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Mt. Holyoke - Skinner State Park

Mt. Holyoke - Skinner State Park

May 17, 2026

Tim Carter and Janice Zepko

We were serenaded by Wood Thrush, Peewees, Ovenbirds, Redstarts and Red-eyed Vireos the whole trip.  We did pretty good with warblers, seeing 2 Tennessees, a Blackburnian, Black-throated Blue and Green and of course the Cerulean.  We heard 2 Worm-eating Warblers but did not see them, and also heard a Nashville. The top of the mountain brought us Indigo Buntings, Great Crested Flycatchers, Turkey Vultures with a Black Vulture thrown in, as well as flybys of a Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk and Double-crested Cormorant.  On the way out, a couple of us stopped to check out the eagle nest at the bottom of the hill.  We managed to get a photo of an adult eagle and a large eaglet with heads well above the rim of the nest. Click below to view complete trip list.