Willard Brook State Forest, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Jun 20, 2026 7:29 AM – 9:04 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.464 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: 66, sunny, windy. BBC trip w/no participants. Up road and looped down to trail along brook. Wind made listening very difficult.
22 species (+1 other taxa)
Chimney Swift 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Buteo sp. 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Eastern Kingbird 1
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 2
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 3
Tree Swallow 1
Brown Creeper 2
Veery 1
Cedar Waxwing 2
American Goldfinch 4
Chipping Sparrow 8
Eastern Towhee 1
Ovenbird 8
Louisiana Waterthrush 3 1 calling in parking lot, 2 along Brook singing
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S365729465
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