Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
01-May-2023 06:00 – 08:08
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk: Westboro WMA, leader Nick Paulson, 2 participants, windy to start, cloudy, drizzling part of the time.
46 species
Canada Goose  6
Mute Swan  12
Wood Duck  5
Mallard  4
Ring-necked Duck  1    Male
Bufflehead  1    Female
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  8
Virginia Rail (Virginia)  1
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Common Loon  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  2
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  1
Blue Jay  8
American Crow  10
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Tufted Titmouse  4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2
Tree Swallow  12
Barn Swallow (American)  3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea)  2
House Wren (Northern)  1
Carolina Wren  3
European Starling  3
Gray Catbird  1
American Robin  16
American Goldfinch  6
Chipping Sparrow  3
White-throated Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  12
Swamp Sparrow  5
Eastern Towhee  6
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  80
Brown-headed Cowbird  12
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  25
Northern Waterthrush  2
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  6
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  10
Northern Cardinal  10
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S136077442

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Black Birders’ Week 2021

May 30-June 5 Organized by The BlackAFInSTEM Collective – a collective that “seeks to support, uplift, and amplify Black Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics professionals in natural resources and the environment through professional development, career

Everybody Loves Owls

With reports of too close encounters with owls, it's time to check in and think about birding ethics. It is NEVER okay to approach roosting owls closely. The Brookline Bird Club’s code of Ethics

Black Birders’ Week 2021

May 30-June 5 Organized by The BlackAFInSTEM Collective – a collective that “seeks to support, uplift, and amplify Black Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics professionals in natural resources and the environment through professional development, career

Everybody Loves Owls

With reports of too close encounters with owls, it's time to check in and think about birding ethics. It is NEVER okay to approach roosting owls closely. The Brookline Bird Club’s code of Ethics

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