Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

Westborough WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
May 17, 2021 6:00 AM – 8:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.2 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk. Westboro WMA, 5/17. Leader Nickilas Paulson. 4 participants.
61 species
Canada Goose  4
Mute Swan  5
Wood Duck  2
Mallard  6
Mourning Dove  6
Chimney Swift  8
Virginia Rail (Virginia)  1
Sora  1    Sang descending winny in Little Chauncy marsh.
Killdeer  2
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Great Blue Heron  2
Osprey  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Belted Kingfisher  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  3
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Willow Flycatcher  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  4
Yellow-throated Vireo  2
Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  6
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  24    Still some late migrating flocks flying over.
American Crow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Tufted Titmouse  4
Tree Swallow  12
Barn Swallow (American)  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea)  2
House Wren (Northern)  3
European Starling  6
Gray Catbird  12
Veery  1
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  14
Cedar Waxwing  3
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  6
Chipping Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  9
Swamp Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  2
Orchard Oriole  2
Baltimore Oriole  8
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  20
Brown-headed Cowbird  8
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  15
Northern Waterthrush  2
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  5
American Redstart  14
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  20
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Wilson’s Warbler  2
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S88476290

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