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

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

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