Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Norfolk, Massachusetts, US

May 13, 2025 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.75 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC/SSBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, 12 participants

50 species

Wild Turkey  8

Mourning Dove  4

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1    male

Barred Owl  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Least Flycatcher  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Kingbird  2    flyovers; not common or regular here

Red-eyed Vireo  3

Blue Jay  3

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  5

Tree Swallow  5

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1

Northern House Wren  2

Gray Catbird  4

Eastern Bluebird  2

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  3

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  7

Field Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  3

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  1

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  1

Ovenbird  7

Northern Waterthrush  1

Blue-winged Warbler  1

Black-and-white Warbler  3

Nashville Warbler  2

Common Yellowthroat  3

American Redstart  2

Northern Parula  2

Magnolia Warbler  1

Bay-breasted Warbler  2

Blackburnian Warbler  2

Chestnut-sided Warbler  1

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1

Black-throated Green Warbler  4

Scarlet Tanager  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S237660166

News Categories

Upcoming Field Trips

Birch Hill WMA

Royalston - Birch Hill WMA Royalston, MA, United States

Includes three to five miles of walking relatively flat terrain. Might include some bushwacking. Driving on hard packed dirt roads. Co-sponsored with the Athol Bird & Nature Club.

Southwick WMA

Southwick WMA - Suffield WMA entrance Point Grove Road, Suffield, CT, United States

We will hike the fields focusing on grassland breeders, particularly Eastern Meadowlark and Grasshopper Sparrow.

Millennium Park

Boston - Millennium Park Canoe Launch 300 Gardner Street, Boston, MA, United States

Join the Brookline Bird Club in collaboration with Boston Nature Center to look for birds in a unique urban habitat that often draws numerous uncommon and rare birds.Target birds include bobolinks, egrets, flycatchers, grosbeaks, herons, owls, rails, ravens, sandpipers, swallows & swifts, vultures, warblers, and woodpeckers. Birders of all levels will enjoy this trip. The [...]

Pine Hill Road Grassland

Lancaster - Pine Hill Road Grasslands Pine Hill Road, Lancaster, MA, United States

We will hike a sandy/gravelly field area for grassland breeding sparrows and warblers including Grasshopper Sparrow, and wait until sunset for whip-poor-wills.

Great Meadows NWR, Concord

Concord - Great Meadows Concord Unit, Entrance Rd, Concord, MA, United States

We will walk easy trails looking for shorebirds, ducks, wading birds, rails, and nesting songbirds. This is also a great time to look for butterflies and other interesting insects.  Note that entrance fee or pass is required. Loaner binoculars available; please email trip leader to reserve a pair!

Go to Top