Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Apr 2, 2022 7:25 AM – 9:50 AM

Checklist Comments:    38 – 41F, very windy ~ 18 mph with gusts.  Wind chill.  Maximum number of 17 participants and 2 had to leave mid way.  Walk led by Sandy Oxley and Rita Grossman for BBC and Boxborough Birders.

29 species (+3 other taxa)

Canada Goose  13

duck sp.  2    Fly-over

Wild Turkey  2

gull sp.  1    Fly over; probably a ring-billed but could not confirm.

Turkey Vulture  2    Excellent sightings.

Red-tailed Hawk  4    One perched on tree near trunk, well camouflaged, at New Meadow.  Excellent sighting.

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Phoebe  3

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  1

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  16

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Brown Creeper  4

Winter Wren  1

Eastern Bluebird  15

Hermit Thrush  1    Excellent sighting in the woods just beyond group at trail’s edge and on trail.

American Robin  17

Cedar Waxwing  6

House Finch  4

American Goldfinch  6

Chipping Sparrow  3    Clearly seen by several of us.  Eyeline, no breast path, size consistent with chipping sparrow.  Near the lower parking area.

Field Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  4    Probably more in vegetation.

Red-winged Blackbird  6

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  1

blackbird sp.  1    High on top of deciduous tree canopy.  Could not visualize wing bar on what seemed to be a red-winged bb.

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S106297338