Date: 10/8/25 6:32 am From: Lynn Pelland <lpelland...> Subject: Re: [MASSBIRD] Just Roots Community Farm, Greenfield (Hampshire Bird Club trip report)
Thanks Josh. I wish I was able to attend this outing. Do you have any
details on the best place to enter, park? I may explore soon...
On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM Josh <opihi...> wrote:
> 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.
>
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L4690669 >
> Good birding,
>
> Josh
>
>
>
> Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D.
> Amherst, MA
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