Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Nature of the Berkshires weekend May 20th-22nd

http://tinyurl.com/BBCberkshires  photo gallery  (all photos credited to Sandy Paci)

Leader : Peter Dorosh

observers: Mary Eyster, Sandy Paci, Donna Evans, James Cooke

Locations: Western Massachusetts

 
Day one: Bartholomew's Cobble, Housatoninc River Valley WMA, Post Farm
Day two: Canoe Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary, Mount Greylock (summit /middle ), Greylock Glen
Day three: Richmond Marsh, Pleasant Valley Preserve, Lime Kiln Preserve

Mammals: Black Bear ( 3 half grown cubs),Woodchuck, Eastern Cottontail,Chipmunk,Red and Gray Squirrels
Reptiles/Amphibians; Ribbon Snake, Eastern Painted Turtle
Butterflies: Tiger Swallowtail, Pearl Crescent, Red Admiral, Cabbage White, Clouded Sulfur,Question Mark,Spring Azures,Meadow Frittilary




Bird List:

date = May 20-22

site = Berkshires Mountains region

observers = P.Dorosh, M.Eyster, S.Paci, D.Evans,J.Cooke

Pileated Woodpecker

Common Raven

Great Blue Heron

Turkey Vulture

Black Vulture

Blue-winged Teal

American Black Duck

Canada Goose

Wood Duck

Hooded Merganser

Mallard

Broad-winged Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Bald Eagle

Red-tailed Hawk

American Kestrel

Ring-necked Pheasant

Spotted Sandpiper

Herring Gull

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Common Nighthawk

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Alder Flycatcher

Least Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Eastern Phoebe

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Eastern Kingbird

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

American Crow

Blue Jay

Fish Crow

Bank Swallow

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

House Wren

Marsh Wren

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

American Robin

Eastern Bluebird

Wood Thrush

Veery

Gray Catbird

Brown Thrasher

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Yellow Warbler

American Redstart

Black-and-white Warbler

Ovenbird

Black-throated Green Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Northern Parula

Magnolia Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

Scarlet Tanager

Swamp Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Eastern Towhee

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Northern Cardinal

Indigo Bunting

Baltimore Oriole

Bobolink

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Purple Finch

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

90 species