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

May 16, 2026 7:00 AM – 9:45 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Sunny and cool (low 50sF) at start and ended in mid 60sF and warm at end.

64 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  2    F-O

Wild Turkey  1    Immature in grass near Alcott House

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  2

Double-crested Cormorant  1    Immature F-O.

Turkey Vulture  6

Sharp-shinned Hawk  1    F-O near New Meadow.

Bald Eagle  1    Immature emerged from pine tree canopy on western edge of New Meadow after being harassed by a few crows.

Red-tailed Hawk  4    Seen mid-walk soaring.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  1

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Merlin  1    F-O at main campus.

Eastern Phoebe  4

Great Crested Flycatcher  4

new world flycatcher sp.  1

Blue-headed Vireo  1    Heard clearly singing in the lower woods.

Red-eyed Vireo  6

Blue Jay  10

American Crow  4

Common Raven  2    Seen beyond New Meadow on cell tower.

Black-capped Chickadee  9

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  1

Barn Swallow  1

Golden-crowned Kinglet  1

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

Northern House Wren  1

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  15

Gray Catbird  7

Northern Mockingbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  4

Veery  2    Both heard.  FOY for some of us.  Brief sighting of by Rita (at first glance thought it was an ovenbird).

Hermit Thrush  1

Wood Thrush  2

American Robin  8    Conservative count.

House Sparrow  2

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  5

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  2

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  10

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  9

Ovenbird  7

Blue-winged Warbler  4

Black-and-white Warbler  7

Common Yellowthroat  6

American Redstart  6

Northern Parula  3

Magnolia Warbler  3

Bay-breasted Warbler  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  3

Chestnut-sided Warbler  4

Pine Warbler  5

Yellow-rumped Warbler  2

Wilson’s Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  3

Northern Cardinal  4

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  5

Indigo Bunting  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S341266834