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Bartlett Pond, Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Oct 19, 2025 7:22 AM – 7:52 AM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA- Leader Nick Paulson – 2 participants – leg 1.

16 species

Canada Goose  6

Mute Swan  1

Mallard  7

Green-winged Teal (American)  5

Ring-necked Duck  2

Pied-billed Grebe  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Blue Jay  5

American Crow  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  4

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  6

Rusty Blackbird  4

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S280413192

Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Oct 19, 2025 7:50 AM – 10:25 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.8 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA- Leader Nick Paulson- 2 participants – leg 2 – lots of blackbird flocks flying around. Several bigger groups of sparrows.

41 species

Mute Swan  2

Wood Duck  1

Mallard  14

Mourning Dove  4

Pectoral Sandpiper  6

Ring-billed Gull  2

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Blue Jay  25

American Crow  35

Black-capped Chickadee  10

Tufted Titmouse  4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  4

Carolina Wren  3

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  6

Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus)  1

American Robin  30

American Pipit  2

House Finch  12

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  10

Field Sparrow  1

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  8

White-throated Sparrow  75

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  12

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  15

Lincoln’s Sparrow  1

Swamp Sparrow  30

Eastern Towhee  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  800

Rusty Blackbird  7

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  1200

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  25

Northern Cardinal  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S280413188

Wayne MacCallum Wildlife Management Area, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Oct 19, 2025 10:50 AM – 12:15 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nick Paulson- 5 participants – leg 3. Warm and quiet, but pleasant walk.

25 species

Mallard  6

Mourning Dove  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  12

American Crow  2

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  3

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Eastern Bluebird  7

American Robin  4

House Finch  1

White-throated Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  6

Lincoln’s Sparrow  1

Swamp Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  25

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  200

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  5

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S280413184

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 1982

1982 STATISTICAL REPORT  In 1982 the Brookline Bird Club enriched its Massachu-setts Life Species List to 376 with the addition of Townsend's Solitaire, viewed at West Tisbury on January 3rd. Dr. Bob Timberlake’s Falmouth trip [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1981

1981 STATISTICAL REPORT “My heart is warm with the friends I make And better friends I'll not be knowing There isn’t a [bird trip] I wouldn’t take No matter where it’s going!” (with apologies to [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1980

1980 STATISTICAL REPORT  During 1980 the Brookline Bird Club observed 313 species of birds as follows: Massachusetts, 299 species; New Hampshire, two additional species; New Jersey to North Carolina, 12 additional species. The 14 species [...]

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 1982

1982 STATISTICAL REPORT  In 1982 the Brookline Bird Club enriched its Massachu-setts Life Species List to 376 with the addition of Townsend's Solitaire, viewed at West Tisbury on January 3rd. Dr. Bob Timberlake’s Falmouth trip [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1981

1981 STATISTICAL REPORT “My heart is warm with the friends I make And better friends I'll not be knowing There isn’t a [bird trip] I wouldn’t take No matter where it’s going!” (with apologies to [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1980

1980 STATISTICAL REPORT  During 1980 the Brookline Bird Club observed 313 species of birds as follows: Massachusetts, 299 species; New Hampshire, two additional species; New Jersey to North Carolina, 12 additional species. The 14 species [...]

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 1982

1982 STATISTICAL REPORT  In 1982 the Brookline Bird Club enriched its Massachu-setts Life Species List to 376 with the addition of Townsend's Solitaire, viewed at West Tisbury on January 3rd. Dr. Bob Timberlake’s Falmouth trip [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1981

1981 STATISTICAL REPORT “My heart is warm with the friends I make And better friends I'll not be knowing There isn’t a [bird trip] I wouldn’t take No matter where it’s going!” (with apologies to [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1980

1980 STATISTICAL REPORT  During 1980 the Brookline Bird Club observed 313 species of birds as follows: Massachusetts, 299 species; New Hampshire, two additional species; New Jersey to North Carolina, 12 additional species. The 14 species [...]

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