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

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

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