Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
08-May-2023 06:00 – 08:12
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk- Westboro WMA – leader Nick Paulson, 3 participants. Many breeders have returned. And some migrants spread out.
63 species
Canada Goose  2
Mute Swan  9
Wood Duck  5
Bufflehead  5    Continuing females in the area.
Ruddy Duck  1
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Mourning Dove  4
Chimney Swift  3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Killdeer  2
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  4
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2
Eastern Phoebe  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  7
Yellow-throated Vireo  2
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  6
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  24    Some migrating over.
American Crow  4
Black-capped Chickadee  8
Tufted Titmouse  2
Tree Swallow  9
Barn Swallow (American)  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea)  6
House Wren (Northern)  1
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  5
Gray Catbird  12
Gray-cheeked Thrush  1    Drab gray brown above, no buffy tones in face, more extensive olive flanks. Along trail NW corner Big Chauncy.
Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus)  1
Wood Thrush  2
American Robin  12
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  10
Chipping Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  24
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  12
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  14
Swamp Sparrow  5
Eastern Towhee  6
Baltimore Oriole  14
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  30
Brown-headed Cowbird  10
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  16
Ovenbird  2
Northern Waterthrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  3
American Redstart  2
Northern Parula  10
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  16
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  12
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S136701867

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