Delaney WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Aug 29, 2021 7:07 AM – 11:08 AM
50 species
Canada Goose  1
Mute Swan  2
Wood Duck  25    Careful count and not surprising at this location
Mallard  3
American Black Duck  1
Wild Turkey  1
Mourning Dove  3
Chimney Swift  5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Killdeer  1
Least Sandpiper  3
Spotted Sandpiper  1
American Bittern  1    Large bird seen flying over pond and setting down in marsh. Distinctive black and brown pattern on back and wings. Not surprising at this location. Seen after trip broke up.
Great Blue Heron  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  5
Downy Woodpecker  7
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker  11
Eastern Wood-Pewee  8
Eastern Phoebe  7
Eastern Kingbird  5
Warbling Vireo  3
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  19
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  29
Tufted Titmouse  15
Tree Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  15
White-breasted Nuthatch  6
Brown Creeper  1
House Wren  2
Carolina Wren  9    Certainly high but a careful count of distinct birds spread around the main pond.
Gray Catbird  25
Eastern Bluebird  9
American Robin  57    Several medium sized flocks feeding on black cherries. Surprised this is flagged.
Cedar Waxwing  6
House Sparrow  1
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  17
Chipping Sparrow  8
Song Sparrow  21
Eastern Towhee  2
Red-winged Blackbird  38
Common Grackle  2
Common Yellowthroat  7
American Redstart  2
Northern Cardinal  6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S97449944

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

Bring Back Bobolinks!

Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

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Upcoming Field Trips

  • Quabbin Reservoir

    Join Glenn on a 5-to-6-mile walk through a very birdy area with species ranging from Broad-winged Hawk to Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Blue-headed Vireo, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Baltimore Oriole, and lots of stuff in between. (Maybe a moose or a bobcat!) Co-sponsored with the South Shore Bird Club.

  • Bring Back Boblinks: Bobolinks at Heard Farm, Wayland (New!)

    New addition to our Bring Back Bobolinks conservation series. This gem works its way into the rotations of many birders once discovered. It is managed for dog walking (no dogs on this walk please) and bobolinks, which in a good year can number 100 or more. We will be using dirt trails and boardwalks. Trails

  • Bring Back Bobolinks: Codman Estate Farm (Was Drumlin Farm) (New!)

    This walk was planned for Drumlin Farm but more Bobolinks can be seen at this nearby location so we've moved the walk to Codman Farms. Adding to our Bobolink conservation series. Join Ilija to observe and appreciate Bobolinks in breeding habitat! Bobolinks are migratory grassland birds found across Massachusetts. The Bobolink is listed as a

  • Fruitlands Museum, Harvard

    Cosponsored with Boxborough Birders. All the nesting birds will still be around, with good views of young out of the nest being fed by parents: Veery, Indigo Bunting, Catbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Tree Swallow, Bobolink, Wood Thrush, Baltimore Oriole, and Warblers. Expect to walk about 2 miles on trails through meadow and woods with some steep

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