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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 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

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