Athol Treatment Plant Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Apr 26, 2024 7:15 AM – 8:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.25 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    AB&NC/BBC trip, Jeff Johnstone & Leslie Kramer leaders, 14 participants, Ernie L

32 species

Canada Goose  1

Wood Duck  3

Common Merganser (North American)  4    1 male, flushed by eagle flying by

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Turkey Vulture  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1    imm

Bald Eagle  1    ad

Belted Kingfisher  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  3

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  4

Tree Swallow  2

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4

European Starling  X

American Robin  5

House Finch  4

Purple Finch (Eastern)  1

American Goldfinch  1

Chipping Sparrow  2

White-throated Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  5

Swamp Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  200    coming by in groups of 15-50, mostly females

Rusty Blackbird  2

Common Grackle  15

Pine Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S171044584

Orange Airport, Franklin, Massachusetts, US

Apr 26, 2024 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    AB&NC/BBC trip, Jeff Johnstone & Leslie Kramer leaders, 14 participants, Ernie L

13 species

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X

Killdeer  1

American Kestrel  2

American Crow  3

Common Raven  1

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  2

House Finch  1

Pine Siskin  1

Chipping Sparrow  3

Field Sparrow  2

Vesper Sparrow  5

Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern)  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S171044592

Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts, US

Apr 26, 2024 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    AB&NC/BBC trip, Jeff Johnstone & Leslie Kramer leaders, 14 participants, Ernie L

3 species

Killdeer  1

Greater Yellowlegs  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Quabbin Reservoir–Gate 33, Franklin, Massachusetts, US

Apr 26, 2024 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    AB&NC/BBC trip, Jeff Johnstone & Leslie Kramer leaders, 7 participants, Ernie L

30 species

Turkey Vulture  2

Osprey (carolinensis)  1

Broad-winged Hawk  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  3

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue-headed Vireo  1

American Crow  1

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tree Swallow  15

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  11

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Red-breasted Nuthatch  2

Hermit Thrush  1

Red Crossbill  8    includes 2 juvenile, at least two types involved

Pine Siskin  9

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1

White-throated Sparrow  10

Song Sparrow  2

Swamp Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  75

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  15

Black-and-white Warbler  2

Pine Warbler  6

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S171044600