Oxbow NWR (Worcester County), Worcester, Massachusetts, US
May 20, 2018 7:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.9 mile(s)
Comments:     Brookline Bird Club walk led by Jonathan Center with 4 participants. Birded parking lot, bridge over Nashua River, Still River Depot Rd., Tank Rd. to Turnpike Trail to Riverside trail. Notable non-avian sightings were 1 Fisher, 5 Northern Water snakes, and 2 Blanding’s Turtles.
41 species

Canada Goose  2
Wood Duck  2
Mallard  7     1 female with 6 young fledglings
Great Blue Heron  3
Turkey Vulture  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Mourning Dove  3
Chimney Swift  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  2
Least Flycatcher  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  7
Eastern Kingbird  2
Yellow-throated Vireo  3
Warbling Vireo  5
Red-eyed Vireo  3
Blue Jay  1
Common Raven  2
Tree Swallow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Veery  4
American Robin  8
Gray Catbird  6
Ovenbird  4
Blue-winged Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  11
American Redstart  4
Yellow Warbler  6
Chestnut-sided Warbler  2
Pine Warbler  1
Song Sparrow  3
Swamp Sparrow  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3
Baltimore Oriole  4
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  2
American Goldfinch  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45940204

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