Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Jul 14, 2018 7:00 AM – 10:05 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.4 mile(s)
Comments: Brookline Bird Club and Boxborough Birders. 60F at start, calm, partly sunny.
44 species (+1 other taxa)
Wild Turkey 39
Double-crested Cormorant 2 Fly-over
Great Blue Heron 2 Fly-over
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2 Possibly 3; 2 seen flying on separate sightings; 1 juvenile perched on top of pine tree on campus.
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Eastern Phoebe 5
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 3
Barn Swallow 8
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 4
House Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 6
Veery 1
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 25 Conservative count
Gray Catbird 7
Cedar Waxwing 2
Ovenbird 2
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
American Redstart 1
Pine Warbler 2
Chipping Sparrow 6 Conservative count.
Song Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 4
Bobolink 1 Male in New Meadow
Red-winged Blackbird 9 Flying
House Finch 2
Purple Finch 1 Seen by 2 of the group at end of walk.
House/Purple Finch 2
American Goldfinch 11
House Sparrow 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47241979
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