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

Jun 21, 2026 5:18 AM – 9:47 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.547 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club – Pine Hill Road Grassland – Leader: Kathy Dia – lovely  Father’s Day morning. Perfect weather and no bugs.

52 species (+1 other taxa)

Wood Duck  5

Wild Turkey  14

Mourning Dove  9

Great Blue Heron  2

Osprey  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Buteo sp.  1    Quite distant

Barred Owl  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3

Eastern Phoebe  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  4

Yellow-throated Vireo  2

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Eastern Warbling Vireo  1

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  5

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  5

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  3

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2

Gray Catbird  5

Brown Thrasher  1

Eastern Bluebird  8

Veery  2

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  4

Cedar Waxwing  6

American Goldfinch  7

Grasshopper Sparrow  15    Careful count (with a clicker) starting quite early and covering three fields.

Chipping Sparrow  13

Field Sparrow  11    Including young

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  2

Eastern Towhee  10

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  4

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  2

Ovenbird  5

Common Yellowthroat  1

American Redstart  2

Northern Yellow Warbler  1

Pine Warbler  6

Prairie Warbler  9

Scarlet Tanager  2

Northern Cardinal  1

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

Indigo Bunting  10    Not atypical for this location if covering three or more fields.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S361618010

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BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

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