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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