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
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2026 Daytime Pelagic and Marsh Cruise Program
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8/11 Follow Up Field Trip: Introduction to the New England Shorebird Guide
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