Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Apr 24, 2026 6:25 AM – 9:17 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.697 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club walk
37⁰ to start
Mammals: 5 White-tailed Deer, 2 Coyotes, Eastern Cottontail, Eastern Chipmunk, Eastern Squirrel, Red Squirrel
40 species
Canada Goose 8
Mute Swan 2
Wood Duck 7
Mallard 6
Hooded Merganser 1 Female in Green Heron Pond
Wild Turkey 1
Mourning Dove 4
Wilson’s Snipe 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 7
Fish Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 6
Tree Swallow 22
White-breasted Nuthatch 8
Northern House Wren 1
Gray Catbird 2
Eastern Bluebird 2
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 9
House Sparrow X
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 7
Chipping Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 4
Eastern Towhee 1
Red-winged Blackbird 45
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Rusty Blackbird 1 Near meadow loop
Common Grackle 21
Northern Yellow Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S326913914
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2024 Annual Report
The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine. This total was based upon 262
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According to the National Wildlife Refuge Association, “The intentional dismantling of science and conservation is happening now. Hundreds of dedicated U. S. Fish and Wildlife Services employees—many of them biologists—have been fired, gutting an
2024 Annual Report
The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine. This total was based upon 262
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April 25 Annual Members Meeting - All Welcome Please join us on April 25 for our Annual Members Meeting. The evening begins with a social hour at 6:30. The program starts at 7:00 with the
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Avian influenza is an increasing public health concern and is spreading across Massachusetts. In the past few days we have heard reports of waterfowl die offs in Cambridge, Amherst, Plymouth and Brockton. If you see
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Thanks to Bob Ross for the following article, which started out as a MassBird listserv post: The eBird Alerts are an indispensable tool when traveling to a new city or region to go birding. I
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Young Adult Birding series specifically for birders in their 20's and 30's! Our first meeting will be held at Millennium Park on Sunday, March 2nd at 8:00 AM. We will walk about 2 miles around
US Fish & Wildlife Service Major Staff Cuts
According to the National Wildlife Refuge Association, “The intentional dismantling of science and conservation is happening now. Hundreds of dedicated U. S. Fish and Wildlife Services employees—many of them biologists—have been fired, gutting an
2024 Annual Report
The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine. This total was based upon 262
April 25 Annual Members Meeting – All Welcome
April 25 Annual Members Meeting - All Welcome Please join us on April 25 for our Annual Members Meeting. The evening begins with a social hour at 6:30. The program starts at 7:00 with the
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Avian influenza is an increasing public health concern and is spreading across Massachusetts. In the past few days we have heard reports of waterfowl die offs in Cambridge, Amherst, Plymouth and Brockton. If you see
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Thanks to Bob Ross for the following article, which started out as a MassBird listserv post: The eBird Alerts are an indispensable tool when traveling to a new city or region to go birding. I
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