Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
May 12, 2025 5:55 AM – 8:49 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.521 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Walk-Westboro WMA- Leader Nick Paulson, 3 participants, cold start, 39 degrees, warming to 61 degrees, wind switching to the south, a few migrants here and there.
57 species
Canada Goose 8
Mute Swan 8
Wood Duck 7
Mallard 11
Mourning Dove 16
Chimney Swift 7
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Ring-billed Gull 1
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Bald Eagle 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Eastern Kingbird 8
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 17 8 along Big Chauncy, 3 back wooded ponds, 6 Little Chauncy
Blue Jay 16
American Crow 7
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 16
Tree Swallow 30
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Barn Swallow (American) 7
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Eastern) 3
Northern House Wren (Northern) 1
Gray Catbird 33
Veery 1
American Robin 48
American Goldfinch 14
Chipping Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 17
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 12
Swamp Sparrow 11
Eastern Towhee 4
Orchard Oriole 2
Baltimore Oriole 20
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 52
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 21
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 2
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 7
American Redstart 11
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 36 All over, tried to keep an accurate as we went.
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 9
Wilson’s Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 11
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 8
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S237069783
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