Here is the summary of the walk at Fruitlands this morning led by Sandy Oxley and I. Attached photos provided by Richard Fichera. - Rita
Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, 100-132 Prospect Hill Road, Worcester, Massachusetts, US Jul 12, 2025 6:50 AM - 9:50 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Checklist Comments: 75F, humid, overcast and calm. Most notable was not seeing any turkeys (seen nearby coming and leaving the campus); nor raptors nor did we see or hear any ovenbirds. Sandy Oxley and Rita Grossman led the walk for Brookline Bird Club and the Boxborough Birders. Photos taken and provided by Richard Fichera. 48 species
Mourning Dove 1 Great Blue Heron 1 F-O just as we were getting into our cars to leave. Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Downy Woodpecker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 3 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 1 Red-eyed Vireo 6 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 5 Fish Crow 3 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 8 Tufted Titmouse 4 Tree Swallow 1 Barn Swallow 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 4 Northern House Wren 1 Carolina Wren 1 European Starling 5 Gray Catbird 11 Northern Mockingbird 2 Eastern Bluebird 2 Heard one singing in New Meadow and one on opposite side of campus near the Fruitland's Farmhouse house. Oddly, did not see any. Veery 1 Wood Thrush 5 Each heard singing in distinct areas of the campus and one seen by some of the group, briefly, on the boardwalk entry area to the woods leaving New Meadow. Cedar Waxwing 4 House Sparrow 1 House Finch 4 American Goldfinch 5 Chipping Sparrow 6 Song Sparrow 3 Eastern Towhee 3 Baltimore Oriole 2 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Female near the Fruitlands Farmhouse house. Brown-headed Cowbird 3 Common Grackle 3 F-O Common Yellowthroat 5 American Redstart 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Pine Warbler 7 Scarlet Tanager 7 Excellent sightings across campus, especially on the Mulberry Tree near the Alcott House. And 2 males pursuing each other near the Willard site. Northern Cardinal 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 Another excellent sighting of M and F on the Mulberry Tree near the Fruitland's Farmhouse. Indigo Bunting 7 Distributed across the campus with clear sightings on treetops in addition to hearing them sing.
View this checklist online athttps://ebird.org/checklist/S259299328
