Westborough WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Jun 1, 2017 5:50 AM – 8:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – Westboro Wildlife Management Area – Nickilas Paulson – two participants
53 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 11
Mute Swan 11 2 broods, 6 young
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 4
Great Blue Heron 5
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 10
Mourning Dove 7
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Black-billed Cuckoo 5
Chimney Swift 18
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Willow Flycatcher 5
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill’s Flycatcher) 1
Eastern Kingbird 8
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo 6
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 5
Horned Lark 1
Tree Swallow 11
Barn Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Veery 1
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 16
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 40
Cedar Waxwing 25
Common Yellowthroat 6
American Redstart 9
Yellow Warbler 12
Pine Warbler 1
Canada Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 7
Swamp Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 2
Scarlet Tanager 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 1 First Spring male
Red-winged Blackbird 40
Common Grackle 12
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 6
American Goldfinch 3
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