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
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