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