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

Jul 13, 2024 6:45 AM – 10:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC/Athol B&N club trip; Glenn d’Entremont & Ernie LeBlanc leaders, 5 participants

49 species

Mourning Dove  8

Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  4

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  8

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Alder Flycatcher  2

Eastern Phoebe  5

Eastern Kingbird  10

Blue-headed Vireo  2

Red-eyed Vireo  12

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  5

Common Raven  3

Black-capped Chickadee  14

Bank Swallow  10

Tree Swallow  200

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  4

Red-breasted Nuthatch  3

House Wren  5

European Starling  X

Gray Catbird  6

Eastern Bluebird  6

Veery  6

Hermit Thrush  4

American Robin  17

Cedar Waxwing  12

Purple Finch (Eastern)  3

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  20

Field Sparrow  6

White-throated Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow  13

Swamp Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  19

Baltimore Oriole  6

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  10

Common Grackle  6

Ovenbird  2

Black-and-white Warbler  4

Common Yellowthroat  11

American Redstart  1

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  2

Pine Warbler  10

Prairie Warbler  5

Scarlet Tanager  6

Northern Cardinal  1

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1    female

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S187615743

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