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Westborough WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Sep 13, 2020 6:29 AM – 10:27 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC – Westboro Wildlife Management Area – Leader Nickilas Paulson
55 species (+3 other taxa)
Canada Goose  30
Mute Swan  5
Mallard  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  8
Mourning Dove  11
Chimney Swift  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Killdeer  1    Heard
Greater Yellowlegs  2    Heard; calling flyover
shorebird sp.  2    Distant on Little Chauncy; no discernible field marks to speak of
Ring-billed Gull  30
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Merlin (Taiga)  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  1    Heard
Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  2
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  13
American Crow  5
Black-capped Chickadee  10
Tufted Titmouse  3
Tree Swallow  1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea)  1
House Wren (Northern)  1    Heard
Carolina Wren  7    Exact count; large area covered
Gray Catbird  38
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  15
Cedar Waxwing  22
House Finch  2    Heard
Purple Finch (Eastern)  1
American Goldfinch  4
Chipping Sparrow  16
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  12
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  3
Bobolink  1    Heard
Brown-headed Cowbird  7
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  1
blackbird sp.  50
Black-and-white Warbler  2    Ad male and female/immature
Connecticut Warbler  1    *Expected in small numbers this time of year. In the rear ragweed field; I (JML) thought I heard one, so I peeled off from the group to beat the brush, succeeding in flushing one which we were able to observe in flight as it flew by calling. Large and long warbler with extensively yellow underparts, large yellow undertail coverts, more olive above. Was giving soft ‘wik’ calls, very unlike the COYE which were also in the field.
Common Yellowthroat  4
American Redstart  4    2 adult male, 2 female/immature
Northern Parula  4
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  5    Exact count; large area covered
warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.)  4
Scarlet Tanager  2
Northern Cardinal  8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S73688197
Westborough WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Sep 13, 2020 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC – Westboro Wildlife Management Area – Leader Nickilas Paulson
Section 2, Field Headquarters section. Quiet midday. Warm, humid, variable winds.
22 species (+1 other taxa)
Wood Duck  7
Mourning Dove  3
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Empidonax sp.  1    Trail’s type. Alder/Willow
Eastern Phoebe  2
Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  1
Blue Jay  5
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  1
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  5
Eastern Bluebird  24    Lots of young birds.
American Robin  4
Cedar Waxwing  4
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  1
Chipping Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  4
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S73688170

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