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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