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

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ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

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