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HBC Trip to Warner Farm / Cummington
Sat Apr 29, 2017 7:30 AM
Weather is fairly warm, upper 50’s to mid-60’s and overcast.
Report compiled by Matt Kelly.
Charlie Quilan – Leader / Matt Kelly – Co-Leader
Also: Tony Gola, Noreen Mole, Tom Begley, Dean Smith, Linda Merry, Kas
Maroney, Doug Frasier, Audrey Werner, Mark Bevan, Judy Williams, Holly
Higenbotham, Bob Wood.
54 Species Identified
Highlights:
2 to 4 American Bitterns identified, 1 Sandhill Crane, 1 Virginia Rail
Also, possibility of 2 Grasshopper Sparrows (under review)
9 Canada Goose
3 Mallard
2 American Bittern (There could have been as many as 4. – All heard by the group)
1 Sandhill Crane (Seen by Holly, Bob and Audrey on Dodwells Hill Road)
1 Green Heron
6 Turkey Vulture
3 Bald Eagle
2 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk “Mystery Hawk”
1 Virginia Rail (Heard at Warner Farm)
2 Killdeer
4 Spotted Sandpiper (2 pair on the shore alongside Flat Iron Road – see photos at end of report and on our photo page)
1 Solitary Sandpiper
2 Rock Pigeon
8 Mourning Dove
2 Belted Kingfisher (One at Flat Iron, one at River)
5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2 Downy Woodpecker
3 Northern Flicker
2 Pileated Woodpecker
1 Least Flycatcher
3 Eastern Phoebe
2 Eastern Kingbird
16 Blue Jay (One dozen flying north in a flock together)
1 American Crow
2 Common Raven
1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
7 Tree Swallow
1 Barn Swallow
7 Black-capped Chickadee
5 Tufted Titmouse
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Eastern Bluebird
7 American Robin
1 Gray Catbird
23 European Starling
2 Ovenbird
1 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Common Yellowthroat
2 Yellow Warbler
2 Pine Warbler
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Chipping Sparrow
1 Savannah Sparrow
5 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
2 Northern Cardinal
45 Red-winged Blackbird (Give or take)
25 Common Grackle (Give or take)
3 Brown-headed Cowbird
1 Baltimore Oriole
2 House Finch
1 Purple Finch
3 American Goldfinch
4 House Sparrow
