Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Sep 29, 2025 6:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nick Paulson : cool start warming, humid, clear. Fog on water. Quiet except in pockets. More sparrows than warblers.
47 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose 3
Mute Swan 1
Mallard 5
Mourning Dove 20
Ring-billed Gull 12
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 4
Pileated Woodpecker 1 Called distantly
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Merlin 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Obstructed view. But larger flycatcher with grayish throat.
Warbling Vireo 1 Late. Singing as we were leaving at edge of parking lot.
Red-eyed Vireo 8
Blue Jay 24
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 20
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Northern House Wren (Northern) 3
Carolina Wren 1
Gray Catbird 25
Northern Mockingbird 1
Eastern Bluebird 4
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 14
Cedar Waxwing 3
House Finch 7
American Goldfinch 4
Chipping Sparrow 20
White-throated Sparrow 15
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 8
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 18
Swamp Sparrow 40 Most common Sparrow. A couple large groups in corn fields.
Eastern Towhee 15
new world sparrow sp. 12 Thought I heard a few Lincoln’s, but never saw them very well.
Bobolink 5
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 20
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
Pine Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3
new world warbler sp. 1 Probably CT Warbler calling. Picked up by merlin.
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S277490138
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