Mt. Tom Survey, June 21, 2003
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The Athol Bird and Nature Club led an inventory of Odonata and Lepidoptera on Mt. Tom in Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, on June 21, 2003, from 0830 to about 1400, concentrating on Lake Bray in Mt. Tom State Reservation from 0830 to 0930, and then the lower parts of the former ski slopes for the rest of the time (the area now owned by DEM, USF&WS, TTOR, and the Holyoke Boys and Girls Club). Participants: David Small, Lynn Harper, Earle Baldwin, Susan Benoit, Jack Lash, Joanie McPhee, Max McPhee

Mount Tom State Reservation at Lake Bray

Odonates
Elegant Spreadwing (Lestes inaequalis)
Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita)
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
Lancet Clubtail (Gomphus exilis)
Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura)
Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps)
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
Dot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)
Chalk-fronted Skimmer (Libellula julia)
Common Whitetail (Libellula lydia)

Birds
Great Blue Heron
Green-backed Heron
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Veery
American Robin
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Northern Cardinal
Chipping Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Northern Oriole
American Goldfinch

Other Vertebrates
Bullfrog
Pickerel Frog
Snapping Turtle
Painted Turtle
Musk Turtle
Northern Watersnake
Bluegill
Pumpkinseed
Largemouth Bass
Eastern Chipmunk

Former Mount Tom Ski Slopes

Odonates
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Lancet Clubtail (Gomphus exilis)
Skillet Clubtail (Gomphus ventricosus, Species of Special Concern)
Southern Pygmy Clubtail (Lanthus vernalis, watch list)
Delta-spotted Spiketail (Cordulegaster diastatops)
Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura)
Calico Pennant (Celithemis elisa)
Chalk-fronted Skimmer (Libellula julia)
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Common Whitetail (Libellula lydia)
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

Lepids
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Clouded Sulphur
Pearl Crescent
Viceroy
Little Wood-Satyr
Common Ringlet
Silver-spotted Skipper
Hoary Edge
Dreamy Duskywing
Juvenal's Duskywing
Least Skipper
European Skipper
Long Dash
Hobomok Skipper
Dusted Skipper
8-spotted moth sp.
Clear-winged sphinx sp.

Other Invertebrates
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata)

Birds
Turkey Vulture
Killdeer
Mourning Dove
Eastern Wood Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Blue Jay
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Prairie Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Scarlet Tanager
Indigo Bunting
Song Sparrow
American Goldfinch
House Finch

Mammals
White-tailed Deer
Eastern Chipmunk
Gray Squirrel

Reptiles
Black Racer

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