Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
May 18, 2019 6:40 AM – 10:00 AM
Comments:    Sunny, cloudless at the start, warming to nearly 70 degrees
47 species
Canada Goose  20
Wild Turkey  3
Mourning Dove  1
Chimney Swift  1
Great Blue Heron  2
Turkey Vulture  4
Red-tailed Hawk  5
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Eastern Phoebe  2
Eastern Kingbird  2
Warbling Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  2
Tree Swallow  5
Barn Swallow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  1
Eastern Bluebird  2
Veery  1
Hermit Thrush  1
Wood Thrush  2
American Robin  4
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  5
American Goldfinch  2
Chipping Sparrow  10
Song Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  1
Red-winged Blackbird  20
Common Grackle  8
Ovenbird  6
Blue-winged Warbler  3
Black-and-white Warbler  4
Common Yellowthroat  2
American Redstart  1
Northern Parula  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  2
Pine Warbler  1
Scarlet Tanager  2
Northern Cardinal  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  4
Indigo Bunting  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S58775340

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