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2004 (2005) (2006)
Flycatchers, Shrikes, Vireos, Jays, Crows, Larks, Swallows

Olive-sided Flycatcher
May 20, Northfield, 1, M Taylor
May 21, South Amherst, 1, D Minear
May 21, Montague Plains, 1, B Packard
May 23, Deerfield, 1, D Mako
May 24, South Amherst, 1, C Gentes#
Jun 05, Little River IBA, 1, ABC Survey
Aug 17, Northfield, 2, M Lynch
Aug 23, Leverett, 1, VOA
Aug 23, North Amherst, 1, VOA
Aug 30, Northampton, 1, VOA

Eastern Wood-Pewee
May 10, Hadley, 1, P Yeskie
May 15, Wilbraham, 4, J Wojtanowski#
May 16, Quabbin Park, 7, M Lynch#
Jun 05, Little River IBA, 50, ABC Survey

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Aug 09, Agawam, 1, VOA

Acadian Flycatcher
May 14, Pelham, 1, H McQueen
May 28, Pelham, 3, G d'Entremont
Jun 05, Little River IBA, 3, ABC Survey
Jul 12, Granville, 1, VOA

Alder Flycatcher
May 19, New Salem, 1, M Taylor
May 19, Ashfield, 1, S Sauter
May 21, South Amherst, 1, D Minear
Jun 02, Northampton, 1, L Therrien
Jun 05, Little River IBA, 13, ABC Survey

Willow Flycatcher
May 17, Old Deerfield, 1, L Therrien
May 19, Hadley, 1, H McQueen
May 19, Amherst, 1, H McQueen
May 19, Northampton, 1, C Gentes
May 25, Northampton, 3, L Therrien

Least Flycatcher
May 01, New Salem, 2, Mark Lynch#
May 01, Northfield, 1, BBC
May 01, Quabbin HQ, 2, S Surner#
May 06, Hadley, 1, H McQueen
May 06, North Amherst, 1, S Surner
May 06, Granville, 2, S Kellogg
May 07, Northampton, 1, L Therrien
May 10, Hadley, 1, H McQueen
May 10, Hadley, 1, L Therrien

Eastern Phoebe
Mar 13, Northampton, 1, J Offerman
Mar 25, Northampton, 1, L Therrien
Mar 25, Hadley, 1, H McQueen
Mar 26, Various Locations, 6, Various
Mar 27, Shutesbury, 2, K Weir
Mar 27, East Deerfield, 3, H McQueen
Mar 27, Northampton, 6, L Therrien
Mar 29, Various, 9, Various
Apr 20, Hadley, 1 on nest, H McQueen
Apr 27, Holyoke, 2 building nests, L Therrien
Sep 26, Northampton, 5, L Therrien
Oct 03, Shutesbury, 30, K Weir
Oct 12, Northampton, 2, L Therrien
Oct 20, Northampton, 1, L Therrien
Oct 22, Northampton, 4, L Therrien
Nov 22, Southwick, 1, VOA

Great Crested Flycatcher
Apr 30, Ashfield, 1, S Sauter
May 01, Longmeadow, 3, C Gentes#
May 01, Westfield, 7, ABC
May 01, Amherst, 1, S Surner#
May 15, Northampton, 2 building nests, L Therrien

Eastern Kingbird
Apr 29, 1, Longmeadow, Chris Patterson#
May 01, Westfield, 2, ABC
May 01, New Salem, 1, Mark Lynch#
May 02, Northampton, 2, C Gentes
May 05, Northampton, 1, L Therrien
Aug 05, Northa,pton, 30, L Therrien

Western Kingbird
Dec 17-18, Northampton, 1, L Therrien#

Northern Shrike
Jan 01, Hadley, 2, C Gentes#
Jan 01, Gill, 1, H McQueen#
Jan 10, Hadley, 1, C Gentes
Feb 24, Hadley,1, C Gentes
Mar 03, Hadley, 1, C Gentes
Mar 09, Ashfield, 1, S Sauter
Mar 09, Amherst, 1, VOA
Oct 27, New Salem, 1, M Polana
Oct 28-Dec 05, Granville, 1juv, BBHW
Nov 01, Northampton, 1ad, L Therrien
Nov 09, Granville, 1ad, BHHW
Nov 21, Orange, 1, J & L Duprey
Dec 09, Russell, 1, S Kellogg
Dec 12, Ashfield, 1, P Serrentino

Shrike Species
Apr 12-13, Northampton, 1, Taj#

White-eyed Vireo

Yellow-throated Vireo
May 01, Westfield, 1, ABC
May 05, Northampton, 1, L Therrien
May 12, Quabbin Park, 2, D Norton
May 16, Quabbin Park, 9, M Lynch#
May 17, Greenfield, 1, L Therrien
May 23, Hadley, 1, P Yeskie

Blue-headed Vireo
Apr 18, Southwick, 1, S Kellogg
Apr 20, Longmeadow, 1, VOA
Apr 21, Northampton, 1, C Gentes
Apr 22, Northampton, 1, B Packard
Apr 23, Northampton, 1, L Therrien
Apr 27, Holyoke, 1, L Therrien
Apr 29, Amherst, 2, H McQueen
Apr 29, Northampton, 1, C Gentes
Apr 30, Amherst, 3, L Therrien
May 01, Westfield, 4, ABC
May 01, New Salem, 11, Mark Lynch#
May 06, Granville, 5, S Kellogg
Sep 15, Northampton, 10, L Therrien
Sep 20, North Hadley, 4, C Gentes
Oct 07, Northfield, 1, M Taylor
Oct 07, Amherst, 6, L Therrien
Oct 12, Northampton, 1, L Therrien
Oct 16, Northampton, 1, Noho Bird Club

Warbling Vireo
Apr 29, North Hadley, 2, C Gentes
Apr 29, Amherst, 2, H McQueen
Apr 30, Hadley, 1, B Packard
Apr 30, Amherst, 2, L Therrien
May 01, Longmeadow, 15, H McQueen#
May 01, Westfield, 7, ABC
May 01, Northfield, 6, BBC
May 07, South Amherst, 1 building nest, NBWC
May 10, Hadley, 8, H McQueen
Sep 20, Deerfield, 1, M Taylor

Philadelphia Vireo
Sep 14, Mount Tom, 1, L Therrien
Sep 24, Northampton, 1, C Gentes#
Sep 25, Granville, 1, Blueberry Hill Hawk Watch
Sep 30, Granville, 1, Blueberry Hill Hawk Watch
Oct 03, Granville, 1, Blueberry Hill Hawk Watch

Red-eyed Vireo
May 02, Longmeadow, 1, ABC
Mar 06, Hadley, 1, P Yeskie
May 10, Hadley, 2, L Therrien
May 16, Quabbin Park, 42, M Lynch#
Sep 14, Mount Tom, 7, L Therrien
Sep 15, Northampton, 22, L Therrien
Sep 23, Northampton, 8, L Therrien
Sep 30, Northampton, 5, L Therrien

Blue Jay
Feb 13, Quabbin, 15, G Long#
Apr 20, South Amherst, constructing nest, H McQueen
May 01, Shutesbury, 21, K Weir
May 01, New Salem, 93 migrating, Mark Lynch#
May 01, Amherst, 60 migrating, S Surner#
May 07, Williamsburg, 50+, L Therrien
May 11, Hatfield, 59 migrating, B Packard

American Crow
Feb 01, Northampton, 500, L Therrien
Mar 01, Northampton, 600+, L Therrien
April 03, South Amherst, 300+, M Faherty
Oct 20, Granville, 851, J Weeks

Fish Crow
Jan 02, Northampton, 1, L Therrien
Jan 14, West Springfield, 1, S Kellogg
Apr 22, Northampton, 10, B Packard

Common Raven
Jan 31, Quabbin, 12, S Moore
Feb 07, Northampton, 1, T Gagnon
Mar 03, New Salem, 10, B Laffley
Mar 21-Apr 10, Quabbin Park, pair at nest, M Lynch
Apr 02, Mount Sugarloaf, 2, L Therrien
Apr 29, Goshen, 2, B Packard
May 01, Quabbin HQ, 3 young, S Surner#
May 16, Quabbin Park, 1 ready to fledge, M Lynch#
Aug 22, Chesterfield, 13, B Packard
Nov 23, Granville, 8, BHHW
Dec 12, North Hadley, 3, H McQueen

Horned Lark
Jan 01, Northampton, 10, C Gentes#
Jan 02, Hadley, 172, C Gentes
Jan 10, Hadley, 20, C Gentes Jan 12, Northampton, 500+, B Bieda
Jan 13, Northampton, 400+, L Therrien
Feb 01, Longmeadow, 10+, J Wojtanowski
Jan 31, Hadley, 300, S Kellogg
Feb 04, Northampton, 80, C Gentes
Feb 14, Northampton, 40, NBWC
Mar 09, Northampton, 25, L Therrien
Mar 17, North Hadley, 22, C Gentes
Mar 17, Northampton, 200+, C Gentes
Mar 25, Northampton, 12, J Trimble
Apr 04, Orange, 75, T Pirro
Apr 22, Northampton, 'many', J LaPointe
May 06, Northampton, 1 singing, C Gentes
Aug 24, Northampton, 20, C Gentes
Sep 20, Deerfield, 30, M Taylor
Oct 04, Southwick, 2, VOA
Oct 23, Deerfield, 36, M Lynch#
Oct 26, Northampton, 6, C Gentes
Oct 31, Northfield, 30, C Gentes
Oct 31, Deerfield, 30, C Gentes
Nov 07, Hatfield, 15, C Gentes
Nov 10, Granville, 14, BHHW
Nov 13, Hadley, 15, C Gentes
Nov 23, Granville, 20, BHHW
Dec 02, Granville, 4, BHHW
Dec 07, North Hadley, 70, C Gentes

Purple Martin
Aug 29, Northampton, 1 call note, A Magee#

Tree Swallow
Mar 21, Longmeadow, 10+, C Patterson & C Surprenant
Mar 23, Hadley, 1, H McQueen
Mar 26, Northfield, 1, L Therrien
Mar 27, Northampton, 5 - at nest boxes, L Therrien
Mar 27, Hatfield, 16, H McQueen
Apr 03, Longmeadow, 40+, C Gentes
Apr 04, Longmeadow, 100s+, D Schell
Apr 05, Longmeadow, 300, S Kellogg
Apr 16, Northampton, 100+, L Therrien
Apr 23, Barton's Cove, 100, M Taylor
Jul 29, Northampton, 1000+, J Gottsche
Aug 25-Aug 31, Northampton 15000-100000+, Various
Sep 26, Sunderland, 4, C Gentes

Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Apr 03, Northampton, 1, Bob Packard
Apr 04, Turners Falls, 1, Allen Bird Club
Apr 11, Turners Falls, 1, S Surner
Apr 19, North Hadley, pair at nesting location, H McQueen
Apr 20, Northampton, 1, C Gentes
Apr 20, Amherst, 3, H McQueen
Apr 23, Barton's Cove, 6, M Taylor
Apr 25, Longmeadow, 7, H McQueen
May 16, Quabbin Park, 4, M Lynch#

Bank Swallow
May 03, 1, Southwick, VOA
May 14, Wilbraham, 1+, J Wojtanowski#
May 21, Northfield, colony, M Taylor
May 27, Greenfield, 125+, L Therrien
Jul 05, Southwick, young being fed, VOA

Cliff Swallow
May 07, Williamsburg, 10+, L Therrien
Jul 05, Williamsburg, young, VOA

Barn Swallow
Apr 14, Agawam, 1, S Kellogg
Apr 23, Barton's Cove, 4, M Taylor
May 01, Northfield, 2, BBC