Upton SF, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
06-May-2023 07:00 – 10:30
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk: Upton SF, leader Nick Paulson, 3 participants, cool to start, warming quickly, slow and quiet, no noticeable migrants.
43 species
Canada Goose  4
Wood Duck  3
Mallard  4
Hooded Merganser  14    3 females, 11 young.
Mourning Dove  4
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  17    10 nests at rookery.
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  8
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Tufted Titmouse  9
Tree Swallow  18
Brown Creeper  8    All singing birds.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea)  2
House Wren  1
Gray Catbird  3
Eastern Bluebird  2
Veery  1
Hermit Thrush  3
American Robin  7
American Goldfinch  12
Chipping Sparrow  8
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  6
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  5
Baltimore Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  12
Brown-headed Cowbird  5
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  32
Ovenbird  40    Rather low number today, but singing throughout.
Worm-eating Warbler  1    Rare local breeder in area. Along loop trail by Dean Pond, went across water to south side of the pond and continued calling.
Northern Waterthrush  4
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  4
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  8
Pine Warbler  10
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
Northern Cardinal  6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S136540987

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