Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Jul 16, 2022 6:55 AM – 9:25 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.3 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: 68-75F; humid; hazy sun; minimal breeze. Walk led by Sandy O. and Rita G. for BBC and Boxborough Birders. Amazingly did not see one raptor nor hear ovenbird.
46 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose 8
Wild Turkey 1 Probably more. Heard one calling frequently from Old Meadow direction.
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
flycatcher sp. (Tyrannidae sp.) 1
Warbling Vireo 1 Heard near entrance.
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 3
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 6
Barn Swallow 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
European Starling 8
Gray Catbird 7
Northern Mockingbird 1
Eastern Bluebird 3
Veery 2 Heard 2 distinct birds.
Hermit Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 3 Heard three distinct birds.
American Robin 9
Cedar Waxwing 4
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 9
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 6
Eastern Towhee 1
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 2
blackbird sp. 70 Murmuration of blackbirds on the hayfields beyond New Meadow. Most likely immature red-winged blackbirds with some grackles, cowbirds.
Common Yellowthroat 6
American Redstart 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 4
Northern Cardinal 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 5
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S115395168