Bartlett Pond, Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Oct 20, 2024 7:22 AM – 7:47 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nickilas Paulson – 5 participants – also Forbush Bird Club Walk. Cold start, warmed later. Sunny, very little wind, glassy water on lakes. Lots of fall colors to leaves. Meeting location birds.
24 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 18
Mallard 14
Green-winged Teal (American) 3
duck sp. 2 2 ducks in the fog in flight that struck me a different and smaller than mallard, possibly Gadwall.
Mourning Dove 1
Killdeer 1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 2
American Robin 5
American Pipit 4
White-throated Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 1
Swamp Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 30
Rusty Blackbird 23 Several groups flying by heading NE. A few stopped in trees above boat launch and sang.
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2
Northern Cardinal 1
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Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Oct 20, 2024 7:45 AM – 10:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.1 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nickilas Paulson – 4 participants – section 2. also Forbush Bird Club Walk. Cold start, warmed later. Sunny, very little wind, glassy water on lakes. Lots of fall colors to leaves. Good pockets of birds, White-throated Sparrows throughout.
45 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose 14
Mute Swan 12
Mallard 11
Mourning Dove 8
Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo 1 Late. Flew out of bushes in model airplane field towards road. Flew in direction of the sun, so unable to get any color to identify to species.
Wilson’s Snipe 1
Ring-billed Gull 8
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 11
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue Jay 18
American Crow 26
Black-capped Chickadee 20
Tufted Titmouse 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 5
Carolina Wren 5
European Starling 4
Northern Mockingbird 8
Eastern Bluebird 16
American Robin 10
American Pipit 2
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 8
Chipping Sparrow 2
Spizella sp. 1 Maybe field
White-throated Sparrow 140
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 6
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 22
Swamp Sparrow 9
Bobolink 3 3 late birds perched out on cornstalks in the lower soy field. Flew out heading south.
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 100
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 400
Northern Parula 1 Late. Near entrance in top of aspen. Very small warbler, white below, white undertail, a little yellow to throat, blue-gray above.
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 50
Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Late. Looked like duller first winter bird, two dull gray-black streak lines down side of breast, white wing-bars, olive back, yellow olive face pattern.
Northern Cardinal 18
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Wayne MacCallum Wildlife Management Area, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Oct 20, 2024 10:50 AM – 12:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nickilas Paulson – 5 participants – also Forbush Bird Club Walk. Cold start, warmed later. Sunny, very little wind, glassy water on lakes. Lots of fall colors to leaves. Last section of trip.
26 species
Ring-necked Pheasant 5 Obvious releases. 2 males seen, some females heard.
Mourning Dove 2
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Pileated Woodpecker 2 Pair together.
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 6
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 3
Brown Creeper 1
Gray Catbird 1
Eastern Bluebird 6
American Robin 3
American Pipit 3
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 3
White-throated Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 8
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 18
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 6
Northern Cardinal 5
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S199695059
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