Westborough WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
May 15, 2017 6:00 AM – 7:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC – Westboro Wildlife Management Area – Nickilas Paulson – trip unattended but a few good migrants.
61 species

Canada Goose  2
Wood Duck  4
Mallard  3
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Mourning Dove  4
Black-billed Cuckoo  1
Chimney Swift  4
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Willow Flycatcher  1
Least Flycatcher  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  2
Yellow-throated Vireo  3
Warbling Vireo  8
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  5
American Crow  4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3
Tree Swallow  12
Bank Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  18
Cliff Swallow  3     2 perched, 1 flying. 2 adults, 1 first year. Photos of perched birds.
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Tufted Titmouse  2
House Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  6
Veery  1
Wood Thrush  5
American Robin  12
Gray Catbird  12
European Starling  3
Ovenbird  4
Northern Waterthrush  6     1,1,2,2
Blue-winged Warbler  2
Black-and-white Warbler  7
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  3
American Redstart  10
Yellow Warbler  10
Pine Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  4
Scarlet Tanager  3
Northern Cardinal  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
Red-winged Blackbird  12
Common Grackle  6
Brown-headed Cowbird  10
Orchard Oriole  1
Baltimore Oriole  5
American Goldfinch  4

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37051864

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