Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
23-Sep-2023 07:00 – 09:15
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Sandy Oxley and Rita Grossman lead this walk for Brookline BC and the Boxborough Birders.  51F, overcast, slight breeze.  Pockets of activity with common birds, otherwise quiet.
25 species (+1 other taxa)
Mourning Dove  2
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  3
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Eastern Phoebe  3
Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo  1
Blue Jay  16
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  13
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  2
European Starling  30
Gray Catbird  3
Eastern Bluebird  7
American Robin  22
American Goldfinch  10
Chipping Sparrow  9
Song Sparrow  1
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  2
Pine Warbler  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S150830620

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