Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Breeding Bird Survey Results

On June 15th and 16th Aton Forest conducted its annual Breeding Bird Survey.  Two AF staff members and four volunteers followed two bird lines with a total of 20 observation points.  These lines follow both North Colebrook Road and South Sandisfield Road, passing a number of habitat types.  Here's a compiled list of species observed over the two days (specific species counts were recorded but are not present here).  Data from the survey was entered into eBird, a database managed by Cornell and the National Audubon Society.
  1. American crow
  2. American goldfinch
  3. American redstart
  4. American robin
  5. Barred owl
  6. Black-and-white warbler
  7. Blackburnian warbler
  8. Black-capped chickadee
  9. Black-throated blue warbler
  10. Black-throated green warbler
  11. Blue jay
  12. Blue-headed vireo
  13. Bobolink
  14. Broad-winged hawk
  15. Brown creeper
  16. Brown-headed cowbird
  17. Cedar waxwing
  18. Chestnut-sided warbler
  19. Chipping sparrow
  20. Common yellowthroat
  21. Downy woodpecker
  22. Eastern bluebird
  23. Eastern kingbird*
  24. Eastern phoebe
  25. Eastern towhee
  26. Eastern wood-pewee
  27. European starling*
  28. Great blue heron
  29. Grey catbird
  30. Hairy woodpecker
  31. Hermit thrush
  32. House wren
  33. Least flycatcher
  34. Mourning dove
  35. Northern flicker
  36. Northern waterthrush
  37. Ovenbird
  38. Pileated woodpecker
  39. Pine warbler
  40. Purple finch
  41. Red-breasted nuthatch*
  42. Red-eyed vireo
  43. Red-shouldered hawk*
  44. Red-winged blackbird
  45. Rose-breasted grosbeak
  46. Ruby-throated humingbird
  47. Scarlet tanager
  48. Slate-colored junco
  49. Song sparrow
  50. Tree swallow
  51. Tufted titmouse
  52. Veery
  53. White-breasted nuthatch
  54. Wild turkey
  55. Winter wren
  56. Wood thrush
  57. Yellow warbler
  58. Yellow-bellied sapsucker
  59. Yellow-rumped warbler
  60. Yellow-throated vireo


* Heard/seen between point counts

We'd like to thank our volunteers Ayreslea Denny, Mike Aurelia, Bob Barbieri, and Fran Zygmont.  If you are interested in helping us out with bird related projects please drop us a line at contact@atonforest.org.