Date: 5/16/25 5:09 pm
From: Bill Lafley <blafley...>
Subject: [MASSBIRD] Gate 35 - New Salem
Hello,

Nice walk today with birds pretty active but mosquitoes definitely won the day especially in the woods before reaching the breeze near the water.

Quabbin Reservoir--Gate 35, Franklin, Massachusetts, US
May 16, 2025 7:46 AM - 10:22 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.25 mile(s)
50 species

Canada Goose 4
Mallard 1 Drake
Common Merganser 7
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 5 A pair doing their courtship flights and song
Least Sandpiper 16
Ring-billed Gull 1
Common Loon 6 A pair swimming near schoolhouse point with one calling it’s beautiful song
Bald Eagle 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
Barn Swallow 2
Gray Catbird 1
Veery 2
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 2
American Goldfinch 2
Chipping Sparrow 8
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 4
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 2
Ovenbird 16
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 4
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
Prairie Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Canada Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 3
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1

Bill Lafley
New Salem
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