Willard Brook State Forest, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
25-Jun-2022 07:35 – 11:14
Checklist Comments:    65-80, sunny. Walked up the road and followed the orange Friends loop eventually cutting down to the brook.
31 species (+2 other taxa)
Mourning Dove  1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1    Young bird flying around parking lot, expected out here
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Eastern Phoebe  3
Eastern Kingbird  2
Red-eyed Vireo  8
Blue Jay  4
Black-capped Chickadee  7
Tufted Titmouse  3
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  4
Brown Creeper  8    Min, singing all over and a couple groups. One sunbathing for a minute or two
Veery  1
Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus)  3
Catharus sp.  1    Landed on a rock in the middle of the brook but kept its back to us
American Robin  7
Cedar Waxwing  2
American Goldfinch  2
Chipping Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  1
Eastern Towhee  3
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Ovenbird  13    Min
Louisiana Waterthrush  1    Just one along the Brook, presume there were more further down
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Black-throated Blue Warbler  9    Min
Pine Warbler  5
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
new world warbler sp.  1    Probable Blackburnian distantly singing, doesn’t seem quite high enough in the recording but distant and I should check others for comparison. In hemlocks not too far from where Friend’s Loop crosses the road
Scarlet Tanager  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S125691182

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Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled).

ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled).

ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled).

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