Full day of exploration

I spent the entire day out exploring. I will let the lists tell the story today.

Quabbin Gate 22

Common Merganser 61 one group together at first light on reservoir
Common Loon 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 12
Mourning Dove 1
Barred Owl 2 calling back and forth
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's) 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue-headed Vireo 4
Warbling Vireo 1
Philadelphia Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 4
Common Raven 2
Black-capped Chickadee 32
Tufted Titmouse 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Brown Creeper 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Hermit Thrush 8 lots of activity at dawn
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 4
Cedar Waxwing 2
Northern Parula 5
Yellow Warbler 1 very bright adult male
Magnolia Warbler 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 7
Pine Warbler 6
Blackpoll Warbler 6
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Common Yellowthroat 3
Wilson's Warbler 1
warbler sp. 5
Eastern Towhee 1
Clay-colored Sparrow 1 popped out of a dense tangle about 10 feet away and stayed there for almost 30 seconds before a BT Green Warbler landed next to it. Unable to refind
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1




Quabbin Gate 16

Wild Turkey 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Bald Eagle 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Barred Owl 2 calling back and forth around 8:45
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 5
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue-headed Vireo 5
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 8
Common Raven 2
Black-capped Chickadee 51 minimum number...everywhere
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
House Wren 1
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Swainson's Thrush 2
Hermit Thrush 3
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 2
Northern Parula 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Magnolia Warbler 9
Black-throated Blue Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Black-throated Green Warbler 11
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 5
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 8
Black-and-white Warbler 7
American Redstart 3
Common Yellowthroat 6
warbler sp. 4
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 8
American Goldfinch 3




Quabbin Gate 12


Bald Eagle 4
Broad-winged Hawk 243 steam of hawks
Northern Harrier 1 high flyby
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Chimney Swift 3
Northern Flicker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 calling
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 4
Black-capped Chickadee 13
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Brown Creeper 1
Swainson's Thrush 2
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 2
Cedar Waxwing 2
Nashville Warbler 1
Northern Parula 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 2
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 3
American Redstart 1
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Eastern Towhee 2
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 1




Quabbin Gate 11

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 4
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 2
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Gray Catbird 3
Magnolia Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 1





Quabbin Gate 10

Ruffed Grouse 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 1
Common Raven 2
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Gray Catbird 4
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Eastern Towhee 3
White-throated Sparrow 2




Quabbin Gate 9

Wood Duck 9
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 41
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 3
Black-capped Chickadee 3
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 2
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 6
Common Yellowthroat 1
Eastern Towhee 2
Song Sparrow 2
American Goldfinch 1




Quabbin Gate 8

Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 2
Broad-winged Hawk 167 almost all in one large kettle at 1:40
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue-headed Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 7
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 19
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Hermit Thrush 2
Gray Catbird 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Magnolia Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 5
Pine Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Eastern Towhee 2
American Goldfinch 2

Mount Sugarloaf in afternoon

Double-crested Cormorant 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Peregrine Falcon 1 along cliff nest site
Common Nighthawk 1 feeding on hatch of flying ants
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren 2
Gray Catbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 2


A great day to be in the field checking out the birds