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

Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

07-Apr-2024 06:45 – 08:55

Protocol: Traveling

2.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA, leader Nick Paulson, cold start, overcast, occasionally windy. 4 participants.

43 species

Canada Goose  12

Mute Swan  34

Wood Duck  9

Mallard  10

Ring-necked Duck  12

Lesser Scaup  9

Bufflehead  8

Common Goldeneye  1    Female seen off beach before walk, disappeared.

Common Merganser (North American)  5

Pied-billed Grebe  4    2 on each lake.

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  8

Mourning Dove  7

Killdeer  5

Double-crested Cormorant  6

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Osprey (carolinensis)  2

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  14

Fish Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  12

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  8

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  2

American Robin  75

House Sparrow  1

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  12

White-throated Sparrow  16

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  12

Swamp Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  120

Brown-headed Cowbird  30

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  80

Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S167923153

Bartlett Pond, Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

07-Apr-2024 09:20 – 09:45

Protocol: Stationary

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

28 species

Canada Goose  8

Mute Swan  3

Wood Duck  5

Mallard  2

American Black Duck  2

Ring-necked Duck  14

Mourning Dove  1

Osprey (carolinensis)  2

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  5

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  40

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  6

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  10

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  7

American Goldfinch  4

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  40

Brown-headed Cowbird  5

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  120

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S167923192

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