Bolton Flats WMA–Pine Hill Rd. Grasslands, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
10-Jun-2023 18:00 – 20:54
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Pine Hill Grassland section of Bolton Flats WMA. Leader Nickilas Paulson. 5 participants. Mix of sun and clouds and drizzle to start. Then we retreated when one larger cell, with lightning and wind, passed over the far field. After it passed, we had a great view of a full double rainbow. As we waited for the whip-poor-will’s we got to see the fog forming in the fields.
41 species
Wild Turkey  5
Mourning Dove  5
Common Nighthawk  3
Eastern Whip-poor-will  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Killdeer  1
American Woodcock  2
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1
Great Horned Owl  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Eastern Kingbird  4
Yellow-throated Vireo  3
Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Tree Swallow  8
Barn Swallow (American)  4
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  1
Eastern Bluebird  14
Veery  1
American Robin  13
Cedar Waxwing  4
House Finch  1
Grasshopper Sparrow  15    Minimum. Many seen. Several kept singing after sunset. Several birds seen carrying food, one carrying nesting material.
Chipping Sparrow  14
Field Sparrow  8
Vesper Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  2
Eastern Towhee  6
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  22
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  5
Ovenbird  1
American Redstart  1
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  1
Pine Warbler  2
Prairie Warbler  5
Northern Cardinal  2
Indigo Bunting  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S141260043

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The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

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ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

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