Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Jun 18, 2022 6:55 AM – 9:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    63-65F; Mostly sunny and very breezy/windy; 15mph+.  Sandy and Rita led walk for Boxborough Birders and BBC.
49 species
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Great Blue Heron  1    Fly-over
Turkey Vulture  1
Red-tailed Hawk  4
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2    Heard two on opposite sides of the campus.
Downy Woodpecker  3
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Eastern Phoebe  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Red-eyed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  4
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  2
Tree Swallow  2    Seen over main campus.
Barn Swallow  3    Over main campus mostly over the meadow beyond the parking area.
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Brown Creeper  1    Heard singing in the woods.
Gray Catbird  11
Eastern Bluebird  12
Veery  2
Hermit Thrush  1
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  8
Cedar Waxwing  5
American Goldfinch  4
Chipping Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  2
Eastern Towhee  2
Bobolink  2    Male singing.  Saw pair in mowed meadow beyond parking area at main campus.
Baltimore Oriole  1    Brief sighting of just one!
Red-winged Blackbird  3
Brown-headed Cowbird  12
Common Grackle  2
Ovenbird  7
Blue-winged Warbler  3    1 adult with fledge mid-woods location near historic sites; 1 adult near new meadow.
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  5
American Redstart  5
Yellow Warbler  2
Chestnut-sided Warbler  2
Pine Warbler  1
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  5
Indigo Bunting  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S113779114

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ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled).

VIRTUAL FALL MEETING

You are invited to join us for the BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB 2021 VIRTUAL FALL MEETING October 27, 2021  7:00 – 8:30 PM Register at Zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1BQ6FWYRT8earn6zIPeNug Guest Speaker: ROSEMARY MOSCO Cartooning for Bird Conservation Join

ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled).

VIRTUAL FALL MEETING

You are invited to join us for the BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB 2021 VIRTUAL FALL MEETING October 27, 2021  7:00 – 8:30 PM Register at Zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1BQ6FWYRT8earn6zIPeNug Guest Speaker: ROSEMARY MOSCO Cartooning for Bird Conservation Join

ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled).

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