Pine Hill Rd. Grasslands, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Jul 2, 2019 6:26 PM – 9:20 PM
Comments:    BBC conservation series trip
38 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  1
duck sp.  1
Mourning Dove  3
Eastern Whip-poor-will  3    estimate of numbers based on timing and locations of calls
American Woodcock  2
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  2
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Eastern Kingbird  5
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Blue Jay  5
Tree Swallow  4
Barn Swallow  6
Black-capped Chickadee  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Veery  1
Hermit Thrush  3
American Robin  8
Gray Catbird  3
Brown Thrasher  1
Cedar Waxwing  2
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  3
Grasshopper Sparrow  10    combination of adults and juveniles; this number is probably an undercount of all birds seen and heard
Chipping Sparrow  12
Field Sparrow  10
Vesper Sparrow  3    a pair together and an individual at the other end of the field
Eastern Towhee  6
Baltimore Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird  1
Common Yellowthroat  2
Pine Warbler  2
Prairie Warbler  5
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  1
Indigo Bunting  8    lots of song
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S58212932

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