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
SNOWY OWLS!
Could we be in for another Snowy Owl irruption? There have been numerous sightings of Snowy Owls throughout the Northeast including many in Massachusetts. The BBC Conservation/Education committee has made a donation to MA Audubon's Snowy
Winter Birding on Cape Ann
About once a week, from November into March, the BBC offers field trips to Gloucester and/or Rockport on Cape Ann, one of the Northeast’s prime destinations for winter birding. The main attractions are seabirds: waterfowl,
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOUNG BIRDERS
The BBC is pleased to announce that we will again offer two Young Birder Scholarships to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The 2018 scholarships will cover the full cost
BBC SCHOOL BOOK FUND DONATION!
The most recent BBC school book fund donation went to Triton Regional High School, where environmental science teacher Tom Horsley uses donated books and wall posters to teach bird identification in his classes and to
BBC BOSTON PUBLIC GARDENS WALK – BOSTON GLOBE!
There is a nice photo from Linda Ferraresso's Saturday, May 12th walk at the Boston Public Gardens. It was on p.2 of the Metro section on the Boston Globe.
ANNUAL REPORT 2017
Brookline Bird Club 2017 Statistical and Year-End Report By Sabrina Hepburn, Club Statistician Beginning in 2016, the Brookline Bird Club made a significant shift in how we keep records and club trip reports. instead of
SNOWY OWLS!
Could we be in for another Snowy Owl irruption? There have been numerous sightings of Snowy Owls throughout the Northeast including many in Massachusetts. The BBC Conservation/Education committee has made a donation to MA Audubon's Snowy
Winter Birding on Cape Ann
About once a week, from November into March, the BBC offers field trips to Gloucester and/or Rockport on Cape Ann, one of the Northeast’s prime destinations for winter birding. The main attractions are seabirds: waterfowl,
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOUNG BIRDERS
The BBC is pleased to announce that we will again offer two Young Birder Scholarships to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The 2018 scholarships will cover the full cost
BBC SCHOOL BOOK FUND DONATION!
The most recent BBC school book fund donation went to Triton Regional High School, where environmental science teacher Tom Horsley uses donated books and wall posters to teach bird identification in his classes and to
BBC BOSTON PUBLIC GARDENS WALK – BOSTON GLOBE!
There is a nice photo from Linda Ferraresso's Saturday, May 12th walk at the Boston Public Gardens. It was on p.2 of the Metro section on the Boston Globe.
ANNUAL REPORT 2017
Brookline Bird Club 2017 Statistical and Year-End Report By Sabrina Hepburn, Club Statistician Beginning in 2016, the Brookline Bird Club made a significant shift in how we keep records and club trip reports. instead of
SNOWY OWLS!
Could we be in for another Snowy Owl irruption? There have been numerous sightings of Snowy Owls throughout the Northeast including many in Massachusetts. The BBC Conservation/Education committee has made a donation to MA Audubon's Snowy
Winter Birding on Cape Ann
About once a week, from November into March, the BBC offers field trips to Gloucester and/or Rockport on Cape Ann, one of the Northeast’s prime destinations for winter birding. The main attractions are seabirds: waterfowl,
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOUNG BIRDERS
The BBC is pleased to announce that we will again offer two Young Birder Scholarships to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The 2018 scholarships will cover the full cost
BBC SCHOOL BOOK FUND DONATION!
The most recent BBC school book fund donation went to Triton Regional High School, where environmental science teacher Tom Horsley uses donated books and wall posters to teach bird identification in his classes and to
BBC BOSTON PUBLIC GARDENS WALK – BOSTON GLOBE!
There is a nice photo from Linda Ferraresso's Saturday, May 12th walk at the Boston Public Gardens. It was on p.2 of the Metro section on the Boston Globe.
ANNUAL REPORT 2017
Brookline Bird Club 2017 Statistical and Year-End Report By Sabrina Hepburn, Club Statistician Beginning in 2016, the Brookline Bird Club made a significant shift in how we keep records and club trip reports. instead of
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