Westborough WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Apr 25, 2022 6:00 AM – 8:19 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.816 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Leader Nickilas Paulson – Westboro WMA. 3 participants. Cool start, no wind, warming as we walked, slightly humid. Fields were recently plowed.
37 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  5
Mute Swan  6
Wood Duck  2
Mallard  5
Greater Scaup  1    M
Mourning Dove  5
Killdeer  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  5
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3
Blue Jay  22
American Crow  4
Black-capped Chickadee  14
Tufted Titmouse  6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2
Purple Martin  1    Flyover calling, heading NE. First heard calling, then seen from below flying above the trees, female or first spring male, different shape than swallows, browner below, darkest at neck and breast, lightest around stomach, darker undertail coverts.
swallow sp.  5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea)  2
European Starling  3
Northern Mockingbird  2
Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus)  1
American Robin  60
American Goldfinch  11
Chipping Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  15
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  12
Swamp Sparrow  4
Eastern Towhee  8
Baltimore Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  25
Brown-headed Cowbird  12
Rusty Blackbird  1
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  30
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  2
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  10
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  25
Northern Cardinal  8
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S108074538

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