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Bolton Flats WMA–Pine Hill Rd. Grasslands, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Jun 13, 2026 7:48 AM – 10:02 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.733 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    My Brookline Bird Club Summer Solstice Saunter Trip. 

Wx: 77°F, sunny, light breeze.

31 species

Mourning Dove  2

Killdeer  1

Turkey Vulture  2

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Northern Flicker  4

Yellow-throated Vireo  1

Blue-headed Vireo  1    Heard at Parking area.

Eastern Warbling Vireo  2

Red-eyed Vireo  3

Blue Jay  4

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  9

Barn Swallow  2

Northern House Wren  4

Eastern Bluebird  7

American Robin  6

Cedar Waxwing  4

American Goldfinch  6

Grasshopper Sparrow  7    Grasshopper sparrows seen and heard singing from sparse shrubs all along the path.

Chipping Sparrow  13

Field Sparrow  10

Song Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  6

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Ovenbird  4

Common Yellowthroat  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  2

Prairie Warbler  7

Indigo Bunting  8    Indigo buntings singing consistently as we walked the path.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S357323881

Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Jun 13, 2026 11:42 AM – 11:59 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.186 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    My Brookline Bird Club Summer Solstice Saunter Trip.

Wx: 77°F, sunny, light breeze. 

Spent an hour walking the path from the parking lot, adjacent to the wetland.

23 species

Mourning Dove  1

Virginia Rail  1    Heard calling from the marsh.

American Woodcock  1    One bird flew low over the path.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Hairy Woodpecker  3

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Eastern Warbling Vireo  3

Red-eyed Vireo  7

Common Raven  1    Heard calling off in the distance.

Tree Swallow  5

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Gray Catbird  6

American Robin  4

House Sparrow  3

American Goldfinch  4

Song Sparrow  5

Swamp Sparrow  2

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  16

Common Grackle  3

Common Yellowthroat  3

American Redstart  5

Northern Yellow Warbler  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S357323894

Jumptown Spectator Parking, Franklin, Massachusetts, US

Jun 13, 2026 1:59 PM – 2:56 PM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    My Brookline Bird Club Summer Solstice Saunter Trip.

Wx: 84°F, sunny, light breeze.

12 species

Killdeer  1

American Kestrel  1    Saw flying over the runway near the main buildings.

Blue Jay  1

American Crow  3

Fish Crow  1    Heard calling and seen over the airfield.

Black-capped Chickadee  1

European Starling  2

Northern Mockingbird  2

Eastern Bluebird  2

American Robin  1

Chipping Sparrow  3

Vesper Sparrow  2    Saw two birds sitting on the fence and heard both of them singing!

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S357323913

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