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Westborough WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Apr 24, 2017 6:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC – Westboro Wildlife Management Area – Nickilas Paulson – Unattended trip, good early spring migrant mix.
67 species

Canada Goose  17
Mute Swan  10
Wood Duck  10
Mallard  13
Blue-winged Teal  1
Wild Turkey  1
Double-crested Cormorant  6
Great Blue Heron  3
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Virginia Rail  2
Killdeer  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5
Mourning Dove  19
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  13
Hairy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  5
American Kestrel  3     2 males/1 female.
Eastern Phoebe  2
Yellow-throated Vireo  1     Moving along west shore of Big Chauncy. Calling sporadically. Bold yellow throat.
Blue-headed Vireo  2
Warbling Vireo  1
Blue Jay  22
American Crow  9
Fish Crow  2
Common Raven  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Tree Swallow  41
Barn Swallow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  26
Tufted Titmouse  22
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  11
Brown Creeper  1
House Wren  1
Winter Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  6     Normal
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  6
Eastern Bluebird  7
American Robin  28
Brown Thrasher  2
Northern Mockingbird  4
European Starling  2
Northern Waterthrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  4
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  14
Pine Warbler  7
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  52
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  22
White-throated Sparrow  7
Savannah Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  29
Swamp Sparrow  23
Eastern Towhee  8
Northern Cardinal  7
Red-winged Blackbird  68
Rusty Blackbird  3
Common Grackle  25
Brown-headed Cowbird  23
House Finch  6
Purple Finch  1
American Goldfinch  22
House Sparrow  2

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37051557

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