Hampshire Bird Club trip to Quabbin

Black-billed Cuckoo, Quabbin, MA, May 12, 2012

Black-billed Cuckoo, Quabbin, MA, May 12, 2012

Black-billed Cuckoo, Quabbin, MA, May 12, 2012

Today was the Hampshire Bird Club trip tot he east side of Quabbin that I co-led with Tom Gagnon.  We spent the day birding the area starting at Quabbin Park and then heading in behind the gates and finishing on the north end around 3:30.  Prior to meeting the group I visited Covey WMA and had a calling Virginia Rail plus the other usual suspects.  Below is the list from the day with the bird club.


Quabbin -East side

Canada Goose 6
Wood Duck 4
Mallard 2
Hooded Merganser 8 four ducklings
Ruffed Grouse 2
Wild Turkey 14
Common Loon 3
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Turkey Vulture 7
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 3
Broad-winged Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 1
Mourning Dove 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 7
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Least Flycatcher 13
Eastern Phoebe 4
Eastern Kingbird 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 6
Blue-headed Vireo 5
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 71
Blue Jay 28
American Crow 6
Common Raven 2
Tree Swallow 39
Barn Swallow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 1
Winter Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Veery 6
Wood Thrush 18
American Robin 21
Gray Catbird 19
Ovenbird 43
Black-and-white Warbler 15
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 30
American Redstart 41
Northern Parula 3
Magnolia Warbler 5
Blackburnian Warbler 13
Yellow Warbler 8
Chestnut-sided Warbler 33
Black-throated Blue Warbler 21
Pine Warbler 16
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 5
Prairie Warbler 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 24
Canada Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 17
Chipping Sparrow 21
Song Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 17
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6
Bobolink 2
Red-winged Blackbird 13
Common Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Baltimore Oriole 19
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 8