I made another trip in to my atlas blocks at Quabbin covering basically the same areas as yesterday. The influx of birds was very evident right from the start. I ended the day with a total of 17 warbler species with some good numbers. Overall a great way to start May. Here is the list for about 7 hours of birding.
Canada Goose 4
Wood Duck 5 one pair, two lone males, one lone female
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 3
Hooded Merganser 9 two pairs and several females
Ruffed Grouse 6 drumming
Wild Turkey 14
Double-crested Cormorant 4 moving north
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 1 adult
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 moving north
Cooper's Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1 caught chipmunk and flew off
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1 male
Mourning Dove 15
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 31 excavating nest holes
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 6
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Least Flycatcher 4
Eastern Phoebe 4
Blue-headed Vireo 41 carrying nest material
Blue Jay 142 large groups moving north, mostly silent...largest group of 78...likely missed many
American Crow 3
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 20
Black-capped Chickadee 61 making nest
Tufted Titmouse 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch 18
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 5
Carolina Wren 1 unusual here
Winter Wren 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 7
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 9
Hermit Thrush 11
American Robin 54
Gray Catbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 16
Nashville Warbler 4
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 20
Chestnut-sided Warbler 5
Magnolia Warbler 1 male with odd song, seen well
Black-throated Blue Warbler 7
Yellow-rumped Warbler 161 conservative number...large groups together. Almost never out of earshot
Black-throated Green Warbler 26
Blackburnian Warbler 1 same area as yesterday
Pine Warbler 38
Prairie Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 23
American Redstart 6
Ovenbird 32
Canada Goose 4
Wood Duck 5 one pair, two lone males, one lone female
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 3
Hooded Merganser 9 two pairs and several females
Ruffed Grouse 6 drumming
Wild Turkey 14
Double-crested Cormorant 4 moving north
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 1 adult
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 moving north
Cooper's Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1 caught chipmunk and flew off
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1 male
Mourning Dove 15
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 31 excavating nest holes
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 6
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Least Flycatcher 4
Eastern Phoebe 4
Blue-headed Vireo 41 carrying nest material
Blue Jay 142 large groups moving north, mostly silent...largest group of 78...likely missed many
American Crow 3
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 20
Black-capped Chickadee 61 making nest
Tufted Titmouse 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch 18
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 5
Carolina Wren 1 unusual here
Winter Wren 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 7
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 9
Hermit Thrush 11
American Robin 54
Gray Catbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 16
Nashville Warbler 4
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 20
Chestnut-sided Warbler 5
Magnolia Warbler 1 male with odd song, seen well
Black-throated Blue Warbler 7
Yellow-rumped Warbler 161 conservative number...large groups together. Almost never out of earshot
Black-throated Green Warbler 26
Blackburnian Warbler 1 same area as yesterday
Pine Warbler 38
Prairie Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 23
American Redstart 6
Ovenbird 32
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
Eastern Towhee 121
Chipping Sparrow 81 carrying nest material
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 7
Swamp Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 146 conservative number...these guys were everywhere...largest group together was 59
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5
Red-winged Blackbird 21
Common Grackle 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 25
Purple Finch 7
Red Crossbill 2 perhaps more...heard and then seen 20 minutes later about half mile away...birds seen were male and female
American Goldfinch 13
Evening Grosbeak 7 two pairs and group of three
Common Yellowthroat 6
Eastern Towhee 121
Chipping Sparrow 81 carrying nest material
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 7
Swamp Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 146 conservative number...these guys were everywhere...largest group together was 59
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5
Red-winged Blackbird 21
Common Grackle 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 25
Purple Finch 7
Red Crossbill 2 perhaps more...heard and then seen 20 minutes later about half mile away...birds seen were male and female
American Goldfinch 13
Evening Grosbeak 7 two pairs and group of three
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