Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

Upton SF, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

May 3, 2025 6:50 AM – 11:45 AM

Protocol: Traveling

4.6 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk- Upton SF- Leader Nick Paulson. Warming quickly, a few bugs, good active migration day, with many new arrivals. Hiked main loop to rookery snd Dean Pond and back, then swamp loop. One Spotted Turtle in a vernal pool and a Northern Water Snake along the path.

62 species

Canada Goose  7

Wood Duck  4

Mallard  3

Mourning Dove  10

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  32    21 nests

Turkey Vulture  2

Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  10

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Pileated Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  8

Eastern Kingbird  2

Yellow-throated Vireo  1

Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  2

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  16

Black-capped Chickadee  18

Tufted Titmouse  24

Tree Swallow  20

Barn Swallow (American)  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  6

Red-breasted Nuthatch  14    Very vocal today in known breeding areas.

Brown Creeper  12    Counted by ones. Pair singing/gathering nesting material at rookery.

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Eastern)  2

Northern House Wren (Northern)  1

European Starling  3

Gray Catbird  12

Eastern Bluebird  3

Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus)  1

Wood Thrush  4

American Robin  14

American Goldfinch  20

Chipping Sparrow  6

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  16

Swamp Sparrow  5

Eastern Towhee  6

Baltimore Oriole  9

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  30

Brown-headed Cowbird  12

Rusty Blackbird  1

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  40

Ovenbird  120    Estimate. Common here. 6-9 birds could be heard per quarter mile. 10+ seen.

Louisiana Waterthrush  2

Northern Waterthrush  4

Black-and-white Warbler  5

Nashville Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  8

Northern Parula  3

Blackburnian Warbler  1

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  5

Black-throated Blue Warbler  3

Pine Warbler  20    Estimate, mostly heard, most have gotten quiet.

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  18

Black-throated Green Warbler  2

Scarlet Tanager  3

Northern Cardinal  10

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S232743031

Fri Oct 25 Fall meeting!

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Fri Oct 25 Fall meeting!

The Brookline Bird Club invites you to our Hybrid (Live+Zoom) Fall Meeting on Friday October 25, 2024 from 7pm-9pm, with a social hour beginning at 6:30pm. It will feature a presentation on the dazzling Resplendent Quetzal you

Blue Book Survey

Are you a BBC Member? Do you have 5 minutes? Tell us what you think about the Blue Book! We want to hear your input on our Brookline Bird Club Bulletins, mailed to members each

Fri Oct 25 Fall meeting!

The Brookline Bird Club invites you to our Hybrid (Live+Zoom) Fall Meeting on Friday October 25, 2024 from 7pm-9pm, with a social hour beginning at 6:30pm. It will feature a presentation on the dazzling Resplendent Quetzal you

Blue Book Survey

Are you a BBC Member? Do you have 5 minutes? Tell us what you think about the Blue Book! We want to hear your input on our Brookline Bird Club Bulletins, mailed to members each

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