Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Oct 18, 2025 7:30 AM – 9:41 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.9 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Sunny, crisp, 35F at start – 49F at finish. Nothing dramatic, but beautiful and plentiful sparrows, robins and blue jays.
27 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose 2 F-O
Cooper’s Hawk 1 In tree near wood’s exit in front of Alcott House section.
hawk sp. 1 Brief glimpse near looking out from woods below Pergolas site of large raptor/vulture soaring out of sight and view blocked by trees.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Blue Jay 16
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 19
Tufted Titmouse 14
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
Eastern Bluebird 6
American Robin 19
Cedar Waxwing 2
House Finch 8
American Goldfinch 5
Chipping Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 8
White-throated Sparrow 17
Savannah Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 12
Swamp Sparrow 5
new world sparrow sp. 17 Approximate estimate of the many sparrow we saw at the New Meadow and at the meadow exiting the woods near Alcott House and meadow across from exit. Rapidly moving sparrows that dropped out of site.
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Northern Cardinal 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S280339484
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