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
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