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Bartlett Pond, Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Apr 6, 2025 6:55 AM – 7:07 AM

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nickilas Paulson. Stop 1.

12 species

Canada Goose  12

Mute Swan  4

Wood Duck  1

Ring-necked Duck  8

Bufflehead  5

Blue Jay  2

Tufted Titmouse  1

American Robin  10

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  12

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  2

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S223469803

Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Apr 6, 2025 7:12 AM – 10:05 AM

Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nickilas Paulson. Stop 2.

38 species

Canada Goose  20

Mute Swan  4

Wood Duck  9

Mallard  6

Green-winged Teal (American)  8

Ring-necked Duck  12

Lesser Scaup  4

Bufflehead  12

Common Goldeneye  1

Hooded Merganser  1

Common Merganser (North American)  24

Mourning Dove  15

Pied-billed Grebe  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Osprey (American)  1    Hunting the fields for mice/voles.

Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Eastern Phoebe  4

Blue Jay  10

American Crow  8

Fish Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  5

Tree Swallow  50

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  3

Northern Mockingbird  1

Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus)  1

American Robin  150

American Goldfinch  4

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  12

White-throated Sparrow  20

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  30

Swamp Sparrow  4

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  80

Brown-headed Cowbird  20

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  30

Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S223469805

Crane Swamp Conservation Area, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Apr 6, 2025 10:03 AM – 10:23 AM

Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nickilas Paulson. Stop 3

27 species

Mallard  1

Mourning Dove  4

Killdeer  2

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  4

Fish Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  3

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

European Starling  3

Northern Mockingbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  4

Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus)  1

American Robin  20

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  3

American Tree Sparrow  1

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  4

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  3    Usual spot where they arrive early. Two normal looking ones, fine streaking, yellow supraloral. One rather pale bird with limited breast streaking, soft yellow supraloral.

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  20

Swamp Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  25

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  10

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S223469812

Wayne MacCallum Wildlife Management Area, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Apr 6, 2025 10:43 AM – 11:23 AM

Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nickilas Paulson. Stop 4..

26 species

Wood Duck  1

Mallard  2

Ring-necked Duck  3

Mourning Dove  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Pileated Woodpecker  3

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

American Kestrel  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  12

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  4

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  4

European Starling  14

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  3

American Robin  15

American Goldfinch  2

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  7

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  14

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  18

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  12

Pine Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S223469817

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