Westborough WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Jun 10, 2017 5:45 AM – 11:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – Westboro Wildlife Management Area – Nickilas Paulson – Conservation Series Walk. Lots of breeding activity observed. Hot and humid, sunny, with a light wind and occasional wind gusts. Very High Gyspy Moth caterpillar. numbers.
74 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 3
Mute Swan 14
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 4
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Virginia Rail 2
Killdeer 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 14
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 8 3 years of gypsy moths has bolstered the population.
Black-billed Cuckoo 2
Chimney Swift 18
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 6
Alder Flycatcher 1
Willow Flycatcher 5
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill’s Flycatcher) 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 5
Eastern Kingbird 13 Likely undercount.
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 17 Calling all over, several seen and a nest. Likely undercount
Red-eyed Vireo 7
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 3
Tree Swallow 29
Barn Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 20
Tufted Titmouse 12
White-breasted Nuthatch 7
House Wren 4
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 12 Most water edges and some in forest. Forgot to look at one nest I already knew of.
Eastern Bluebird 3
Veery 2
Wood Thrush 8
American Robin 26
Gray Catbird 22
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 1
Cedar Waxwing 24
Ovenbird 11
Blue-winged Warbler 3
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 18
American Redstart 22
Yellow Warbler 18
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 8
Field Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 22
Swamp Sparrow 9
Eastern Towhee 12
Scarlet Tanager 5
Northern Cardinal 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 13
Indigo Bunting 3
Red-winged Blackbird 60
Common Grackle 60
Brown-headed Cowbird 14
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 19
House Finch 4
Purple Finch 2
American Goldfinch 18
House Sparrow 8
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37692377
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