Upton SF, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
06-May-2023 07:00 – 10:30
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Walk: Upton SF, leader Nick Paulson, 3 participants, cool to start, warming quickly, slow and quiet, no noticeable migrants.
43 species
Canada Goose 4
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 4
Hooded Merganser 14 3 females, 11 young.
Mourning Dove 4
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 17 10 nests at rookery.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 8
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 9
Tree Swallow 18
Brown Creeper 8 All singing birds.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea) 2
House Wren 1
Gray Catbird 3
Eastern Bluebird 2
Veery 1
Hermit Thrush 3
American Robin 7
American Goldfinch 12
Chipping Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 6
Swamp Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 5
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 12
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 32
Ovenbird 40 Rather low number today, but singing throughout.
Worm-eating Warbler 1 Rare local breeder in area. Along loop trail by Dean Pond, went across water to south side of the pond and continued calling.
Northern Waterthrush 4
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 8
Pine Warbler 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
Northern Cardinal 6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S136540987