Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Apr 20, 2026 6:00 AM – 8:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nick Paulson – cold start, frost. Clear skies and little windy.
53 species
Canada Goose 10
Mute Swan 5
Wood Duck 4
Blue-winged Teal 1 Popped up for a moment in marsh between Big and Little Chauncy.
Mallard 3
Bufflehead 18
Common Merganser (North American) 3
Mourning Dove 8
Virginia Rail 2 1 seen, 2 heard.
Ring-billed Gull 3
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Osprey (American) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Pileated Woodpecker 2 Pair
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 16
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 7
Tree Swallow 12
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow (American) 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 2
Northern House Wren 2
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 3
Northern Mockingbird 2
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 25
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 6
Chipping Sparrow 2
American Tree Sparrow 1 Continueing late bird by Big Chauncy.
White-throated Sparrow 16
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 20
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 14
Swamp Sparrow 12
Eastern Towhee 3
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 30
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Rusty Blackbird 2
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 20
Common Yellowthroat 1 First of spring. Singing by Little Chauncy canoe launch.
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 1
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 12
Northern Cardinal 8
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S324769565
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