Birch Hill WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Jul 19, 2026 6:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.2 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC/Athol Bird & Nature Club trip; Glenn d’Entremont & Ernie LeBlanc leaders; 9 participants

43 species

Wood Duck  3

Mourning Dove  11

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Turkey Vulture  2

Osprey (American)  2

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  4

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  6

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Eastern Phoebe  7

Eastern Kingbird  11

Red-eyed Vireo  4

Blue Jay  50    large group of 40 moving through Priest Brook not quietly; likely undercounted

American Crow  1

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  7

Barn Swallow (American)  11

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  6

Northern House Wren  1

European Starling  X

Gray Catbird  4

Eastern Bluebird  2

Hermit Thrush  1

American Robin  8

Cedar Waxwing  11

Purple Finch (Eastern)  1

American Goldfinch  1

Chipping Sparrow  25

Field Sparrow  12

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  11

Swamp Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  18

Baltimore Oriole  5

Common Grackle  53

Common Yellowthroat  6

Pine Warbler  4

Prairie Warbler  2

Scarlet Tanager  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1    female or juv

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S378762609

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