Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Apr 27, 2026 6:03 AM – 8:18 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nick Paulson: cold start, warming as we walked, sunny. several new spring arrivals.
47 species
Canada Goose 24
Mute Swan 1
Wood Duck 4
Mallard 2
Bufflehead 4
Mourning Dove 8
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 4
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 5
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Warbling Vireo 2
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 8
Fish Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 8
Tree Swallow 7
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow (American) 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 5
Gray Catbird 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 15
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 12
Chipping Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 14
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 10
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 10
Swamp Sparrow 5
Eastern Towhee 3
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 30
Brown-headed Cowbird 18
Rusty Blackbird 1
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 20
Northern Yellow Warbler 9
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 2
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 20
Northern Cardinal 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4 All singing males.
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S331164907
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By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2015, the Brookline Bird Club listed 295 species of birds on 182 reported trips, six species less than last year. A total of 257 trips were scheduled, just two
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Arthur C. Bent (in Life Histories of North American Blackbirds, Orioles, Tanagers and Allies, (New York: Dover, 1965), 294) described flocks of Rusty Blackbirds stretching as far as the eye could see that once migrated
Scholarship Report
The BBC’s first scholarship winner, Aidan Pavao, recently returned from the Hog Island summer camp and sent along a brief report. Check out the scholarship page for more information about the program and how to contribute
Tips for inspiring Young Birders
The Brookline Bird Club has a long history of its experienced birder members encouraging and supporting rising young birders, and, for decades, has been scheduling trips targeted to children and families. But how do you
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
2014 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2014, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 218 reported trips.. A total of 259trips were scheduled, sixteen trips were
ANNUAL REPORT 2009
2009 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2009, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 194 reported trips, just one species less than last year. A
2015 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT
By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2015, the Brookline Bird Club listed 295 species of birds on 182 reported trips, six species less than last year. A total of 257 trips were scheduled, just two
Rusty Blackbird Blitz – Surveying Rusty Blackbirds in the Lynnfield Marsh IBA
Arthur C. Bent (in Life Histories of North American Blackbirds, Orioles, Tanagers and Allies, (New York: Dover, 1965), 294) described flocks of Rusty Blackbirds stretching as far as the eye could see that once migrated
Scholarship Report
The BBC’s first scholarship winner, Aidan Pavao, recently returned from the Hog Island summer camp and sent along a brief report. Check out the scholarship page for more information about the program and how to contribute
Tips for inspiring Young Birders
The Brookline Bird Club has a long history of its experienced birder members encouraging and supporting rising young birders, and, for decades, has been scheduling trips targeted to children and families. But how do you
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
2014 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2014, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 218 reported trips.. A total of 259trips were scheduled, sixteen trips were
ANNUAL REPORT 2009
2009 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2009, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 194 reported trips, just one species less than last year. A
2015 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT
By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2015, the Brookline Bird Club listed 295 species of birds on 182 reported trips, six species less than last year. A total of 257 trips were scheduled, just two
Rusty Blackbird Blitz – Surveying Rusty Blackbirds in the Lynnfield Marsh IBA
Arthur C. Bent (in Life Histories of North American Blackbirds, Orioles, Tanagers and Allies, (New York: Dover, 1965), 294) described flocks of Rusty Blackbirds stretching as far as the eye could see that once migrated
Scholarship Report
The BBC’s first scholarship winner, Aidan Pavao, recently returned from the Hog Island summer camp and sent along a brief report. Check out the scholarship page for more information about the program and how to contribute
Tips for inspiring Young Birders
The Brookline Bird Club has a long history of its experienced birder members encouraging and supporting rising young birders, and, for decades, has been scheduling trips targeted to children and families. But how do you
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
2014 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2014, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 218 reported trips.. A total of 259trips were scheduled, sixteen trips were
ANNUAL REPORT 2009
2009 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2009, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 194 reported trips, just one species less than last year. A
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