Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Sep 12, 2026 7:00 AM – 9:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.7 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Sunny. 48F at start. Calm and no wind. Extremely quiet and some common species either not seen or nor heard (with certainty).
29 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 56
Mourning Dove 3
Double-crested Cormorant 2 Flyover
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 15
American Crow 9
Black-capped Chickadee 9
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 5
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 35 Conservative count
Gray Catbird 10
Northern Mockingbird 1
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 21 Probably conservative count
Cedar Waxwing 15 Flyover
House Finch 1
Chipping Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Magnolia Warbler 1 Female
Pine Warbler 1
new world warbler sp. 8 Perhaps more. Brief sightings low to bushes or in low canopy and could not positively identify.
Northern Cardinal 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Immature male.
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S392683842
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