Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
08-May-2023 06:00 – 08:12
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk- Westboro WMA – leader Nick Paulson, 3 participants. Many breeders have returned. And some migrants spread out.
63 species
Canada Goose  2
Mute Swan  9
Wood Duck  5
Bufflehead  5    Continuing females in the area.
Ruddy Duck  1
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Mourning Dove  4
Chimney Swift  3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Killdeer  2
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  4
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2
Eastern Phoebe  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  7
Yellow-throated Vireo  2
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  6
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  24    Some migrating over.
American Crow  4
Black-capped Chickadee  8
Tufted Titmouse  2
Tree Swallow  9
Barn Swallow (American)  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea)  6
House Wren (Northern)  1
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  5
Gray Catbird  12
Gray-cheeked Thrush  1    Drab gray brown above, no buffy tones in face, more extensive olive flanks. Along trail NW corner Big Chauncy.
Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus)  1
Wood Thrush  2
American Robin  12
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  10
Chipping Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  24
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  12
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  14
Swamp Sparrow  5
Eastern Towhee  6
Baltimore Oriole  14
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  30
Brown-headed Cowbird  10
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  16
Ovenbird  2
Northern Waterthrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  3
American Redstart  2
Northern Parula  10
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  16
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  12
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S136701867

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

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