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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

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

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