Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary

Led by Laura Lane filling in for John Shea.  Four club members attended on a gray damp morning.  The birds started singing and appearing in the treetops.  Many were first of year sightings for the birders.  We ended the morning by locating the Red-shouldered Hawk nest with the hawk on it!  Warbler season has arrived!

51 species

Canada Goose 5
Wood Duck 4
Mallard 3
Hooded Merganser 1
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 16
Great Blue Heron 2
Black Vulture 3 Soaring together. Broader wings than Turkey Vulture and wings held flatter.
No red head.
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Blue Jay 5
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 4
Tree Swallow 20
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 2
Winter Wren 1 Singing
Carolina Wren 1
Gray Catbird 2
American Robin 5
House Sparrow 9
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
Chipping Sparrow 3
Field Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 7
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 2
Baltimore Oriole 2
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Common Grackle 20
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Nashville Warbler 1
Northern Parula 1
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Prairie Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2

(Trip report by Peter Lane)