Bolton Flats WMA–Pine Hill Rd. Grasslands, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Jun 22, 2024 5:49 AM – 11:04 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club -Pine Hill Rd. Grassland – Leader: Kathy Dia – Misty weather early, and mild temperatures, upper 60’s to low 70’s F, after a very hot week (upper 90’s F ). We had a large number of Grasshopper Sparrows, but no Vesper Sparrows. The surprise of the day was a young Black Bear on Pine Hill Rd. as we walked to the pond near the entrance! One person in the group mentioned that this is the time of year that two-year old males disperse from their mother, and perhaps that was the case with this bear.
48 species
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 2
Killdeer 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Osprey 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1 Calling repeatedly near the entrance.
Belted Kingfisher 1 flyover
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 1 Before the walk
Blue Jay 3
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Bank Swallow 4 Could be using the sand quarry banks
Tree Swallow 14
Barn Swallow 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
European Starling 6
Gray Catbird 1
Eastern Bluebird 7
Hermit Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 2
Cedar Waxwing 6
American Goldfinch 7
Grasshopper Sparrow 13 Conservative count. Four seen at once.
Chipping Sparrow 12
Field Sparrow 5
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 2
Song Sparrow 1 Before walk near the pond
Eastern Towhee 11
Bobolink 1 Spotted by Laura, in a tall pine shortly before the sand pile. Maybe the first that I have seen here, though it certainly seems like appropriate habitat.
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 2 At the pond
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Ovenbird 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1 Singing the tall pines near the sand pile
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 4 Two pairs by the pond at the entrance.
Pine Warbler 3
Prairie Warbler 10
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 5
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