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
Mount Auburn brings out the Birders
Huge numbers of birders on the BBC trip at Mount Auburn Cemetery recently. There are trips every day until the latter part of May.
Noah Strycker: Birding Without Borders and his World Big Year
200 enthusiastic birders attended Noah Strycker's talk at our April 11th annual general meeting at Harvard University's Geological Lecture Hall in Cambridge. Following refreshments, membership sign-ups and renewals, and palpable energy building as our northeast
Citizen Science Opportunities – Your Efforts Make a Difference
Spring offers some excellent opportunities for BBC members to get involved in citizen science projects. This spring, as in past years, the BBC is offering a "conservation series" of field trips that target species on
NOAH STRYCKER TALK–APR 11
Join us on Thursday April 11, at 7:30 pm for our Annual General Meeting. Geological Lecture Hall, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge. Social Hour and Light Refreshments at 6:30 pm Our Guest Speaker, Noah Strycker, will
Show us your SMARTS.
Here are a few questions designed to put your warbler knowledge to the test!
2019 BBC SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
The BBC is pleased and proud to announce that our two annual Young Birder Scholarships have been awarded to Sam Poleretzky of North Andover, MA and Brynlee Kimball of Auburn, NH. These scholarships, instituted
Mount Auburn brings out the Birders
Huge numbers of birders on the BBC trip at Mount Auburn Cemetery recently. There are trips every day until the latter part of May.
Noah Strycker: Birding Without Borders and his World Big Year
200 enthusiastic birders attended Noah Strycker's talk at our April 11th annual general meeting at Harvard University's Geological Lecture Hall in Cambridge. Following refreshments, membership sign-ups and renewals, and palpable energy building as our northeast
Citizen Science Opportunities – Your Efforts Make a Difference
Spring offers some excellent opportunities for BBC members to get involved in citizen science projects. This spring, as in past years, the BBC is offering a "conservation series" of field trips that target species on
NOAH STRYCKER TALK–APR 11
Join us on Thursday April 11, at 7:30 pm for our Annual General Meeting. Geological Lecture Hall, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge. Social Hour and Light Refreshments at 6:30 pm Our Guest Speaker, Noah Strycker, will
Show us your SMARTS.
Here are a few questions designed to put your warbler knowledge to the test!
2019 BBC SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
The BBC is pleased and proud to announce that our two annual Young Birder Scholarships have been awarded to Sam Poleretzky of North Andover, MA and Brynlee Kimball of Auburn, NH. These scholarships, instituted
Mount Auburn brings out the Birders
Huge numbers of birders on the BBC trip at Mount Auburn Cemetery recently. There are trips every day until the latter part of May.
Noah Strycker: Birding Without Borders and his World Big Year
200 enthusiastic birders attended Noah Strycker's talk at our April 11th annual general meeting at Harvard University's Geological Lecture Hall in Cambridge. Following refreshments, membership sign-ups and renewals, and palpable energy building as our northeast
Citizen Science Opportunities – Your Efforts Make a Difference
Spring offers some excellent opportunities for BBC members to get involved in citizen science projects. This spring, as in past years, the BBC is offering a "conservation series" of field trips that target species on
NOAH STRYCKER TALK–APR 11
Join us on Thursday April 11, at 7:30 pm for our Annual General Meeting. Geological Lecture Hall, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge. Social Hour and Light Refreshments at 6:30 pm Our Guest Speaker, Noah Strycker, will
Show us your SMARTS.
Here are a few questions designed to put your warbler knowledge to the test!
2019 BBC SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
The BBC is pleased and proud to announce that our two annual Young Birder Scholarships have been awarded to Sam Poleretzky of North Andover, MA and Brynlee Kimball of Auburn, NH. These scholarships, instituted
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