Barre Falls Dam WMA

Twelve club members walked together for a total of 3.8 miles on a perfect late spring morning. We were able to identify 49 species. One of our number caught a glimpse of a black bear as well.

Mourning Dove 9
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Least Flycatcher 3
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 7
Blue Jay 2
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
Tree Swallow 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
House Wren 1
Gray Catbird 4
Eastern Bluebird 2
Veery 2
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 5
Cedar Waxwing 6 Less common red-tipped tail
American Goldfinch 1
Chipping Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Bobolink 4 There were definitely more than four of these birds over the whole site. We did not try to do a comprehensive count.
Baltimore Oriole 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Common Grackle 1
Ovenbird 10 We tried to make this bird a thrush in the field, but photos showed it had a striped crown - explaining why it seemed so small for a thrush.
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 7
American Redstart 4
Yellow Warbler 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler 5
Pine Warbler 3
Prairie Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Scarlet Tanager 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Indigo Bunting 1

(Trip report from David Ammerman)

Cedar Waxwing with red-tipped tail