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Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
May 21, 2022 6:55 AM – 10:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.1 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Foggy, moist start with gradual clearing to cloudy. Calm.  62-68F.  Walk led by Sandy and Rita for BBC and Boxborough Birders.
51 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose  7    2 adults and 5 juveniles.
Mallard  1    F-O
Wild Turkey  4
Mourning Dove  1
Chimney Swift  4    Soaring over buildings.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  3
Eastern Wood-Pewee  4
Eastern Phoebe  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
flycatcher sp. (Tyrannidae sp.)  1    Probably a ew pewee.  Hard to see. Silent, no tail wag.  In woods in canopy.
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  6
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
Tree Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Brown Creeper  2
House Wren  3
European Starling  1
Gray Catbird  9
Northern Mockingbird  3
Eastern Bluebird  2
Veery  1    Heard very clearly singing in the woods.
Hermit Thrush  1
Wood Thrush  1    Heard very clearly singing in the woods.
American Robin  6
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  4
Chipping Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  4
Eastern Towhee  3    Good sightings.
Baltimore Oriole  3
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Common Grackle  11
blackbird sp.  8    F-Os.  Not grackles but could not identify under conditions.  Some probably starlings.
Ovenbird  5
Blue-winged Warbler  5
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  8
American Redstart  2
Yellow Warbler  4
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Pine Warbler  2
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  6    Seen in multiple locations including lower campus; near the wooded entry, new meadow, old meadow and near main campus.  Sightings appeared to be very distinct as each bird seemed “committed” to site.
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