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