Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

May 5, 2025 6:00 AM – 7:25 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk- Westboro WMA- Leader Nick Paulson- no participants, quick loop, raining.

51 species

Canada Goose  5

Mute Swan  1

Wood Duck  2

Mallard  6

Wild Turkey  1

Mourning Dove  12

Chimney Swift  1

Killdeer  2

Spotted Sandpiper  3

Green Heron  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Eastern Kingbird  3

Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  4

Blue Jay  7

American Crow  1

Fish Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  4

Bank Swallow  2

Tree Swallow  25

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3

Barn Swallow (American)  12

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Eastern)  2

Northern House Wren (Northern)  1

Marsh Wren (palustris Group)  1

Carolina Wren  1

Gray Catbird  12

Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus)  1

Wood Thrush  4

American Robin  28

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  3

White-throated Sparrow  2

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  12

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  13

Swamp Sparrow  9

Baltimore Oriole  16

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  40

Brown-headed Cowbird  4

Rusty Blackbird  2    A few stragglers still calling in Little Chauncy Marsh. 2-4.

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  15

Common Yellowthroat  3

American Redstart  1

Northern Parula  1

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  20

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  4

Northern Cardinal  12

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S233601045

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