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Winchendon/Royalston, Birch Hill WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Jul 12, 2025 7:00 AM – 12:15 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont & Ernie LeBlanc leaders; 4 participants

53 species

Mourning Dove  19

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Broad-winged Hawk  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  4

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  10

American Kestrel  1    likely recent fledgling

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Alder Flycatcher  1

Least Flycatcher  2

Eastern Phoebe  8

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  8

Red-eyed Vireo  11

Blue Jay  9

Black-capped Chickadee  11

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  20

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  5

Red-breasted Nuthatch  4

Northern House Wren  8

European Starling  X

Gray Catbird  10

Eastern Bluebird  14

Veery  6

Hermit Thrush  10

American Robin  14

Cedar Waxwing  12

Purple Finch (Eastern)  4

Red Crossbill  8    4 birds in road, 2 more flew over, 2 more at second spot

American Goldfinch  1

Chipping Sparrow  9

Field Sparrow  9

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1    female

Song Sparrow  12

Swamp Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  23

Baltimore Oriole  4

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  5

Ovenbird  4

Black-and-white Warbler  4

Common Yellowthroat  19

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  2

Chestnut-sided Warbler  5

Pine Warbler  6

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1

Prairie Warbler  5

Scarlet Tanager  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S259941624

Eagle Reserve Conservation Area, Royalston, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Jul 12, 2025 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont & Ernie LeBlanc leaders; 3 participants

23 species

Canada Goose  47

Wood Duck  25

Mourning Dove  7

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  4

Turkey Vulture  1

Red-shouldered Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Eastern Kingbird  1

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tree Swallow  25

Barn Swallow (American)  1

Gray Catbird  1

American Robin  2

Purple Finch (Eastern)  1

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  1

Swamp Sparrow  5

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  15

Common Yellowthroat  2

Pine Warbler  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S259941632

Royalston, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Jul 12, 2025 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont & Ernie LeBlanc leaders; 3 participants

15 species

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  2

Cedar Waxwing  2

Evening Grosbeak  2    continuing birds at feeder; pair

Purple Finch (Eastern)  6

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  1

Scarlet Tanager  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S259941636

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th [...]

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th [...]

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th [...]

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    Newton - Cold Spring Park 1200 Beacon St, Newton, MA, United States

    This large multi-use city park offers an easy 1.4-mile loop through mixed forest, open green areas, and red maple swamplands, attracting a surprising array of resident and migratory birds. Porta Potties available.

  • Plum Island

    Parker River NWR - Lot #1 Refuge Rd., Newbury, MA, MA, United States

    We will be walking the North Pool dike as well as visiting other spots. Note that an entrance fee or pass is required. Restrooms available.

  • Barretts Mill Farmland

    Concord - Barretts Mill Farmland Barrett's Mill Road, Concord, MA, United States

    This is often a great place for fall sparrows including Savannah, Field, and White-crowned, as well as Pipit and occasional Dickcissel. Loaner binoculars available; please email trip leader to reserve a pair! If the weather doens't look good, contact the leader to check status.

  • Hellcat at Parker River NWR

    Parker River NWR - Lot #4 Newbury, MA, United States

    During the past few years the refuge has opened the dike to hiking during National Wildlife Refuge Week. We will plan to do that hike if the dike is again open this year. Otherwise we hike the boardwalk and normal dike area.

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