Recent Trip Highlights

Bird News of Western Mass May-June 2007 Report
Bird News of Western Mass July-August 2007 Report

Southwick, Granville, Blueberry Hill                          April 19, 2008
Birds and Breakfast                                                     April 6, 2008
Local Ponds                                                                  March 30, 2008
Connecticut Shore                                                        March 22, 2008
North Shore                                                                  March 15, 2008
North Shore                                                                  Feb 23-24, 2008

Rhode Island Blitz____________________________January 26-27, 2008
Springfield Area Christmas Count                               December 16, 2007
North Shore of Massachusetts                                    November 17, 2007
Dead Creek Vermont                                                   November 3-4, 2007
Berkshire Lakes                                                           October 27, 2007
Brigantine and Cape May                                            October 10-12, 2007
Ludlow Reservoir and Orange                                     October 6, 2007
Plum Island and Newburyport,                                      September 30, 2007
East and West Meadows of Northampton,                  September 29, 2007i
Monhegan Island, Maine,                                            September 20 - 23, 2007
South Beach, Cape Cod, MA,                                      September 8, 2007
Agawam and Longmeadow
, MA                                   August 25, 2007
Connecticut River in Sunderland & Deerfield, MA  August 22, 2007
Southwick and Granville, MA (evening owling )        August 10, 2007

Southwick, Granville, Blueberry Hill
April 19, 2008
Leader: Seth Kellogg

53 Species
Canada Goose 10
Mallard 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1 South Pond
Great Blue Heron 1
Wild Turkey 1
Turkey Vulture 15
Osprey 4 2 at nest, 2 migrant
Bald Eagle 2 local
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 residents
Broad-winged Hawk 18 migrants
Red-tailed Hawk 6
American Kestrel 10 5 at Plains, 5 migrants
Killdeer 3
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 10
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 6
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue-headed Vireo 2 Phelon Road
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 35
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 5

 
 
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 3
Brown Creeper 2
Carolina Wren 1
Winter Wren 2 Phelon Road, seen
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 2 At nest boxes on hill
American Robin 20
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 15
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 South Pond
Louisiana Waterthrush 2 Phelon Road
Eastern Towhee 1 Plains
Chipping Sparrow 10
Field Sparrow 8
Savannah Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Eastern Meadowlark 1 Plains, singing and seen
Common Grackle 15
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 5

Birds and Breakfast
April 6, 2008
Leader: Seth Kellogg

Species: 43
Snow Goose 3 Along Ct River in Northfield
Canada Goose 250
Mute Swan 18
Wood Duck 4
Black Duck 20
Mallard 50
Ring-necked Duck 200 Turners area and a few in Hatfield
Hooded Merganser 100 Turners Area
Common Merganser 100 Turners Area
Double-crested Cormorant 1 Riverview Dr, Gill
Turkey Vulture 10
Bald Eagle 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Red-tailed Hawk 4
American Kestrel 3
Killdeer 10
Pectoral Sandpiper 2 River Road, Hatfield
Ring-billed Gull 30
Herring Gull 20
Glaucous Gull 1 Barton Cove
Great Black-backed Gull 30
Rock Pigeon 60
 
Mourning Dove 20
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 4
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 30
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 50
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 100
Bohemian Waxwing 70 One flock at Gill end of Turners Bridge
American Tree Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 15
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 500
Common Grackle 50
Brown-headed Cowbird 100
House Finch 2
House Sparrow 10
 

Local Ponds
March 30, 2008
Leader: Steve Svec

Species: 37
Canada Goose 48
Wood Duck 23
Black Duck 4
Mallard 28
Green-winged Teal 2 West St
Canvasback 3 Forest Park
Ring-necked Duck 59 Pondside, Forest Park
Hooded Merganser 22 Forest Park, Pondside
Common Merganser 110 Congamond
Common Loon 1 River Road
Pied-billed Grebe 1 Forest Park
Great Blue Heron 3
Turkey Vulture 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Red-tailed Hawk 9
Ring-billed Gull 7
Rock Pigeon 50
Mourning Dove 12
Belted Kingfisher 2

 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 7
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 4
American Robin 135
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 100
Song Sparrow 18
White-throated Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 50
Common Grackle 56
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 10

Connecticut Shore
March 22, 2008
Seth Kellogg

Species: 63
Canada Goose 30
Brant 100 Sandy Point in West Haven
Mute Swan 70
Gadwall 2 Milford Marsh
American Wigeon 50 Ocean Ave, Milford, Milford Point
Black Duck 80
Mallard 20
Green-winged Teal 1 Jan at Milford Marsh
Canvasback 45 Milford Marsh
Greater Scaup 100 West Haven
Lesser Scaup 100 West Haven
Surf Scoter 40
Bufflehead 35
Common Goldeneye 30
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 4
Red-breasted Merganser 80
Red-throated Loon 7
Common Loon 3
Horned Grebe 50
Northern Gannet 1 Jan at Milford Point
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2 Milford Beach and Clinton
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 4
Bald Eagle 1 George and Jean at Middletown
Northern Harrier 1
Cooper's Hawk 1 Steve along Rte 91
Red-tailed Hawk 7
Merlin 1 Jan & Seth at Woodmont
Piping Plover 3 Milford Beach
Killdeer 5 Hammo
Oystercatcher 4 Milford Beach
Greater Yellowlegs 1 Heard at Milford Marsh
Sanderling 40 Meig's Point Jetty
Dunlin 100 Meig's Point Jetty
Ring-billed Gull 500
Herring Gull 300
Great Black-backed Gull 50
Rock Pigeon 100
Mourning Dove 20
Monk Parakeet 50 West Haven, two places
Belted Kingfisher 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 100
Fish Crow 15
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 2
American Robin 50
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 200
American Tree Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 15
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 100
Common Grackle 40
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
House Finch 2
Common Redpoll 10 Milford Point feeders
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 20

North Shore
March 15, 2008
Leader: Patrick McMahon

Species: 46
Snow Goose 2 Janice spotted across river from Salt Pannes
Canada Goose 350
Mute Swan 2
Gadwall 6 Salt Pannes
American Wigeon 4 Salt Pannes
Northern Pintail 50 Salt Pannes
Green-winged Teal 4 Salt Pannes
Greater Scaup 2
Common Eider 110
Harlequin Duck 50
Surf Scoter 2
White-winged Scoter 40
Black Scoter 10
Long-tailed Duck 7
Bufflehead 25
Common Goldeneye 60
Hooded Merganser 1
Common Merganser 2
Red-breasted Merganser 18
Common Loon 5
Horned Grebe 2
Great Cormorant 12
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 4
Northern Harrier 5
Red-tailed Hawk 5
Ring-billed Gull 50
Herring Gull 300
Iceland Gull 4
Slaty-back Gull 1 At fish pier on rocks very close.
Great Black-backed Gull 100
Black Guillemot 1 Bass Rocks
Rock Pigeon 50
Mourning Dove 10
Northern Shrike 1 Near Road past Hellcat
American Crow 20
Raven 2 Circling over Rte 128 between rotaries in Gloucester
American Robin 2
European Starling 50
Song Sparrow 5
Snow Bunting 3 At Granite Pier
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 5
House Sparrow 10

 

 

North Shore
Feb 23-24, 2008
Leaders: Myles and Kathy Conway

Species: 71
Canada Goose 350 Most at Woodbridge
Mute Swan 3
Gadwall 2 Eastern Point Cove
Black Duck 170
Mallard 300
Common Eider 420
Harlequin Duck 80 Andrewsand cathedral Rocks
Surf Scoter 9
White-winged Scoter 85
Black Scoter 8
Long-tailed Duck 17 11 were in flock close to Yacht Club at Joppa
Bufflehead 130
Common Goldeneye 72
Hooded Merganser 2 Under Plum Island bridge
Common Merganser 2 Cashman Park
Red-breasted Merganser 102
Red-throated Loon 5
Common Loon 10
Horned Grebe 12
Red-necked Grebe 2
Northern Gannet 2 Imm and adult far out
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Cormorant 56
Great Blue Heron 1 Chain bridge from car
Bald Eagle 14 At least 4 adults, 4 birds on Plum
Northern Harrier 3 Plum Island
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 13
Rough-legged Hawk 2 Plum Island - hovering
Merlin 1 Hellcat on post and flying north
Peregrine Falcon 1 Flying north from Wardens
Purple Sandpiper 150 Andrews Pt on rocks and flying
Black-headed Gull 1 Yacht Club at Joppa
Ring-billed Gull 100
Herring Gull 500
Iceland Gull 5 Gloucester
Glaucous Gull 6 Gloucester
Great Black-backed Gull 200
Thick-billed Murre 1 Andrews Cove
 
Razorbill 16 Some on water, most flying
Black Guillemot 3 Eastern pt
Rock Pigeon 100
Mourning Dove 20
Short-eared Owl 3 Two flying off lot 1(seen from Plum Bridge
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 6
Northern Flicker 2
Northern Shrike 1 Wardens at Plum
Blue Jay 18
American Crow 120
Horned Lark 40 Plum Island
Black-capped Chickadee 20
Tufted Titmouse 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Hellcat
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 80
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 300
American Tree Sparrow 7
Song Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Snow Bunting 4 Wardens at Plum
Northern Cardinal 9
Red-winged Blackbird 200 Town Farm Road, Ipswich
American Goldfinch 20
House Sparrow 30
Slaty-backed Gull 1 Sol first spotted it adult on roof of green warehouse in harbor from fish pier.
Dovekie 1 Sol again spotted it just off rocks at Andrews Point
Raven 1 Over pike
 

Rhode Island Blitz
January 26-27, 2008
Leader - Tom Swochak
85 Species
 
Canada Goose 1500
Brant 150
Mute Swan 20
Gadwall 50 In feeding pack in hole of open water at Trustom
Eurasian Wigeon 1 Seth only, at Trustom
American Wigeon 50 In feeding pack in hole of open water at Trustom
Black Duck 40
Mallard 150
Northern Pintail 4 Trustom, Turner
Redhead 2 Trustom
Ring-necked Duck 40
Greater Scaup 30
Lesser Scaup 30
Common Eider 2500
Harlequin Duck 80 Beavertail, Sachuest
Surf Scoter 8
Bufflehead 50
Common Goldeneye 50
Barrow's Goldeneye 1 Sachuest in bay - male
Hooded Merganser 55
Common Merganser 25
Red-breasted Merganser 100
Red-throated Loon 35 Beavertail
Common Loon 15
Horned Grebe 6
Red-necked Grebe 2
Northern Gannet 2 From Beavertail
Great Cormorant 30
Great Blue Heron 15
Bald Eagle 1 Over cars near Woonsocket
Northern Harrier 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 10
Rough-legged Hawk 2 Trustom – light morph
Peregrine Falcon 1 On tower in Providence
American Coot 300 In feeding pack in hole of open water at Trustom
Purple Sandpiper 60 Beavertail, Sachuest
Black-headed Gull 3 Watchemocket Cove
Bonaparte's Gull 15 Beavertail
Ring-billed Gull 500
 
Herring Gull 500
Great Black-backed Gull 100
Black-legged Kittiwake 2 Beavertail - adults
Razorbill 40 Beavertail
Rock Pigeon 150
Mourning Dove 50
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 5
Northern Flicker 4
Blue Jay 15
American Crow 150
Fish Crow 1 Middletown at Motel – Tom B.
Horned Lark 150 Seapowet
Black-capped Chickadee 20
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Carolina Wren 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 6
American Robin 1000 Most at Beavertail
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 1000
Cedar Waxwing 15
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6 Beavertail
American Tree Sparrow 35
Savannah Sparrow 25
Fox Sparrow 1 Beavertail
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 5
Dark-eyed Junco 25
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 1 Seapowet
Eastern Meadowlark 8 Tiverton
Rusty Blackbird 3 Coventry
Purple Finch 3 Beavertail (1st record)
House Finch 4
Common Redpoll 50 Turner Res. (1st record)
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 30
Sandhill Crane 1 Trustom (1st record)
White-Fronted Geese 4 Beavertail at Sunset Farm (1st record)
Tundra Swan 4 Coventry – 2 imm.
Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Seapowet – imm. (1st record)

Springfield Area Christmas Count
December 16, 2007
66 Species
 
Common Loon 1
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker 2
Ruddy Duck 1
Ringneck Duck 6
Red Shoulder Hawk 1
Merlin 2
Catbird 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Iceland Gull 2
Turkey Vulture 1

Mute Swan 4
Canada Goose 661
Wood Duck 3
Black Duck 48
Mallard 1056
Common Goldeneye 12
Hooded Merganser 79
Common Merganser 68
Bald Eagle-Adult 4
Immature 2
Sharpshin 2
Coopers 5
Redtail 41
Rough-legged Hawk 1
Turkey 4
Ringbill Gull 593
Herring Gull 33
Great Black-back Gull 14
Rock Pigeon 690
Mourning Dove 282
Screech Owl 1
Gr Horned Owl 2
Kingfisher 5
 

Red-bellied Wood 34
Downy 55
Hairy 21
Flicker 17
Pileated 1
Horned Lark 295
Blue Jay 329
Crow 4569
Chickadee 269
Titmouse 134
Red-br Nuthatch 12White-Br Nuthatch 58
Creeper 4
Carolina Wren 22
Golden-cr Kinglet 19
Ruby-cr Kinglet 1
Bluebird 13
HermitThrush 5
Robin 105
Mockingbird 23
Cedar Waxwing 92
No Shrike 1
Starling 5245
Cardinal 97
Tree Sparrow 33
Song Sparrow 97
White-Thr Sparrow 134
Junco 431
Snow Bunting 10
Grackle 1
House Finch 159
Redpoll 3
Goldfinch 164
House Sparrow 320

NORTH SHORE
Folly Pt, Halibut Pt, Andrews Pt, Bass Rocks, Brace
Cove, Niles Pond, Plum Island, Joppa, Salisbury Campground
November 17, 2007
53 Species
 
Snow Goose 3 North Pool, Plum
Canada Goose 400
Mute Swan 4
Gadwall 1 Salt Pans
Eurasian Wigeon 1 Male at Salt Pans
American Wigeon 35 Salt Pans
Black Duck 30
Mallard 100
Northern Pintail 10 Salt Pans
Ring-necked Duck 15
Greater Scaup 2 Joppa spotted by Janice
Common Eider 200
Harlequin Duck 40 Rockport
Surf Scoter 4 Bass Rocks
White-winged Scoter 25
Long-tailed Duck 15 Joppa
Bufflehead 100
Common Goldeneye 10
Hooded Merganser 5 Niles Pond
Common Merganser 10
Red-breasted Merganser 50
Ruddy Duck 6 Niles Pond
Red-throated Loon 4
Common Loon 6
Red-necked Grebe 3 Bass Rocks
Northern Gannet 30 Most far out, but a few moderate
Double-crested Cormorant 20 Most at Fish Pier, Gloucester
 
 
Great Cormorant 20
Great Blue Heron 2 Niles Pond
Cattle Egret 1 Hiding under parking area at North Pool Lookout
Northern Harrier 4 Plum
Cooper's Hawk 1 Andrews, imm female chasing Starlings
Red-tailed Hawk 6
Greater Yellowlegs 5 Prancing along shore at Salt Pans
Dunlin 5 Sleeping at Salt Pans
Pueple Sandpiper 3 In Flight at Andrews, spotted by Janice
Bonaparte's Gull 1 Niles Pond
Ring-billed Gull 200
Herring Gull 1000 Many were following fishing boats in at
Atlantic Ave in Gloucester
Great Black-backed Gull 200
Black Guillemot 6 1 at Halibut, 5 at Atlantic Ave
Rock Pigeon 50
Mourning Dove 20
Northern Shrike 1 On top of spruce at Salisbury campgrounds
American Crow 50
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Carolina Wren 1 Singing at Halibut
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 500
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 1
House Finch 5
House Sparrow 5

Dead Creek Vermont
November 3-4, 2007
76 Species
 
Snow Goose 25
Canada Goose 100
Wood Duck 20
American Wigeon 7
Black Duck 75
Mallard 120
Green-winged Teal 108
Ring-necked Duck 700
Greater Scaup 2250  off No. Hero Island
Lesser Scaup 750
Surf Scoter/Black Scoter 1000
White-winged Scoter 44
Bufflehead 22
Common Goldeneye 568
Hooded Merganser 17
Common Merganser 51
Red-breasted Merganser 4
Wild Turkey 13
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 65
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Horned Grebe 51
Red-necked Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 12
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 5
Red-tailed Hawk 46
Rough-legged Hawk 1
Killdeer 1
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Common Snipe 2
Bonaparte's Gull 200
Little Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 200
Herring Gull 50
Great Black-backed Gull 9
Sandhill Crane 3
Rock Pigeon 75
Mourning Dove 30
Great Horned Owl/Barred Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
 
 
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2 A
Blue Jay 16
American Crow 45
Common Raven 6
Horned Lark 2
Black-capped Chickadee 42
Tufted Titmouse 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 8
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 50
European Starling 300
American Pipit 164
Cedar Waxwing 14
American Tree Sparrow 3
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 16
Snow Bunting 122
Lapland Longspur 20
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 2000
Common Grackle 50
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Purple Finch 3
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 26
House Sparrow 20

Berkshire Lakes trip
October 27, 2007
44 Species
 
Brant 1
Wood Duck 7
American Widgeon 2
Blue-winged Teal 2
Green-winged Teal 1
Ring-necked Duck 350
Redhead 1
Greater Scaup 2
Lesser Scaup 1
Common Goldeneye 2
Hooded Merganser 34
 
Common Merganser 6
Ruddy Duck 26
Common Loon 1
Pied-billed Grebe 11
Double-crested Cormorant 7
Great Blue Heron 2
American Coot 19
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 3
White-crowned Sparrow 2
Pine Siskin 4

 

Brigantine and Cape May
October 10-12, 2007
147 Species
 
Snow Goose 200
Canada Goose 600
Brant 600
Mute Swan 8
Wood Duck 5
Gadwall 15
Eurasian Wigeon 1 (Brig)
American Wigeon 75
Black Duck 600
Mallard 150
Blue-winged Teal 1
Northern Shoveler 23
Pintail 2000
Green-winged Teal 500
Ring-necked Duck 1
Scaup Sp 1
Surf Scoter 200
Black Scoter 200
Ruddy Duck 2
Common Loon 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Horned Grebe 1
Gannet 6
Dble-cr Cormorant 1800
White Pelican 1(Brig)
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 18
Great Egret 160
Snowy Egret 32
Tri-colored Heron 1(Brig)
Black-cr Night Heron 16
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 600
Osprey 30
Bald Eagle 15
Northern Harrier 25
Sharp-shinned Hawk 155
Cooper's Hawk 22
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 15
Red-tailed Hawk 8
Merlin 2
Peregrine Falcon 3
Clapper Rail 2
Sora 1
Common Moorhen 2
American Coot 2
Black-bell. Plover 105
Killdeer 1
Semipalmated Plover 6
Oystercatcher 15
American Avocet 1(Brig)
Greater Yellowlegs 155
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Marbled Godwit 11
Sanderling 11
Semipalmated Sand 200
Western Sandpiper 2
Least Sandpiper 5
White-rumped Sand 2
Baird's Sandpiper 1(Brig)
Pectoral Sandpiper 3
Dunlin 4000
Short-bill Dowitcher 8
Long-bill Dowitcher 2(Brig)
Parasitic Jaeger 2
Laughing Gull 1500
Ring-billed Gull 180
Herring Gull 200
Gr Black-backed Gull 6
Caspian Tern 2
Royal Tern 15
Forster's Tern 350
Black Skimmer 225
Rock Dove 200
Mourning Dove 50
Black-billed Cuckoo 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Kingfisher 3
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 160
Eastern Phoebe 5
Great Crested Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Blue-headed Vireo 5
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Blue Jay 25
Common Crow 100
Fish Crow 7
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 500
Carolina Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-br Nuthatch 7
Brown Creeper 2
Carolina Wren 20
House Wren 3
Marsh Wren 2
Golden-cr Kinglet 4
Ruby-cr Kinglet 8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
Robin 60
Gray Catbird 20
Mockingbird 6
Brown Thrasher 8
Starling 500
Cedar Waxwing 2
Nashville Warbler 4
Northern Parula 1
Black-thr Blue Warbler 6
Yellow-rumped W 500
Palm Warbler 60
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black & White Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 7
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Eastern Towhee 7
Chipping Sparrow 1
Clay-colored Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 5
Savannah Sparrow 10
Saltmarsh Sh-t Sp 2
Seaside Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 30
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 12
White-thr Sparrow 10
White-cr Sparrow 3
Junco 2
Cardinal 3
Rose-br Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 3
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Meadowlark 12
Boat-tailed Grackle 5(Brig)
Common Grackle 2
Baltimore Oriole 4
Purple Finch 30
House Finch 25
Pine Siskin 5
Goldfinch 50
House Sparrow 20


Ludlow Reservoir and Orange
October 6, 2007
43 Species
8 Warbler Species
3 Hooded Merganser
2 Common Loon
1 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Kingfisher
3 Blue-headed vireo
1 Red-eyed vireo
1 Red-br nuthatch
2 Brown Creeper
1 Winter Wren
1 Golden-cr kinglet
6 Ruby-cr Kinglet
1 Hermit Thrush
2 Black-thr Blue Warbler
3 Yellow-rumped Warbler
3 Black-thr Green Warbler
3 Pine Warbler
1 Palm Warbler
2 Blackpoll
3 Black & White Warbler
1 Yellowthroat
1 Swamp Sparrow
300 Grackle

1 Wheatear - in Orange

Plum Island and Newburyport
September 30, 2007
68 Species
75 Gadwall
1 Pintail
45 Green-winged Teal
30 Common Eider
20 Surf Scoter
100+ White-winged Scoter
50+ Black Scoter
1 Common Loon
300 Dc Cormorant
3 Great Cormorant
30 Great Egret
1 Snowy Egret
4 Harrier
30 Semi Plover
100 Gr Yellowlegs
150 Lesser Yellowlegs
5 Sanderling
1000+ Semi Sandpiper10 Dunlin
2 Short-billed Dowitcher
200+ Bonaparte's Gull
3 Caspian Tern (circling overhead)
1 Sapsucker
2 Brown Creeper
3 Rubycrown Kinglet
2 Goldencrown Kinglet
1 Cape May Warbler (in view for 15-20 minutes)
1 Palm Warbler
3 Blackpoll
1 White-crowned Sparrow

 

East and West Meadows of Northampton
September 29, 2007
 
1 Harrier
1 Merlin
6 Bluebird
35 Pipits
1 Lincoln's Sparrow
1 White-crowned Sparrow
2 Bobolink
4 Meadowlark
1 Ovenbird

 

Monhegan Island, Maine
September 20 - 23, 2007
Total species:107 Warbler species: 20
Numbers represent one day high totals
Red neck Grebe-1
Snowny Egret-25
Blue wing Teal-2
Black Scoter-1
Guillemot-11
Snipe-1
Y billed Cuckoo-1
Sapsucker-7
Yellow bellied Flycatcher-6
Wood Thrush-1
Pipit-1
Blue headed Vireo-6
Philadelphia Vireo-3
Orange cr Warbler-4
Nashville Warbler-2
Parula Warbler-10
Chestnut Sided Warbler-1
MagnoliaWarbler-14
Cape May Warbler-1
Bl Throated Green -8
Bl Throated blue-4
Blackburnian Warbler-1
Pine Warbler-1
Praire Warbler-1
Blackpoll-16
N Waterthrush-1
Wilsons Warbler-3
Lincoln Sparrow-4
Lark Sparrow-2
Clay C Sparrow-1
Rusty Blackbird-4
Baltimore Oriole-4

 

 
 

 
 
 


Sept 8, 2007, South Beach, Cape Cod, MA
Leader Seth Kellogg
40 Species

Highlights
10 Common Eider
300 Black-bellied Plover
50 Semipalmated Plover
2 Piping Plover
40 Oystercatcher
20 Greater Yellowlegs
4 Lesser Yellowlegs
20 Willet
4 Whimbrel
4 Marbled Godwit
100 Ruddy Turnstone50 Red Knot
300 Sanderling
500 Semipalmated Sandpiper
50 Least Sandpiper
50 White-rumped Sandpiper
3 Dunlin
50 Short-billed Dowitcher
4 Lesser Black-backed Gull
30 Roseate tern
500 Common Tern
10 Forster's Tern
3 Least Tern
12 Black Tern
2 Horned Lark
1 Sharp-tailed sparrow

August 25, 2007 Agawam and Longmeadow, MA
Leader Seth Kellogg
51species

Highlights
11 Mute Swan
20 Wood Duck
2 Blue-winged Teal
7 Turkey
10 Great Blue Heron
7 Great Egret
6 Green Heron
1 Osprey
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Peregrine
4 Semi Plover
1 Lesser Yellowlegs
21 Least Sandpiper
1 Baird's Sandpiper
1 Traill's Flycatcher
1 Kingbird
2 Gnatcatcher
1 Nor Waterthrush
1 Tanager
2 Baltimore Oriole

August 22, 2007  - Connecticut River in Sunderland and Deerfield, MA
35 species - Highlights

1 Osprey
4 Bald Eagle
1 Northern Harrier
1 Merlin
11 Killdeer
10 Spotted Sandpiper
2 Least Sandpiper
2 Pileated Woodpecker
3 Eastern Kingbird
50 Bank Swallow
3 Eastern Bluebird
150 Cedar Waxwing
1 Blue-winged Warbler
5 Baltimore Oriole

August 10, 2007 Southwick and Granville, MA (evening owling )
Leader Steve Svec
15 species

3 Green Heron
5 Mockingbird
10 Wood Duck
6 Mallard Duck
6 Canada Goose
5 Barn Swallow
1 House Wren
4 American Robin
2 Blue Jay
4 Cedar Waxwing
8 Mourning Dove
2 Chimney Swift
3 American Goldfinch
3 Screech Owl
1 Barred Owl

July 28, 2007 - Longmeadow and Agawam, MA
Leader Seth Kellogg
14 Participants - 46 species

Highlights

11 Mute Swan
12 Wood Duck
1 Dc Cormorant
10 Great Blue
4 Great Egret
1 Green Heron
1 Bald Eagle
10 Killdeer
3 Spotted Sand
25 Swift
1 Hummingbird
2 Kingfisher
1 Great Crested
1 Kingbird
1 Warbling V
2 Fish Crow
1 Carolina Wren
1 Gnatcatcher
1 Veery
1 Hermit Thrush
1 Rosebreast
20 Redwing
10 Grackle
2 Baltimore Oriole

July 21, 2007 - South Beach, Cape Cod, MA
7 Participants - 41 species

Highlights

50 Dc Cormorant
1 Great Egret
2 Snowy Egret
1 Osprey
100 Bb Plover
100 Semi Plover
25 Piping Plover
20 Oystercatcher
15 Gr Yellowlegs
50 Willet
1 Spotted Sand 1
Whimbrel 15
Hudsonian Godwit 15
Turnstone 100
Red Knot 500
Sanderling 500
Semi Sandpiper 100
Least Sandpiper 2
Dunlin 1000
Sb Dowitcher 500
Laughing Gull 1
Bonaparte's 2000
Common Tern 20
Least Tern 3
Skimmer 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Seaside Sparrow  1

July 14, 2007 Williams Woods in Plainfield, MA
Leader Seth Kellogg
7 Particpants - 55 Species

Highlights

1 Wood Duck 5 Hooded Merganser 1 Turkey 3 Hummingbird 4 Sapsucker 2 Alder Flycatcher 1 Great Crested fly 3 Kingbird 2 Raven 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Winter Wren 1 Golden-cr Kinglet 1 Bluebird 3 Hermit Thrush 1 Magnolia Warbler 2 Black-thr Blue 8 Black-thr Green 2 Blackburnian 2 Northern Waterthrush 1 La Waterthrush 3 Swamp Sparrow

July 8, 2007 Somerset Vermont
Leaders Myles and Kathy Conway
9 Participants - 66 species

Highlights

2 Common Loon 1 American Bittern 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Wood Duck 2 Hooded Merganser (with young) 3 Broad-winged Hawk 1 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Hummingbird 5 Sapsucker 3 Least Flycatcher 3 Kingbird 2 Raven 7 Winter Wren 5 Swainson's Thrush 2 Hermit Thrush 3 Parula 12 Chestnut-sided 3 Magnolia 7 Black-thr Blue 3 Yellowrump 5 Black-thr Green 1 Blackburnian 2 Canada Warbler 5 Junco 8 Purple Finch

June 30. 2007 - October Mt in Washington, and Woods Pond marshes in Lenox MA
Leaders Kathy & Myles Conway
10 participants - 77 species

Highlights

3 Great Blue Heron 1 Wood Duck 1 Hooded Merganser (with 4 chicks) 2 Broad-winged Hawk 8 Wild Turkey 1 Virginia Rail 1 Sora (Lenox) 1 Moorhen (Lenox) 5 Spotted Sandpiper 3 Hummingbird 4 Sapsucker 1 Pileated 2 Alder Flycatcher 1 Least Flycatcher 3 Kingbird 1 Yellow-thr Vireo 7 Rough-winged Swallow 2 Cliff Swallow 3 Red-br Nuthatch 1 Winter Wren 1 Bluebird 2 Hermit Thrush 1 Thrasher 1 Magnolia Warbler 7 Blackburnian 2 Northern Waterthrush 4 Mourning Warbler 1 Canada Warbler 3 Indigo Bunting 3 Oriole 2 Purple Finch

January 21 2007 Rhode Island Blitz

84 species

East Providence (feeding on surface at high tide with Ringbills on west side of river opposite Wachemocket Cove)
1 Mew/Common Gull (presumed Kamchatka race)

Wachemocket Cove
3 Black-headed Gull

Turner Reservoir
130 Canvasback
1 Pied-billed Grebe
30 Ruddy Duck
12 Ring-necked Duck

Sachuest
60 Harlequin Duck
5 Red-throated Loon
2 Ruddy Turnstone

Carolina
1 Eurasian Wigeon

Beavertail
6 Razorbill

30 Harlequin Duck
2 Red-necked Grebe

Trustom Pond
1 Barrow's Goldeneye - male

Moonstone Beach
4 Razorbill
12 Red-throated Loon

Galilee
1 Iceland Gull
1 Bonaparte's Gull

Pt Judith
6 Purple Sandpiper
100 Black Scoter
8 Gannet
3 Bonaparte's Gull


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