On this beautiful day we hiked Mt Toby to mainly enjoy the early spring wildflowers (21 species) before leaf out but we looked up quite often and noted the birds also.
Mount Toby State Reservation, Franklin, Massachusetts, US May 1, 2025 8:50 AM - 1:41 PM Protocol: Traveling 3.85 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Hiked from Reservation Rd parking to summit and looped back on Robert Frost Trail 44 species
Mourning Dove 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Blue-headed Vireo 4 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 2 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 6 Tufted Titmouse 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 3 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Northern House Wren 1 Winter Wren 2 European Starling 1 Hermit Thrush 1 Wood Thrush 2 One was singing American Robin 2 House Finch 1 American Goldfinch 4 Chipping Sparrow 5 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 1 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Ovenbird 12 Louisiana Waterthrush 4 Black-and-white Warbler 10 Tennessee Warbler 1 Nashville Warbler 2 American Redstart 2 Pine Warbler 6 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 6 Northern Cardinal 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
