Date: 10/8/25 6:17 am From: Josh <opihi...> Subject: [MASSBIRD] Just Roots Community Farm, Greenfield (Hampshire Bird Club trip report)
Hi MassBirders,
On Sunday 10-5, Sam McGullam and I co-led a Hampshire Bird Club trip to Just Roots Community Farm near Greenfield. Sam and I had birded this spot individually before, but this was the club’s first trip there. A dozen participants gathered from as far away as Worcester and Chicopee.
The day was warm and sunny, and we tallied 15 bird species before we even left the parking lot! As we walked around, the sheer numbers of birds was almost overwhelming, especially various species of sparrows, and it was often hard to know which direction to look. Song, Savannah, and White-throated Sparrows made up the vast majority of the numbers around us, with a few Swamp, Lincoln’s, and White-crowned Sparrows present. Non-sparrows in the mix included one or two late Bobolinks, several Palm Warblers, and one stealthy Pine Siskin that was briefly heard but went unseen. Common Ravens were croaking in the distance for just about the entire morning, a few appeared in flight, and we also spied several raptor species including Osprey, Northern Harrier, and a few American Kestrel. Non-avian observations included a Shadow Darner dragonfly patrolling over the brook, and the dismembered remains of a skunk that some predator had left in the path. We finished the morning after obser! ving 42 bird species.
Birders are welcome to return and explore this location on their own, although the farm requests that visitors stay on roads and grassy paths and not enter the fields, production areas, or garden plots.
