Hairy Woodpecker

Birds around Crane Swamp

Sighting Date: 
November 26, 2011
Gregory Billingham submitted this list of birds he saw during a hike around Crane Swamp in Northborough and Westborough, including SVT's Cedar Hill Reservation and Sawink Farm Reservation.
  • Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  6
  • Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)  1
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  1
  • Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  6
  • Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)  2
  • American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  3
  • Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  27
  • Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  21
  • White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  8
  • Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  1
  • Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)  4
  • Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)  9     2 seen at Sawink; 7 near the top of Cedar Hill that has bluebird houses in the vicinity.
  • Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)  1
  • American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  12
  • Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  1
  • Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)  1
  • Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)  26
  • Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  3
  • Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)  11
  • Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  4
  • American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  22
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Hairy Woodpecker at SVT's Herene Reservation in Stow

Sighting Date: 
June 30, 2011
A hairy woodpecker at SVT's Herene Reservation in Stow, photographed with a remote camera by Dan Foster.
Dan Foster used his remote wildlife camera to photograph this hairy woodpecker at SVT's Herene Reservation in Stow.  The bird was hunting for insects along a rotting log.
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Wildlife at SVT's Dugan Kames Reservation in Concord

Sighting Date: 
May 2, 2010
Craig Smith photographed a mallard at SVT's Dugan Kames Reservation in Concord.Craig Smith photographed a baskettail dragonfly at SVT's Dugan Kames Reservation in Concord.Craig Smith photographed a hairy woodpecker at SVT's Dugan Kames Reservation in Concord.Craig Smith photographed a tree swallow at SVT's Dugan Kames Reservation in Concord.Craig Smith photographed a tree swallow at SVT's Dugan Kames Reservation in Concord.Craig Smith photographed a tree swallow at SVT's Dugan Kames Reservation in Concord.Craig Smith photographed a red-winged blackbird chasing a red-tailed hawk at SVT's Dugan Kames Reservation in Concord.Craig Smith photographed a red-winged blackbird chasing a red-tailed hawk at SVT's Dugan Kames Reservation in Concord.Craig Smith photographed a starflower at SVT's Dugan Kames Reservation in Concord.
Craig Smith photographed the following at SVT's Dugan Kames Reservation in Concord:
a mallard, baskettail dragonfly, hairy woodpecker, tree swallows, a red-winged blackbird chasing a red-tailed hawk, and a starflower.
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Birds at Crane Swamp

Sighting Date: 
March 2, 2010
Gregory Billingham reports the following list of birds from a walk around Crane Swamp in Westborough and Northborough, including SVT's Cedar Hill Reservation and Sawink Farm Reservation:
  • American Robin - 10
  • Black-capped Chickadee - 4
  • Downy Woodpecker - 2
  • Hairy Woodpecker - 1
  • Mallard - 30+
  • Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco - 6
  • White-throated Sparrow - 4
  • Song Sparrow - 9
  • American Goldfinch - 3
  • Falcon sp. - 1 (Peregrine?)
Duration: 9:30 - 12:45
Weather: Calm, mostly sunny, mid-40s
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Birds at Hamlen Woods and Reeves Hill Conservation Areas

Sighting Date: 
November 29, 2008
Barbara Howell reports seeing the following birds at Hamlen Woods and Reeves Hill Conservation Areas:
12 mallards, 2 hairy woodpeckers, 2 American crows, 1 black-capped chickadee, 1 white-breasted nuthatch, 1 Carolina wren
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