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

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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