3/2/14 -- Worcester County Winter Birding Rally Results
Over 30 participants went out from 12am-530pm on Sunday, March 2nd and covered every town in the whole county for the 1st Worcester County Winter Birding Rally. In total on rally day teams found 71 species! and 82 species for the rally week scouting trips. A very good number given the lack of water and amount of snow in some parts of the county. I want to thank all the pioneers involved that took part and believed in this event as we collected valuable data in towns that are very under-birded. Our next rally will be this May! Stay Tuned.
American Black Duck
American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Kestrel
American Robin
American Tree Sparrow
Bald Eagle
Barnacle Goose
Barred Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Black-capped Chickadee
Black Vulture
Blue Jay
Brown Creeper
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bufflehead
Canada Goose
Carolina Wren
Cedar Waxwing
Common Goldeneye
Common Grackle
Common Merganser
Common Raven
Cooper's Hawk
Dark-eyed Junco
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Screech Owl
European Starling
Field Sparrow
Fish Crow
Fox Sparrow
Gadwall
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Gray Catbird
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Blue Heron
Great Horned Owl
Hairy Woodpecker
Hermit Thrush
Herring Gull
Hooded Merganser
Horned Lark
House Sparrow
Mallard
Merlin
Mourning Dove
Mute Swan
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Pintail
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Northern Shrike
Peregrine Falcon
Pileated Woodpecker
Pine Warbler
Pine Siskin
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-shouldered hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-winged Blackbird
Ring-billed Gull
Ring-necked Duck
Rock Pigeon
Ruffed Grouse
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Short-eared Owl
Snow Bunting
Song Sparrow
Tufted Titmouse
Turkey Vulture
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-throated Sparrow
Wild Turkey
Winter Wren
Wood Duck
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
(report from Justin Lawson).