United States · Massachusetts
Westboro WMA
231 species and 162,652 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 169 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Great Meadows NWR – Concord Unit31 km269 species
- Arlington Reservoir38 km221 species
- Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary39 km203 species
- Fresh Pond, Cambridge39 km234 species
- Mount Auburn Cemetery40 km228 species
- Horn Pond Recreation Area42 km234 species
All 231 species recorded here
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Westboro WMA?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 169 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Westboro WMA?
231 species, from 162,652 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Westboro WMA in November?
The most recorded in November: Blue Jay, Black-capped Chickadee, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow and Mallard.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.