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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Brookline Bird Club 2017 Statistical and Year-End Report By Sabrina Hepburn, Club Statistician Beginning in 2016, the Brookline Bird Club made a significant shift in how we keep records and club trip reports. instead of [...]
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