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

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