Trip Highlights

Four stalwart members gathered to explore Quabbin Reservoir and were rewarded with a list of 26 species.  Click below to view trip list.

Six members gathered to enjoy a 2-mile walk along the shores of Ashley Ponds.  Click below to view trip list.

Ten members gathered to explore birds along the Ludlow Reservoir this morning.  We spent about 3 ½ hours walking the trail and identified 26 different species.

Nine members joined in the fun to identify the following species on our morning walk.

Canada Geese

Bald Eagle

Turkey Vulture

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Northern Harrier

Eastern Bluebird

American Robin

Brown Creeper

White-breasted Nuthatch

Tufted Titmouse

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Palm Warbler

American Crow

Common Raven

Song Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Grasshopper Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Eastern Towhee

Our walk today was pretty successful with 37 species and 7 members. We did see the 2 Sandhill Cranes in the water area from the tower.  They were definitely the highlight bird of the day.  The weather was nice, not too hot or cold. We heard a good number of birds that we didn't see but we did get a few warbler species, nothing unusual. The sparrows were not around yet so that was slow.