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 1995

THE 1995 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1995, the Brookline Bird Club listed 298 species of birds on 202 reported trips. A total of 227 trips were scheduled, 70 all-day, 122

ANNUAL REPORT 1994

THE 1994 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1994, the Brookline Bird Club listed 314 species of birds on 176 reported trips. A total of 198 trips were scheduled, 77 all-day, 92

ANNUAL REPORT 1993

THE 1993 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1993, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species of birds on 152 reported trips. A total of 172 trips were scheduled, 66 all-day, 89

ANNUAL REPORT 1992

THE 1992 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist   A total of 273 species were listed by the Brookline Bird Club on 139 reported field trips during 1992. A total of 156 trips were scheduled:

ANNUAL REPORT 1995

THE 1995 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1995, the Brookline Bird Club listed 298 species of birds on 202 reported trips. A total of 227 trips were scheduled, 70 all-day, 122

ANNUAL REPORT 1994

THE 1994 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1994, the Brookline Bird Club listed 314 species of birds on 176 reported trips. A total of 198 trips were scheduled, 77 all-day, 92

ANNUAL REPORT 1993

THE 1993 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1993, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species of birds on 152 reported trips. A total of 172 trips were scheduled, 66 all-day, 89

ANNUAL REPORT 1992

THE 1992 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist   A total of 273 species were listed by the Brookline Bird Club on 139 reported field trips during 1992. A total of 156 trips were scheduled:

ANNUAL REPORT 1995

THE 1995 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1995, the Brookline Bird Club listed 298 species of birds on 202 reported trips. A total of 227 trips were scheduled, 70 all-day, 122

ANNUAL REPORT 1994

THE 1994 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1994, the Brookline Bird Club listed 314 species of birds on 176 reported trips. A total of 198 trips were scheduled, 77 all-day, 92

ANNUAL REPORT 1993

THE 1993 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1993, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species of birds on 152 reported trips. A total of 172 trips were scheduled, 66 all-day, 89

ANNUAL REPORT 1992

THE 1992 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist   A total of 273 species were listed by the Brookline Bird Club on 139 reported field trips during 1992. A total of 156 trips were scheduled:

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