Westborough WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
May 9, 2022 6:00 AM – 8:26 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.6 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nick Paulson, 3 Participants, windy and cold start. Some migrant flocks in spots sheltered from the wind.
58 species
Canada Goose  3
Mute Swan  4
Mallard  2
Mourning Dove  6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Killdeer  2
Ring-billed Gull  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1
Osprey (carolinensis)  2    7 seen. Not sure if it was the same 2 flying around or more birds.
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern)  2    2-3
Bald Eagle  1
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  8
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Least Flycatcher  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  3
Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  3
Blue Jay  12
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  7
Tufted Titmouse  4
Tree Swallow  8
Barn Swallow (American)  5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2
Brown Creeper  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea)  4
House Wren (Northern)  1
European Starling  4
Gray Catbird  9
Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus)  1
American Robin  14
American Goldfinch  8
Chipping Sparrow  4
White-throated Sparrow  18
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  2
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  8
Swamp Sparrow  2
Eastern Towhee  7
Baltimore Oriole  12
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  65
Brown-headed Cowbird  5
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  14
Ovenbird  4
Black-and-white Warbler  5
Tennessee Warbler  1
Nashville Warbler  1
Northern Parula  1
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  14
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  16
Prairie Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S109510546

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

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

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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