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2004
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Doves, Cuckoos, Owls, Nightjars,
Swifts, Hummingbirds, Kingfisher, Woodpeckers
Rock Pigeon
Common Year Round
Mourning Dove
Common Year Round
Black-billed Cuckoo
May
02, South Amherst, 1, D Minear#
May
10, Hadley, 1, L Therrien
May 12, Quabbin Park, 1, D Norton
May 15, Northampton, 1, L Therrien
May 18, South Amherst, 1, H McQueen
Jun 01, Montague, 1 calling, B Packard
Jun
01, Belchertown, 1, VOA
Jun 04, Westfield, 1 calling, J Hutchison
Jun 05, Chesterfield, 1 calling, T Collins
Jun 05, Little River IBA, 2, ABC Survey
Jun 09, Northampton, 1, L Therrien
Jul 05, Williamsburg, 1, VOA
Jul 05, Southwick, 1, VOA
Jul 19, Hawley, 1, VOA
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
May 23, Deerfield, 1 calling, B Packard#
May 29, Hatfield, 1 calling, H McQueen#
Jun 05, Little River IBA, 1, ABC Survey
Cuckoo Species
May 08, South Amherst, 1, NBWC
Sep 27, Granville, 1, Blueberry Hill Hawk Watch
Eastern Screech-owl
Common Year Round
Aug 07, Hadley, 1 calling 6pm, C Gentes
Aug 16, Southwick, 2 calling 6am, J Wojtanowski
Aug 28, Sunderland, 1 calling 7pm, C Gentes
Oct 24, Northampton, 3, C Gentes#
Oct 27, North Hadley, 1 calling under full moon 7:15pm, C Gentes
Great Horned Owl
Mar 01, Shutesbury, 1 calling nightly, K Weir
Mar 14, North Quabbin, 3 calling, M Lynch#
Mar 15, Northampton, 2 calling,
L Therrien
Mar 28, Hadley, 1 on nest, C Gentes
Mar 29, Northampton, 1 calling,
L Therrien
April
3, South Amherst, 1 on nest, M Faherty
May 12, Longmeadow, 1 calling daytime, ABC
Aug 16, Southwick, 1 calling, J Wojtanowski
Sep 06, North Hadley, 2 calling, C Gentes
Sep 23, Shutesbury, 1 calling, K Weir
Sep 24, North Hadley, pair calling, C Gentes
Nov 03, South Amherst, 4 calling, M Faherty
Snowy Owl
Barred Owl
Jan 03, Granville, several calling, J Wojtanowski#
Feb 03, 1, Ashfield, S Sauter
Mar 14, North Quabbin, 8 calling, M Lynch#
April
3, South Amherst, pair, M Faherty
Apr
18, Shutesbury, 1 hooting, K Weir
May 02, Granby, 2 calling, L Rogers
Jun 05, Chesterfield, 1 calling, D Mako
Aug 16, Southwick, 1 calling, J Wojtanowski
Sep 23, Shutesbury, 3 calling, K Weir
Oct
26, Northampton, 1, L Therrien
Long-eared Owl
Dec 17, Holland, 1, I Lynch
Dec 19, Amherst, 1, H Allen
Dec 19, North Amherst, 1, H Lappen
Dec 19, South Hadley, 1, A Magee
Dec 29-31, Amherst, 1, C Gentes#
Dec 30, Holland, 2, I Lynch
Short-eared Owl
Apr 17, Northampton, 1, NBWC
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Jan 01, Hadley, 1, A Magee
Feb 18, Ashfield, 1 calling, S Sauter
Mar 14, North Quabbin, 11 calling, M Lynch#
Jun 04, Westfield, 1 calling, J Hutchison
Jun 05, Little River IBA, 1, ABC Survey
Common Nighthawk
May 14, Wilbraham, 7, J Wojtanowski#
May 15, Longmeadow, 1 perched, C Suprenant#
May 18, Florence, 2, L Therrien
May 19, Ware, 19, C Buelow
May 24-28, South Amherst, L Therrien#
Aug 26, Southwick, 26, VOA
Aug 27, Southwick, 99, VOA
Aug 28, Southwick, 150, VOA
Sep 01, Northampton, 36, L Therrien
Sep 03, Ware, 24, D Norton
Sep 06, Granville, 2, Blueberry Hill Hawk Watch
Sep 07, North Hadley, 12, C Gentes
Sep 09, Northfield, 1, H McQueen
Sep 12, Mount Tom, 8, T Gagnon#
Whip-poor-will
Apr 29, North Hadley, 1 calling, C Gentes#
Jun 04, Montague, 1 w/2 eggs, B Packard [note: nest checked later
and had been destroyed]
Jun 05, Little River IBA, 4, ABC Survey
Jun 17, Montague, 21, B Packard#
Jul, Montague, nestlings discovered, B Packard
Jul 05, Southwick, 1 calling, VOA
Jul 05, Otis, 2, VOA
Jul 19, Hawley, 13, VOA
Aug 02, Southwick, 1, VOA
Aug 07, Southwick, calling, VOA
Chuck-will's-widow
May 15, Holyoke, D McLain
Jun 04, Chesterfield, 1 calling, G LeBaron
Chimney Swift
Apr 25, Longmeadow, 5, E Rutman
Apr 29, Northampton, 3, C Gentes
May 03, Northampton, 75, L Therrien
May
06, Amherst, 35, H McQueen
May 27, Northampton, 46, L Therrien
Aug 23, Northampton, 23, L Therrien
Sep 15, Mount Tom, 7, L Therrien
Sep 22, Mount Tom, 2, L Therrien
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Apr 18, Northampton, 1, posted on www.nehummers.com
Apr 29, Granby, 1, L Rogers
Apr 30, Hadley, 1, C Gentes#
May 01, Ashfield, 1, S Sauter
Jun 05, Little River IBA, 10, ABC Survey
Sep 14, Granville, 5, Blueberry Hill Hawk Watch
Sep 16, Granville, 1, Blueberry Hill Hawk Watch
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Jan 15, Amherst, 1, H McQueen
Feb 22, UMass Pond, 1, J Splaine
Mar 25, Northampton, 2, L Therrien
Dec 05, North Hadley, 1, C Gentes
Dec 09, Northampton, 1, L Therrien
Dec 12, Shutesbury, 1, K Weir