Westborough WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
May 16, 2022 6:00 AM – 8:28 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.8 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Trip-Westboro WMA-Leader Nick Paulson – 2 participants. Warm and muggy. Slow start but large group of warblers along trail to 3 ragweed/back fields towards Kimball Lane. Mostly made up of Magnolias and Parulas.
60 species
Canada Goose  4
Mute Swan  5
Wood Duck  5
Mallard  2
Mourning Dove  6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
Killdeer  2
Spotted Sandpiper  5
Ring-billed Gull  1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  2
Green Heron  1    Distant call.
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Willow Flycatcher  4
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  3
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  8
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  9
Tufted Titmouse  6
Tree Swallow  3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea)  4
House Wren (Northern)  3
European Starling  6
Gray Catbird  15
Northern Mockingbird  1
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  12
American Goldfinch  8
Chipping Sparrow  10
White-throated Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  12
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  2
Orchard Oriole  2
Baltimore Oriole  8
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  18
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  7
Ovenbird  1
Northern Waterthrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  6
Common Yellowthroat  5
American Redstart  3
Northern Parula  8
Magnolia Warbler  10
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  20
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  3
Canada Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  6
Indigo Bunting  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S110434483

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Everybody Loves Owls

With reports of too close encounters with owls, it's time to check in and think about birding ethics. It is NEVER okay to approach roosting owls closely. The Brookline Bird Club’s code of Ethics

Black Birders’ Week 2021

May 30-June 5 Organized by The BlackAFInSTEM Collective – a collective that “seeks to support, uplift, and amplify Black Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics professionals in natural resources and the environment through professional development, career

Everybody Loves Owls

With reports of too close encounters with owls, it's time to check in and think about birding ethics. It is NEVER okay to approach roosting owls closely. The Brookline Bird Club’s code of Ethics

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