Westborough WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Apr 23, 2018 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.2 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC – Westboro Wildlife Management Area – Nickilas Paulson – 1 participant
45 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  7
Mute Swan  8
Wood Duck  10
Mallard  6
American Black Duck  7
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)  1
Ring-necked Duck  2
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Great Blue Heron  3
Osprey  1
Killdeer  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  6
Mourning Dove  5
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  4
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  6
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  14
American Crow  7
Fish Crow  1
Tree Swallow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  9
Tufted Titmouse  3
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  5
American Robin  25
Brown Thrasher  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  8
Chipping Sparrow  7
Field Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  13
White-throated Sparrow  20
Savannah Sparrow  9
Song Sparrow  11
Swamp Sparrow  8
Eastern Towhee  3
Northern Cardinal  13
Red-winged Blackbird  60
Brown-headed Cowbird  22
Common Grackle  50
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  7

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47311427

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