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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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ANNUAL REPORT 1982

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ANNUAL REPORT 1981

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ANNUAL REPORT 1980

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ANNUAL REPORT 1985

STATISTICAL REPORT 1985 by Mary L. Barnett, Statistician “Come in, Barn Owl. We're at the Salt Pans. The Tundra Swan just landed.” BBC CB Radio Patrol 12-7-1985 The Birding Highlight of 1985 was the proliferation [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1984

STATISTICAL REPORT-1984  Our Life List is a storehouse of rich memories to which we added this year the monarch of shorebirds, the Long-billed Curlew, on the 9th of June. Like an echo, to the same [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1983

1983 BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB STATISTICAL REPORT During 1983 the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 Massachusetts species, and identified an additional six hybrids, subspecies, color morphs, or exotics, totaling 306 in all. Trips to Maine added [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1982

1982 STATISTICAL REPORT  In 1982 the Brookline Bird Club enriched its Massachu-setts Life Species List to 376 with the addition of Townsend's Solitaire, viewed at West Tisbury on January 3rd. Dr. Bob Timberlake’s Falmouth trip [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1981

1981 STATISTICAL REPORT “My heart is warm with the friends I make And better friends I'll not be knowing There isn’t a [bird trip] I wouldn’t take No matter where it’s going!” (with apologies to [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1980

1980 STATISTICAL REPORT  During 1980 the Brookline Bird Club observed 313 species of birds as follows: Massachusetts, 299 species; New Hampshire, two additional species; New Jersey to North Carolina, 12 additional species. The 14 species [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1985

STATISTICAL REPORT 1985 by Mary L. Barnett, Statistician “Come in, Barn Owl. We're at the Salt Pans. The Tundra Swan just landed.” BBC CB Radio Patrol 12-7-1985 The Birding Highlight of 1985 was the proliferation [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1984

STATISTICAL REPORT-1984  Our Life List is a storehouse of rich memories to which we added this year the monarch of shorebirds, the Long-billed Curlew, on the 9th of June. Like an echo, to the same [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1983

1983 BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB STATISTICAL REPORT During 1983 the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 Massachusetts species, and identified an additional six hybrids, subspecies, color morphs, or exotics, totaling 306 in all. Trips to Maine added [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1982

1982 STATISTICAL REPORT  In 1982 the Brookline Bird Club enriched its Massachu-setts Life Species List to 376 with the addition of Townsend's Solitaire, viewed at West Tisbury on January 3rd. Dr. Bob Timberlake’s Falmouth trip [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1981

1981 STATISTICAL REPORT “My heart is warm with the friends I make And better friends I'll not be knowing There isn’t a [bird trip] I wouldn’t take No matter where it’s going!” (with apologies to [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1980

1980 STATISTICAL REPORT  During 1980 the Brookline Bird Club observed 313 species of birds as follows: Massachusetts, 299 species; New Hampshire, two additional species; New Jersey to North Carolina, 12 additional species. The 14 species [...]

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