 1, Various

Broad-winged Hawk
Mar 24, Granville, 2, BHHW
Apr 12-30, Granville, 513, BHHW
Apr 17, Mount Tom, 11, L Therrien
Apr 19, Deerfield, 3 B Packard#
Apr 22, Mount Sugarloaf, 63, L Therrien
Apr 25, Granville, 281, BHHW
Apr 29, Goshen, 1, B Packard
Apr 29, Deerfield, 23, L Therrien
Apr 30, Northampton, 5, L Therrien
May 07, Williamsburg, 2, L Therrien
May 09, Blandford-Granville, 1, ABC
Jun 05, Little River IBA, 4, ABC Survey
Aug 17, Northfield, 4, M Lynch
Aug 24, Granville, 10, BHHW
Sep 01-30, Granville, 2850, BHHW
Sep 13, Granville, 1084, BHHW
Sep 14, Mount Tom, 251, L Therrien
Sep 14, Sunderland, 200, D Minear
Sep 19, Granville, 852, BHHW
Sep 27, Granville, 4, BHHW
Oct 01, Granville, 3, BHHW
Oct 04, Granville, 1, BHHW
Oct 05, Granville, 1, BHHW

Broad-winged Hawk (Dark Morph)
Sep 19, Granville, 1, T Wojtanowski#

Red-tailed Hawk .
Jan 12, West Springfield--Hadley, 19, VOA
Jan 28, Holyoke--Deerfield, 14, D Schell
Mar 10, Northampton, 13, L Therrien
Mar 07-30, Granville, 72, BHHW
Mar 28, North Hadley, 1 on nest, C Gentes#
Apr 03, Longmeadow, 1 on nest, C Surprenant
Apr 07-29, Granville, 60, BHHW
Oct 01-31, Granville, 98, BHHW
Nov 01-29, Granville, 402, BHHW

Rough-legged Hawk
Jan 12, Northampton, 1 'completely black' dark phase, B Bieda
Jan 14, Amherst, 1 dark-phase, H McQueen
Jan 20, Northampton, 1 light phase, B Lafley
Jan 21, Northampton-Hadley, 1 dark morph, M Taylor
Feb 02, Hadley, 1, VOA
Feb 16, Northampton, 1, S Kellogg
Oct 22, Mount Tom, 1 light phase, R Titus
Nov 01, Granville, 1 light-morph juvenile, BHHW
Nov 09, Granville, 1 dark-morph juvenile, BHHW
Dec 14, Granville, 1 light-morph, BHHW

Golden Eagle
Jan 11, Quabbin, 1jv, D Peacock#
Jan 17, Enfield Lookout, 1im, J Hoye
Jan 25, Pelham Overlook, 1ad, M Lynch
Jan 29, Pelham Overlook, 1ad, M Lynch
Jan 29, Hadley, 1, P Yeskie
Feb 29, Pelham Overlook, 1ad, M Lynch
Mar 03, New Salem, 1, B Lafley
Mar 29, Granville, 1, BHHW
Apr 18, Granville, 1 im, BHHW
Apr 25, Granville, 1 adult, BHHW
Jun 01, Montague, 1, VOA
Oct 06, Granville, 1, BHHW
Oct 17, Sunderland, 1, fide John Weeks
Oct 18, Granville, 1, BHHW
Nov 08, Russell, 1, VOA
Nov 14, Granville, 2, BHHW
Dec 05, Pelham Overlook, 1, M Lynch#

American Kestrel
Feb 07, Hadley, 1, C Gentes#
Mar 01, North Hadley, 1, C Gentes
Mar 13, Hadley, 2, Heather McQueen#
Mar 20-30, Granville, 17, BHHW
Mar 22, Hadley, 1, C Gentes
Mar 24, Whately, 1, B Packard
Mar 27, Hadley, 2, C Gentes
Mar 28, Hadley, 4 (pair mating), C Gentes
Apr 02-29, Granville, 64, BHHW
Apr 04, Northampton, 1, H McQueen
Apr 10, Deerfield, 1, R Ranney
Apr 11, Shutesbury, 1, K Weir
Apr 18, Granville, 35, BHHW
Apr 29, Amherst, 1, H McQueen
Apr 29, Deerfield, 5, L Therrien
May 04, Northampton, 1, C Gentes
May 04, Amherst, 2, H McQueen
Jul 27, Amherst, 4, H McQueen
Sep 01-30, Granville, 250, BHHW
Sep 19, Granville, 55, BHHW
Sep 26, Granville, 32, BHHW
Oct 01-21, Granville, 140, BHHW
Oct 05, Granville, 18, BHHW
Dec 18, Amherst, 1, C Gentes

Peregrine Falcon
Jan 01, Hadley, 1, C Gentes#
Jan 01, Springfield, 2, T Gagnon
Jan 22, Hadley, 1, H McQueen
Feb 07, Hadley, 1, H McQueen#
Feb 10, Chicopee, 2, H Allen
Feb 22, Mount Sugarloaf, pair, S Emerson
May 05, Springfield, 1 chick, C Patterson
May 08, Springfield, 3 chicks, C Patterson
Jun 19, Amherst, 4 chicks, G Martel & J Van Heerden
Jul 11, Amherst, 1im, J Hoye
Sep 04, Granville, 1, BHHW
Oct 02, Granville, 1, BHHW
Oct 03, Granville, 2, BHHW
Oct 07, Granville, 1, BHHW

Merlin
Jan 21, Northampton, 1, M Taylor
Jan 24, Northampton, 1, J Gottsche
Feb 13, Northampton, 1, C Gentes
Feb 14, Shutesbury, 1, K Weir
Mar 24, Northampton, 1, A Magee
Mar 29, Granville, 1, BHHW
Jun 05, Little River IBA, 1, ABC Survey
Aug 07, Hadley, 1, C Gentes#
Aug 22, Chesterfield, 1, B Packard
Aug 29-30, Northampton, 1, C Gentes
Sep 01, Northampton, 1, L Therrien
Sep 04, Granville, 1, BHHW
Sep 05, Hatfield, 1, C Gentes
Sep 10, Goat Peak, 1, L Therrien
Sep 14, Granville, 1, BHHW
Sep 15, Granville, 1, BHHW
Sep 15, Northampton, 1, L Therrien
Sep 19, Granville, 1, BHHW
Sep 25, Granville, 1, BHHW
Oct 01-19, Granville, 16, BHHW