Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Jul 12, 2025 6:50 AM – 9:50 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    75F, humid, overcast and calm.  Most notable was not seeing any turkeys (seen nearby coming and leaving the campus); nor raptors nor did we see or hear any ovenbirds.  Sandy Oxley and Rita Grossman led the walk for Brookline Bird Club and the Boxborough Birders.  Photos taken and provided by Richard Fichera.

48 species

Mourning Dove  1

Great Blue Heron  1    F-O just as we were getting into our cars to leave.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker  2

Pileated Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  3

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Red-eyed Vireo  6

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  5

Fish Crow  3

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  8

Tufted Titmouse  4

Tree Swallow  1

Barn Swallow  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  4

Northern House Wren  1

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  5

Gray Catbird  11

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  2    Heard one singing in New Meadow and one on opposite side of campus near the Fruitland’s Farmhouse house.  Oddly, did not see any.

Veery  1

Wood Thrush  5    Each heard singing in distinct areas of the campus and one seen by some of the group, briefly, on the boardwalk entry area to the woods leaving New Meadow.

Cedar Waxwing  4

House Sparrow  1

House Finch  4

American Goldfinch  5

Chipping Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  3

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  1    Female near the Fruitlands Farmhouse house.

Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Common Grackle  3    F-O

Common Yellowthroat  5

American Redstart  1

Yellow Warbler  1

Chestnut-sided Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  7

Scarlet Tanager  7    Excellent sightings across campus, especially on the Mulberry Tree near the Alcott House.  And 2 males pursuing each other near the Willard site.

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2    Another excellent sighting of M and F on the Mulberry Tree near the Fruitland’s Farmhouse.

Indigo Bunting  7    Distributed across the campus with clear sightings on treetops in addition to hearing them sing.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S259941615

ANNUAL REPORT 2001

2001 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2001, the Brookline Bird Club listed 303 species of birds on 210 reported trips, two fewer than the previous year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2000

2000 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2000, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 228 reported trips, four more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 1999

1999 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1999, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 241 reported trips. A total of 271 trips were scheduled, 69

ANNUAL REPORT 1998

1998 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1998, the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 species of birds on 233 reported trips. A total of 277 trips were scheduled, 69 all-day, 170 morning, 34

ANNUAL REPORT 1997

1997 STATISTICAL REPORT. by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1997, the Brookline Bird Club listed 313 species of birds on 206 reported trips. A total of 242 trips were scheduled, 68 all-day, 148 morning,

ANNUAL REPORT 1996

1996 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1996, the Brookline Bird Club listed 293 species of birds on 207 reported trips. A total of 248 trips were scheduled, 73 all-day, 144 morning,

ANNUAL REPORT 2001

2001 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2001, the Brookline Bird Club listed 303 species of birds on 210 reported trips, two fewer than the previous year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2000

2000 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2000, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 228 reported trips, four more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 1999

1999 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1999, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 241 reported trips. A total of 271 trips were scheduled, 69

ANNUAL REPORT 1998

1998 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1998, the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 species of birds on 233 reported trips. A total of 277 trips were scheduled, 69 all-day, 170 morning, 34

ANNUAL REPORT 1997

1997 STATISTICAL REPORT. by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1997, the Brookline Bird Club listed 313 species of birds on 206 reported trips. A total of 242 trips were scheduled, 68 all-day, 148 morning,

ANNUAL REPORT 1996

1996 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1996, the Brookline Bird Club listed 293 species of birds on 207 reported trips. A total of 248 trips were scheduled, 73 all-day, 144 morning,

ANNUAL REPORT 2001

2001 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2001, the Brookline Bird Club listed 303 species of birds on 210 reported trips, two fewer than the previous year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2000

2000 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2000, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 228 reported trips, four more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 1999

1999 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1999, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 241 reported trips. A total of 271 trips were scheduled, 69

ANNUAL REPORT 1998

1998 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1998, the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 species of birds on 233 reported trips. A total of 277 trips were scheduled, 69 all-day, 170 morning, 34

ANNUAL REPORT 1997

1997 STATISTICAL REPORT. by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1997, the Brookline Bird Club listed 313 species of birds on 206 reported trips. A total of 242 trips were scheduled, 68 all-day, 148 morning,

ANNUAL REPORT 1996

1996 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1996, the Brookline Bird Club listed 293 species of birds on 207 reported trips. A total of 248 trips were scheduled, 73 all-day, 144 morning,

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