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Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Jul 16, 2022 6:55 AM – 9:25 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.3 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    68-75F; humid; hazy sun; minimal breeze.  Walk led by Sandy O. and Rita G. for BBC and Boxborough Birders.  Amazingly did not see one raptor nor hear ovenbird.
46 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose  8
Wild Turkey  1    Probably more.  Heard one calling frequently from Old Meadow direction.
Mourning Dove  5
Chimney Swift  3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  4
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  3
Eastern Wood-Pewee  3
Eastern Phoebe  1
flycatcher sp. (Tyrannidae sp.)  1
Warbling Vireo  1    Heard near entrance.
Red-eyed Vireo  6
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  3
Common Raven  1
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  6
Barn Swallow  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
European Starling  8
Gray Catbird  7
Northern Mockingbird  1
Eastern Bluebird  3
Veery  2    Heard 2 distinct birds.
Hermit Thrush  1
Wood Thrush  3    Heard three distinct birds.
American Robin  9
Cedar Waxwing  4
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  9
Chipping Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  6
Eastern Towhee  1
Red-winged Blackbird  3
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Common Grackle  2
blackbird sp.  70    Murmuration of blackbirds on the hayfields beyond New Meadow.  Most likely immature red-winged blackbirds with some grackles, cowbirds.
Common Yellowthroat  6
American Redstart  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Scarlet Tanager  4
Northern Cardinal  5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
Indigo Bunting  5
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S115395168

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