Upton SF, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
May 4, 2024 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Walk- Upton SF- leader Nick Paulson: 2 participants. Clear, chilly start but warming quickly, got windier towards end. Good mix of woodland birds. Some calling flyover highlights. Wood Turtle was a bonus sighting.
63 species
Canada Goose 6
Wood Duck 4
Mallard 1
Mourning Dove 14
Sandhill Crane 1 Flyover, called twice, going north. Wooden rattle slightly descending. Sounded high up well above the trees. New bird for me at this location.
Common Loon 1 Flyover calling.
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 16
Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group) 2
Broad-winged Hawk 3
Great Horned Owl 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 4
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 20
American Crow 4
Common Raven 2
Black-capped Chickadee 16
Tufted Titmouse 12
Tree Swallow 16
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch 10
Brown Creeper 4 Low amount.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea) 2
House Wren (Northern) 1
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 2
Gray Catbird 3
Eastern Bluebird 1
Veery 2
Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus) 1
American Robin 14
Cedar Waxwing 2
Pine Siskin 12 Several singles. One pair. And a small group. Irruption year, they sometimes breed here in spring after an irruption. The ones seen were feeding on oak flower buds.
American Goldfinch 7
Chipping Sparrow 8
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 1
White-throated Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 8
Eastern Towhee 5
Baltimore Oriole 3
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 30
Brown-headed Cowbird 12
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 25
Ovenbird 60 Singing sporadically throughout and in clusters of more birds in certain areas. 60-70 estimate, seemed low for area, but didn’t see any in pairs and only heard one female response.
Northern Waterthrush 3
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 4
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 1
Pine Warbler 14
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 9
Wilson’s Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 3
Northern Cardinal 8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S171957234
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