Westborough WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
May 3, 2021 6:00 AM – 8:39 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.115 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Trip – Westboro WMA – Leader Nick Paulson – 3 Participants
51 species
Canada Goose  8
Wood Duck  4
Mallard  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  7
Chimney Swift  4
Common Loon  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Green Heron  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Downy Woodpecker  3
American Kestrel  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  3
Blue-headed Vireo  3
Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  12
Blue Jay  80    2 large migrating flocks heading north.
American Crow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  9
Tufted Titmouse  4
Tree Swallow  12
Barn Swallow (American)  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  6
White-breasted Nuthatch  4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea)  2
House Wren  3
Gray Catbird  6
Eastern Bluebird  3
American Robin  8
American Goldfinch  8
Chipping Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  14
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  3
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  12
Swamp Sparrow  4
Eastern Towhee  7
Baltimore Oriole  3
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  75
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  20
Blue-winged Warbler  1
Black-and-white Warbler  5
Common Yellowthroat  3
American Redstart  3
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  20
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  4
Pine Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  20
Northern Cardinal  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S89653672

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