Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
May 17, 2025 6:55 AM – 9:35 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Cloudy, foggy, misty at start to cloudy by 8A. 64F. Scott noted an ermine skirting about the stonewall at the entrance. Large porcupine seen on woodland trail near lower campus in a tree. Most noticeable: did not see or hear a titmouse; bluebirds nor hawks/accipiter.
46 species
Canada Goose 2 Heard. Could have been more.
Wild Turkey 8
Mourning Dove 1
Chimney Swift 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Red-eyed Vireo 7
Blue Jay 6
Common Raven 2
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Tree Swallow 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
European Starling 15
Gray Catbird 9
Veery 2
Swainson’s Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 5
American Robin 15
House Sparrow 6 Seen on main campus.
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 7
Chipping Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 2
Bobolink 3 Heard clearly near entrance.
Baltimore Oriole 4
Red-winged Blackbird 26
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Common Grackle 1
Ovenbird 5
Blue-winged Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 12
American Redstart 5
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 6 Heard and seen…a few sightings were excellent.
Chestnut-sided Warbler 7 Heard and seen. A few excellent sightings.
Pine Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 3
Northern Cardinal 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5
Indigo Bunting 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S239931409
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