Bolton Flats WMA–Pine Hill Rd. Grasslands, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

May 30, 2026 5:54 PM – 8:54 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Pine Hill Grasslands – Leader Nick Paulson

59 species

Canada Goose  2

Wild Turkey  2

Mourning Dove  3

Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1

Eastern Whip-poor-will  8    Known location. Vocal early. 2 close, 3 down across fields, 3 towards military base.

American Woodcock  4

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1

Barred Owl  3

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Kingbird  2

Eastern Warbling Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  4

Blue Jay  2

Common Raven  2

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  3

Bank Swallow  4

Tree Swallow  1

Golden-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1

Northern House Wren  1

European Starling  10

Gray Catbird  1

Brown Thrasher  2

Eastern Bluebird  9

Veery  8

Hermit Thrush  5

American Robin  7

Cedar Waxwing  1

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  5

Grasshopper Sparrow  7    Quiet on the way in. Many called coming out after sunset.

Chipping Sparrow  10

Field Sparrow  10

Vesper Sparrow  1    Sang only once after sunset.

Song Sparrow  1

Swamp Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  10

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird  5

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  4

Ovenbird  8

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  1

American Redstart  1

Magnolia Warbler  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  1

Prairie Warbler  3

Northern Cardinal  2

Indigo Bunting  7    Spread out males singing. 3 seen.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S398063788