Quabbin Park and Quabbin Gate 4

Today found me checking out Quabbin Park and Quabbin Gate 4. I began my morning in Quabbin Park trying to find some additional breeding confirmations for my atlas blocks. Despite the holiday the park was fairly deserted first thing in the morning which made finding birds quite easy. No unusual birds but some nice looks at various resident birds. I made it out of the park a little after 7 and then headed over to Gate 4.

At Gate 4 I again managed to find alot of breeding confirmations. The area seemed especially full of Ovenbirds. I also found a wide variety of other recently fledged birds around including a group of three juvenile Hermit Thrush's together. I also had a Chestnut sided Warbler almost fly right into me along a powerline cut. He then landed and studied me for a little before flying off. I walked to the Gate 3A road and then down to the waters edge where I had an adult Bald Eagle soaring above the end of Prescott Peninsula.

Quabbin Park

Wild Turkey 2

Mourning Dove 5

Belted Kingfisher 1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2

Downy Woodpecker 2

Hairy Woodpecker 1

Northern Flicker 1

Eastern Wood-Pewee 9

Least Flycatcher 3

Eastern Phoebe 3

Great Crested Flycatcher 3

Eastern Kingbird 2

Yellow-throated Vireo 3

Warbling Vireo 1

Red-eyed Vireo 38

Blue Jay 8

American Crow 8

Tree Swallow 35

Black-capped Chickadee 15

Tufted Titmouse 4

White-breasted Nuthatch 4

Brown Creeper 2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4

Veery 6

Hermit Thrush 4

Wood Thrush 2

American Robin 10

Gray Catbird 27

Cedar Waxwing 11

Chestnut-sided Warbler 13

Black-throated Blue Warbler 4

Yellow-rumped Warbler 1

Black-throated Green Warbler 1

Blackburnian Warbler 3

Pine Warbler 6

Prairie Warbler 1

Black-and-white Warbler 4

American Redstart 14

Ovenbird 10

Common Yellowthroat 9

Scarlet Tanager 9

Eastern Towhee 23

Chipping Sparrow 26

Song Sparrow 7

Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4

Indigo Bunting 2

Red-winged Blackbird 9

Common Grackle 4

Brown-headed Cowbird 1

Baltimore Oriole 3

American Goldfinch 6

Gate 4

Ruffed Grouse 1

Bald Eagle 1 adult

Ring-billed Gull 1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4

Downy Woodpecker 3

Hairy Woodpecker 1

Pileated Woodpecker 1Eastern Wood-Pewee 4

Eastern Phoebe 1

Red-eyed Vireo 11

Blue Jay 6

American Crow 2

Tree Swallow 2

Black-capped Chickadee 11 a few juveniles

Tufted Titmouse 5 one juvenile

White-breasted Nuthatch 7 several juveniles

Brown Creeper 1

House Wren 2

Veery 3

Hermit Thrush 4 three juveniles together

Wood Thrush 2

American Robin 1

Gray Catbird 9 a few juveniles

Northern Mockingbird 1

Cedar Waxwing 5

Chestnut-sided Warbler 5 three juveniles

Black-throated Blue Warbler 6

Blackburnian Warbler 2

Pine Warbler 1

Black-and-white Warbler 3 adult feeding juvenile

American Redstart 2

Ovenbird 14 carrying food

Common Yellowthroat 5

Scarlet Tanager 2

Eastern Towhee 9 a couple juveniles

Chipping Sparrow 3

Northern Cardinal 1

Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2