Date: 6/7/25 7:20 am From: Bill Lafley <blafley...> Subject: [MASSBIRD] Bike birding by ear - New Salem - 6.6.25
Hello,
Rode an 8 mile loop from the house and recorded the birds mainly by ear. Birds were very vocal even though it was late morning. Used to do a lot of atlasing for the NY Breeding Bird Atlas in the 80s by bike. Great way to hear the birds and easy to stop and check them out.
New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, US Jun 6, 2025 10:25 AM - 11:46 AM Protocol: Traveling 8.1 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Biked loop from home on S Main to Wendell Rd to Neilson Rd to N Main St to S Main. 50 species
Mourning Dove 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 5 Least Flycatcher 3 Eastern Phoebe 5 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Blue-headed Vireo 2 Warbling Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 24 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 1 Black-capped Chickadee 4 Tufted Titmouse 4 Tree Swallow 2 Barn Swallow 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 Northern House Wren 11 European Starling 2 Gray Catbird 4 Eastern Bluebird 1 Veery 3 Wood Thrush 1 American Robin 16 Cedar Waxwing 2 House Sparrow 2 House Finch 1 American Goldfinch 2 Chipping Sparrow 23 Song Sparrow 6 Eastern Towhee 3 Baltimore Oriole 1 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 Ovenbird 14 Black-and-white Warbler 3 Common Yellowthroat 7 American Redstart 12 Magnolia Warbler 1 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 2 Chestnut-sided Warbler 5 Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 Pine Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Scarlet Tanager 2
