Heard Farm Conservation Area, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 14, 2026 6:28 AM – 8:44 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.951 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: A great morning walk with Chris.
Got a little dicey with a downpour, but it cleared out pretty quickly.
52 species
Canada Goose 1
Wood Duck 2
Wild Turkey 1
Mourning Dove 2
Killdeer 1
American Herring Gull 6
Great Blue Heron 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Kingbird 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Posting so many photos just because of how hard it’s been for me to find this species, ha. 10 encounters back to 2023 but first photos.
Eastern Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 1
Common Raven 1 Making up some fun sounds
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tree Swallow 15
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Northern House Wren 2
Marsh Wren 1
Carolina Wren 1
Gray Catbird 8
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 3
Cedar Waxwing 5
American Goldfinch 5
White-throated Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 6
Bobolink 14 At least 14. Largest flights in three fields of 4, 4, and 6
Baltimore Oriole 3
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Common Grackle 6
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 5
American Redstart 3
Northern Parula 2
Magnolia Warbler 1
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Northern Yellow Warbler 9
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S339385947
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