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

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

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

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