Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

Westborough WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Sep 12, 2021 6:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk: Westboro WMA: Leader Nick Paulson: warm, humid, windy, slow day.
42 species
Canada Goose  5
Mute Swan  4
Mallard  25
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  8
Mourning Dove  12
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Virginia Rail  1
Killdeer  10
Ring-billed Gull  31
Great Blue Heron  1
Osprey  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2
Eastern Phoebe  3
Warbling Vireo  1
Blue Jay  10
Black-capped Chickadee  8
Tufted Titmouse  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
House Wren  4
Carolina Wren  2
European Starling  7
Gray Catbird  6
Northern Mockingbird  1
Eastern Bluebird  9
American Robin  12
Cedar Waxwing  5
House Sparrow  2
House Finch  4
American Goldfinch  3
Chipping Sparrow  8
Song Sparrow  7
Eastern Towhee  5
Bobolink  4
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Common Yellowthroat  14
Northern Cardinal  6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S94709010

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