Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

Little Chauncy Area, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Oct 18, 2026 7:25 AM – 7:40 AM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nick Paulson – starting location. Bartlett Pond/Watson Park

29 species

Canada Goose  20

Mute Swan  2

Wood Duck  2

Mallard  5

American Black Duck  3

Mourning Dove  1

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Downy Woodpecker  4

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Blue Jay  14

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  15

Tufted Titmouse  10

White-breasted Nuthatch  4

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  8

House Sparrow  2

House Finch  2

Purple Finch  1

American Goldfinch  2

Song Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  60

Rusty Blackbird  30    One flyover flock of around twenty. Others groups around pond.

Common Grackle  20

Common Yellowthroat  1

Northern Parula  1    Late first year bird. Small short-tailed warbler with gray-green back, white below and yellow throat.

Pine Warbler  1    Larger plain warbler, not seen well, but heard high flat chip.

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  4

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S404236667

Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Oct 18, 2026 8:02 AM – 10:17 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nick Paulson – Stop 1 – Big Chauncy and surrounding fields/woods.

41 species (+3 other taxa)

Canada Goose  20

Mallard  10

Mourning Dove  12

Ring-billed Gull  20

Pied-billed Grebe  1

Great Blue Heron  2

Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.)  1

Northern Harrier  1

Red-shouldered Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  5

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  25

American Crow  4

Black-capped Chickadee  20

Tufted Titmouse  12

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  5

White-breasted Nuthatch  9

Red-breasted Nuthatch  3

European Starling  2

Gray Catbird  2

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  3

American Robin  30

House Finch  7

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  12

White-throated Sparrow  100

Song Sparrow  10

Swamp Sparrow  12

new world sparrow sp.  12    Maybe Junco, Field, Lincoln’s and Savannah Sparrows.

Red-winged Blackbird  40

Rusty Blackbird  25    Estimate. Small flyover groups, group on a pine tree, and many in large Grackle flock.

Common Grackle  800

Blackpoll Warbler  1

Palm Warbler (Yellow)  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  60

Northern Cardinal  4

bird sp.  1    Possibly a late cuckoo flying over.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S404236672

Wayne MacCallum Wildlife Management Area, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Oct 18, 2026 10:46 AM – 12:06 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nick Paulson – stop 2

28 species (+1 other taxa)

Ring-necked Pheasant  1

Bald Eagle  1

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  2

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue Jay  20

American Crow  4

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  12

Tufted Titmouse  2

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  5

White-breasted Nuthatch  4

Northern Mockingbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  8

American Robin  12

House Finch  3

Purple Finch  1

American Goldfinch  4

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1

White-throated Sparrow  20

Song Sparrow  16

Swamp Sparrow  8

Eastern Towhee  1

new world sparrow sp.  1    Possible Savannah

Rusty Blackbird  2

Common Grackle  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  24

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S404236677

ANNUAL REPORT 1988

THE 1988 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician In 1988, the Brookline Bird Club scheduled 202 field trips: eighty-three all-day, ninety-one morning, and twenty-five afternoon or evening trips. In addition there were three BBC [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1987

THE 1987 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 1987, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species and one additional race on 198 recorded field trips. A total of 220 trips were scheduled; eleven [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1986

THE 1986 STATISTICAL REPORT by Mary Lou Barnett, Statistician During 1986 the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 birds including 21 write-ins. These unusual sightings included the following: Yellow-throated Warbler            Brewster           1-5 Hoary Redpoll                           Newburyport    3-15 Jackdaw                                    Nantucket         3-16 Eared Grebe                              North Scituate  3-22 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1985

STATISTICAL REPORT 1985 by Mary L. Barnett, Statistician “Come in, Barn Owl. We're at the Salt Pans. The Tundra Swan just landed.” BBC CB Radio Patrol 12-7-1985 The Birding Highlight of 1985 was the proliferation [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1984

STATISTICAL REPORT-1984  Our Life List is a storehouse of rich memories to which we added this year the monarch of shorebirds, the Long-billed Curlew, on the 9th of June. Like an echo, to the same [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1983

1983 BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB STATISTICAL REPORT During 1983 the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 Massachusetts species, and identified an additional six hybrids, subspecies, color morphs, or exotics, totaling 306 in all. Trips to Maine added [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1988

THE 1988 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician In 1988, the Brookline Bird Club scheduled 202 field trips: eighty-three all-day, ninety-one morning, and twenty-five afternoon or evening trips. In addition there were three BBC [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1987

THE 1987 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 1987, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species and one additional race on 198 recorded field trips. A total of 220 trips were scheduled; eleven [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1986

THE 1986 STATISTICAL REPORT by Mary Lou Barnett, Statistician During 1986 the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 birds including 21 write-ins. These unusual sightings included the following: Yellow-throated Warbler            Brewster           1-5 Hoary Redpoll                           Newburyport    3-15 Jackdaw                                    Nantucket         3-16 Eared Grebe                              North Scituate  3-22 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1985

STATISTICAL REPORT 1985 by Mary L. Barnett, Statistician “Come in, Barn Owl. We're at the Salt Pans. The Tundra Swan just landed.” BBC CB Radio Patrol 12-7-1985 The Birding Highlight of 1985 was the proliferation [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1984

STATISTICAL REPORT-1984  Our Life List is a storehouse of rich memories to which we added this year the monarch of shorebirds, the Long-billed Curlew, on the 9th of June. Like an echo, to the same [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1983

1983 BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB STATISTICAL REPORT During 1983 the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 Massachusetts species, and identified an additional six hybrids, subspecies, color morphs, or exotics, totaling 306 in all. Trips to Maine added [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1988

THE 1988 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician In 1988, the Brookline Bird Club scheduled 202 field trips: eighty-three all-day, ninety-one morning, and twenty-five afternoon or evening trips. In addition there were three BBC [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1987

THE 1987 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 1987, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species and one additional race on 198 recorded field trips. A total of 220 trips were scheduled; eleven [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1986

THE 1986 STATISTICAL REPORT by Mary Lou Barnett, Statistician During 1986 the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 birds including 21 write-ins. These unusual sightings included the following: Yellow-throated Warbler            Brewster           1-5 Hoary Redpoll                           Newburyport    3-15 Jackdaw                                    Nantucket         3-16 Eared Grebe                              North Scituate  3-22 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1985

STATISTICAL REPORT 1985 by Mary L. Barnett, Statistician “Come in, Barn Owl. We're at the Salt Pans. The Tundra Swan just landed.” BBC CB Radio Patrol 12-7-1985 The Birding Highlight of 1985 was the proliferation [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1984

STATISTICAL REPORT-1984  Our Life List is a storehouse of rich memories to which we added this year the monarch of shorebirds, the Long-billed Curlew, on the 9th of June. Like an echo, to the same [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1983

1983 BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB STATISTICAL REPORT During 1983 the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 Massachusetts species, and identified an additional six hybrids, subspecies, color morphs, or exotics, totaling 306 in all. Trips to Maine added [...]

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