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

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

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Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

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