Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
24-Apr-2023 06:00 – 08:15
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk: Westboro WMA, leader Nick Paulson.
54 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  8
Mute Swan  28
Wood Duck  10
Mallard  5
Bufflehead  2
Ring-necked Pheasant  1
Horned Grebe  2
Mourning Dove  5
Virginia Rail (Virginia)  4
Common Loon  2
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  2
Great Egret  1
Green Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey (carolinensis)  1
Belted Kingfisher  3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  5
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2
Eastern Phoebe  3
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  5
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  10
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3
Tree Swallow  30
Barn Swallow (American)  10
swallow sp.  60
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  18
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea)  5    Singles spread out.
House Wren (Northern)  1
European Starling  8
Gray Catbird  2
Brown Thrasher  1
Eastern Bluebird  1
American Robin  20
American Goldfinch  6
Chipping Sparrow  9
Field Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  4
White-throated Sparrow  18
Vesper Sparrow  1    Ragweed fields and sandpit. Singing and flying around.
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  25
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  17
Swamp Sparrow  9
Eastern Towhee  2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  34
Brown-headed Cowbird  9
Rusty Blackbird  2
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  16
Northern Waterthrush  4
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  10
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  8
Pine Warbler  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  85
Northern Cardinal  12
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S135017847

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