Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Apr 4, 2026 6:50 AM – 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.2 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Became sunny. 54F but breezy with a windchill.
34 species
Mourning Dove 3
Turkey Vulture 7
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Belted Kingfisher 1 Seen and heard; F-O at the parking lot at end.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
American Kestrel 2 Pair near museum.
Eastern Phoebe 8 Possibly more
Blue Jay 9 Probably more
American Crow 4
Common Raven 2
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 4
Tree Swallow 1 One seen by a few of us above the gifts shop building on arrival.
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3 In the woods on lower trail between New Meadow and the Alcott House trailhead.
Northern Mockingbird 2
Eastern Bluebird 6
American Robin 30 Conservative count. Seemed to be everywhere.
House Sparrow 3
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 7
Chipping Sparrow 1 1 Chipping Sparrow heard in woods upper canopy. Other sighting noted in Boxborough indicating return.
Fox Sparrow 1 Heard very clearly by almost all of us as we approached New Meadow. Confirmed by Merlin. Could not find it.
Song Sparrow 5
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 1 F-O
Pine Warbler 7
Northern Cardinal 3 All males
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S316816411
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