Westborough WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Apr 14, 2018 6:50 AM – 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.2 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – Westboro Wildlife Management Area – Nickilas Paulson – 12 Participants – Pleasant early spring weather, good hawk migration.
52 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose 13
Mute Swan 15
Wood Duck 10
Mallard 7
Ring-necked Duck 2
Bufflehead 9
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper’s Hawk 3
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 14
hawk sp. 60 Likely mostly Red-tailed Hawks. Many distant Kettles. Good migration day for them.
Virginia Rail 1
Killdeer 3
Ring-billed Gull 7
Mourning Dove 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 7
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 8
American Kestrel 1
Eastern Phoebe 13
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 9
Tree Swallow 14
Black-capped Chickadee 15
Tufted Titmouse 16
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7
Eastern Bluebird 4
American Robin 27
European Starling 2
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 19
Pine Warbler 9
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 7
American Tree Sparrow 4 Single alone, single in mixed flock. Pair in mixed flock.
Chipping Sparrow 7
Field Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 3
White-throated Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 22
Swamp Sparrow 7
Eastern Towhee 2
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Common Grackle 19
blackbird sp. 4 Only seen at bad angles in flight, but shape of Rusties.
House Finch 2
Purple Finch 1
American Goldfinch 18
House Sparrow 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47311395
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