Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

May 13, 2024 6:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club walk- leader Nick Paulson, 4 participants. Cool start, warming, sunny then cloudy, then sunny. Wilson’s Warbler was the migrant of the day.

70 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  9

Mute Swan  5

Wood Duck  2

Mallard  3

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2

Mourning Dove  10

Black-billed Cuckoo  1

Chimney Swift  8

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2

Virginia Rail (Virginia)  1

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  6

Bald Eagle  1

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  5

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Willow Flycatcher  1    Singing by Little Chauncy boat launch.

Least Flycatcher  2

Empidonax sp.  1    Heard load pit-sip call once. Didn’t call again to confirm snd not seen. Possible Acadian near old building by Big Chauncy a little ways after entrance.

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Kingbird  8

Yellow-throated Vireo  3

Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  14

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  4

Tree Swallow  12

Barn Swallow (American)  5

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  4

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea)  3

House Wren (Northern)  4

Carolina Wren  3

European Starling  4

Gray Catbird  25    Estimate not counting as we went

Brown Thrasher  1

Eastern Bluebird  2

Wood Thrush  2

American Robin  15

Cedar Waxwing  1

House Finch  6

Pine Siskin  1

American Goldfinch  12

Chipping Sparrow  4

White-throated Sparrow  5

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  9

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  14

Swamp Sparrow  8

Eastern Towhee  5

Orchard Oriole  5

Baltimore Oriole  7

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  35

Brown-headed Cowbird  15

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  20

Ovenbird  2

Northern Waterthrush  4

Blue-winged Warbler  1

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Tennessee Warbler  1

Nashville Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  10

American Redstart  5

Northern Parula  4

Bay-breasted Warbler  1

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  20    Estimate not counting

Blackpoll Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  2

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  14

Wilson’s Warbler  11    The migrant warbler of the day. Minimum based on spacing of birds seen, at multiple points had multiple together up to 4 at once. 11-15 total birds. My highest amount at once in the county. Most along Lake Chauncy from entrance to corner. But also at Little Chauncy. Some singing in same spots as we walked out.

Northern Cardinal  14

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  6

Indigo Bunting  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S174592463

Tips for inspiring Young Birders

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ANNUAL REPORT 2006

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ANNUAL REPORT 2004

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Tips for inspiring Young Birders

The Brookline Bird Club has a long history of its experienced birder members encouraging and supporting rising young birders, and, for decades, has been scheduling trips targeted to children and families. But how do you

ANNUAL REPORT 2009

2009 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2009, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 194 reported trips, just one species less than last year. A

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

Tips for inspiring Young Birders

The Brookline Bird Club has a long history of its experienced birder members encouraging and supporting rising young birders, and, for decades, has been scheduling trips targeted to children and families. But how do you

ANNUAL REPORT 2009

2009 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2009, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 194 reported trips, just one species less than last year. A

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

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