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

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

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