Barre Falls Dam WMA

Jun 7, 2025 7:26 AM - 11:26 AM

3.4 mile(s), 55 species, Eight Birders, 10,000 mosquitoes, no thunderstorms

 Despite an ominous forecast, eight birders showed up for the trip. The recent wet weather had allowed the mosquitoes to multiply in terrifying numbers. If we had taken a poll, the group might have said that the estimate of 10,000 mosquitoes was low. The predicted storm never materialized.

The highlights included a quick look at a Barred Owl, a perched Broad-winged Hawk and a close look at a group of four Northern Rough-winged Swallows flying by just as we arrived back at the parking lot. The poults crossed the road after everyone else had already left, so my wife and I were the only ones treated to that view.

(submitted by David Ammerman

Wild Turkey 13 Nine poults crossed the road behind a female.

Mourning Dove 2

Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1

Great Blue Heron 1

Turkey Vulture 2

Broad-winged Hawk 1

Barred Owl 1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker 2

Pileated Woodpecker 1

Northern Flicker 1

Eastern Wood-Pewee 3

Least Flycatcher 1

Eastern Phoebe 1

Great Crested Flycatcher 1

Eastern Kingbird 1

Yellow-throated Vireo 2

Warbling Vireo 1

Red-eyed Vireo 11

American Crow 1

Common Raven 1

Black-capped Chickadee 1

Tufted Titmouse 3

Tree Swallow 4

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4

Northern House Wren 3

Gray Catbird 4

Eastern Bluebird 3

Veery 3

Hermit Thrush 3

Wood Thrush 1

American Robin 3

Cedar Waxwing 15

American Goldfinch 4

Chipping Sparrow 3

Song Sparrow 1

Eastern Towhee 1

Bobolink 2

Baltimore Oriole 1

Red-winged Blackbird 2

Brown-headed Cowbird 2

Common Grackle 3

Ovenbird 6

Blue-winged Warbler 1

Black-and-white Warbler 3

Common Yellowthroat 5

American Redstart 3

Blackburnian Warbler 1

Yellow Warbler 4

Chestnut-sided Warbler 1

Pine Warbler 3

Black-throated Green Warbler 3

Scarlet Tanager 1

Northern Cardinal 1

Indigo Bunting 2