the Forbush Bird Club of Worcester, MA
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Here are reports from some recent trips

 

 

Barre Falls Dam Wildlife Management Area

Six of us braved the slightly damp weather and were rewarded with a nice list of birds, including good looks at a Barred Owl. We made a valiant but unsuccessful effort to find the Yellow-crowned Night Heron that had been seen at this location the day before.

Species: 49

Canada Goose  3 
Wild Turkey  4 
Mourning Dove  4 
Chimney Swift  1 
Great Blue Heron  2 
Barred Owl  1 
Belted Kingfisher  2 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1 
Downy Woodpecker  1 
Hairy Woodpecker  1 
Least Flycatcher  2 
Great Crested Flycatcher  1 
Eastern Kingbird  2 
Yellow-throated Vireo  1 
Blue-headed Vireo  1 
Red-eyed Vireo  7 
Blue Jay  1 
American Crow  4 
Common Raven  2 
Black-capped Chickadee  2 
Tufted Titmouse  1 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1 
Tree Swallow  2 
White-breasted Nuthatch  1 
House Wren  2 
Gray Catbird  4 
Eastern Bluebird  7 
Veery  2 
Hermit Thrush  1 
Wood Thrush  2 
American Robin  5 
American Goldfinch  1 
Chipping Sparrow  3 
Song Sparrow  2 
Eastern Towhee  4 
Bobolink  2 
Baltimore Oriole  1 
Common Grackle  1 
Ovenbird  5 
Blue-winged Warbler  1 
Black-and-white Warbler  4 
Common Yellowthroat  5 
American Redstart  4 
Yellow Warbler  3 
Chestnut-sided Warbler  5 
Pine Warbler  3 
Black-throated Green Warbler  3 
Scarlet Tanager  4 
Indigo Bunting  1 

(trip report from David Ammerman)

Richard Scarlet