Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

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

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

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