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