Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, Princeton

Leader: Joan Gallagher. Bird list recorder: Andy Wojcikowski. Observers: 8. Weather: Sunny, 55 degrees to start ending in the low 70’s. A perfect day with outstanding weather and group participation in finding and identifying birds Highlights: Common Loons heard calling along with a Common Raven, Philadelphia Vireo and a mysterious Buteo sp. seen flying in the South Meadow field.

Species: 42

3 Hooded Merganser
3 Wild Turkey
4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3 Common Loons
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Green Heron
1 Osprey
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Buteo sp
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
3 Eastern Wood-pewee
12 Eastern Phoebe
2 Yellow-throated Vireo
1 Philadelphia Vireo
7 Red-eyed Vireo
5 Blue Jay
2 American Crows
1 Common Raven
4 Black-capped Chickadee
4 Tufted Titmouse
4 White-breasted Nuthatch
2 House Wren
12 European Starling
4 Gray Catbird
5 Eastern Bluebird
14 Cedar Waxwing
7 House Sparrow
2 House Finch
8 American Goldfinch
2 Chipping Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
5 Eastern Towhee
2 Baltimore Oriole
3 Pine Warbler
1 Black-throated Green Warbler
2 Scarlet Tanager
3 Northern Cardinal
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak

(trip report from Joan Gallagher)