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Heard Farm Conservation Area, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 18, 2026 6:18 AM – 8:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.93 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Short (in distance) and slow walk to maximize sighting/photos of bobolinks, so species count about 2/3 of what it might have been with walks down to river and full circuit.  Many regulars therefore missed and a couple Merlin claims not verified as we focused on other birds.  Beautiful day and fun walk with three pleasant and enthusiastic birders.

47 species

Canada Goose  2

Wild Turkey  1

Mourning Dove  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Yellow-throated Vireo  1

Eastern Warbling Vireo  2

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  3

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  6

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  6

Northern House Wren  1

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  12

Gray Catbird  6

Eastern Bluebird  1

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  4

Cedar Waxwing  1

House Sparrow  2

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  5

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  5

Swamp Sparrow  1

Bobolink  24

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  4

Tennessee Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  5

American Redstart  3

Northern Parula  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  2

Black-throated Green Warbler  2

Wilson’s Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  1

Northern Cardinal  3

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S342014588

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

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