Bolton Flats WMA–Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
May 23, 2021 7:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Trip. Bolton Flats Canoe/Kayak. Leader Nickilas Paulson. 1 participant. Hot and muggy to start, but a nice breeze grew later to abate some of the heat.
60 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  15
Mute Swan  1
Wood Duck  4
Mallard  3
Northern Bobwhite  1    Continuing presumed release calling
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  25
Mourning Dove  6
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Virginia Rail  4    1 Seen, 3 heard.
Common Gallinule  1    Rare local breeder. Harder to get recently. Heard one  along Still River. Had another possible in the flooded old farm field.
Sandhill Crane  1    Flushed from near old road into Still River. Kept head straight in flight, dark bill with red in face.
Killdeer  1
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Least Bittern  1    One called once from Still River cattails.
Great Blue Heron  6
Little Blue Heron  1    Adult flew from farm pond to main pond area. Then perched in dead tree multiple times. Ursula sent a photo, that I will add.
Green Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  4
Accipiter sp.  1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Alder Flycatcher  2
Willow Flycatcher  10    Singing all over the marsh areas.
Eastern Phoebe  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Eastern Kingbird  8
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  4
Blue Jay  2
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Tree Swallow  20
Bank Swallow  1
Barn Swallow (American)  18
House Wren  2
Winter Wren  1
Marsh Wren  20    Very low estimate. Locally abundant breeder only in this location. Often could see/hear up to 8 at a time.
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  6
Gray Catbird  8
Eastern Bluebird  2
American Robin  8
Cedar Waxwing  4
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  6
Swamp Sparrow  1
Bobolink  1
Baltimore Oriole  14
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  40
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  30
Common Yellowthroat  5
American Redstart  1
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  8
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S88929734