Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
May 18, 2024 6:55 AM – 9:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.1 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Sandy and Rita co-led this walk for the Boxborough Birders and the Brookline Bird Club. Cloudy, mid 50sF, last 15″ rainy. Despite best efforts, the only F-O was the great blue heron. No vultures, no hawks.
53 species (+1 other taxa)
Wild Turkey 1 Heard clearly by a few of us twice coming from upper campus behind the office area and old meadow.
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 3 Abutting new meadow.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Great Blue Heron 1 F-O
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 1
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay 5
Fish Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 1
Tree Swallow 4 New Meadow
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 3
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 10 2 F-O carrying food or nesting material.
Gray Catbird 7
Northern Mockingbird 2
Eastern Bluebird 2
Veery 1
Swainson’s Thrush 1 Excellent sighting in the woods.
Wood Thrush 4 Distributed across campus in the wooded area from New Meadow to Alcott House.
American Robin 12
House Sparrow 2
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 7
Chipping Sparrow 4
Savannah Sparrow 1 Clearly heard singing at meadow abutting parking area.
Song Sparrow 7 Conservative count
Eastern Towhee 3 Excellent sighting of one at New Meadow.
Bobolink 5 Heard at all meadows with excellent sighting of a male at meadow abutting main parking area.
Baltimore Oriole 6 1 female carrying nesting material. Distributed across entire campus.
Red-winged Blackbird 3 3 males seen at New Meadow. Probably a conservative count.
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Common Grackle 6
blackbird sp. X Some F-Os.
Ovenbird 7
Blue-winged Warbler 3
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 8
American Redstart 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 7 Well distributed across the campus.
Pine Warbler 2
Scarlet Tanager 2 2 males in pursuit in woods.
Northern Cardinal 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 6 Distinct pairs seen across entire campus. Excellent sightings of 4 males.
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S175427157
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