Pine Hill Rd. Grasslands, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Jun 11, 2022 6:00 PM – 8:59 PM
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Pine Hill Grasslands – Leader Nick Paulson – 13 participants. Mostly sunny with some wispy clouds, warm, mild wind. Painted Turtle laying eggs.
50 species
Wood Duck  1
Wild Turkey  1
Mourning Dove  2
Eastern Whip-poor-will  4    2 towards military base. 2 towards river.
Chimney Swift  2
Killdeer  1
American Woodcock  1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1
Barred Owl  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  4
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  4
Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  1
Blue Jay  6
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Tree Swallow  6
Bank Swallow  2
Barn Swallow (American)  8
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  1
Eastern Bluebird  8
Veery  1
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  6
Cedar Waxwing  1
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  3
Grasshopper Sparrow  6    2 first field. 4-6 second field.
Chipping Sparrow  12
Field Sparrow  10
Vesper Sparrow  2    At least two singing. One seen in flight.
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  1
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  1
Eastern Towhee  14
Baltimore Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  4
Ovenbird  1
Common Yellowthroat  2
Pine Warbler  1
Prairie Warbler  8
Scarlet Tanager  1
Indigo Bunting  4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S112886970

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