Nice calm, cool morning at Quabbin this AM. Birds were very vocal and active. With all the rain the reservoir level is much higher than a month ago. Was surprised to hear and then have an Osprey with what looked to be a bass in its talons circle overhead. Also inadvertently flushed a Spotted Sandpiper from a nest that had 4 eggs. Came face to face with a bear and after looking at each other for a while I took a step and it loped off into the woods. Nice morning to be out.
Quabbin Reservoir--Gate 35, Franklin, Massachusetts, US Jun 15, 2025 7:50 AM - 11:24 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.65 mile(s) 57 species
Canada Goose 8 Mallard 1 Female Common Merganser 2 Both female Mourning Dove 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Spotted Sandpiper 3 Nest w/4 eggs Common Loon 4 3 breeding plumage, 1 winter plumage Double-crested Cormorant 3 Osprey 1 Carrying what looked to be a small bass Bald Eagle 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 5 Alder Flycatcher 1 Powerline Least Flycatcher 3 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 Eastern Kingbird 1 Yellow-throated Vireo 2 Blue-headed Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 14 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 1 Black-capped Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown Creeper 1 Northern House Wren 1 Gray Catbird 4 Veery 3 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 2 Cedar Waxwing 1 American Goldfinch 4 Chipping Sparrow 6 Song Sparrow 5 Eastern Towhee 4 Baltimore Oriole 1 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 4 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Common Grackle 6 Ovenbird 14 Black-and-white Warbler 5 Common Yellowthroat 5 American Redstart 13 Yellow Warbler 3 Chestnut-sided Warbler 5 Pine Warbler 9 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1 Prairie Warbler 1 Powerline Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Scarlet Tanager 3 Northern Cardinal 2
