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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

ANNUAL REPORT 1988

THE 1988 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician In 1988, the Brookline Bird Club scheduled 202 field trips: eighty-three all-day, ninety-one morning, and twenty-five afternoon or evening trips. In addition there were three BBC [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1987

THE 1987 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 1987, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species and one additional race on 198 recorded field trips. A total of 220 trips were scheduled; eleven [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1986

THE 1986 STATISTICAL REPORT by Mary Lou Barnett, Statistician During 1986 the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 birds including 21 write-ins. These unusual sightings included the following: Yellow-throated Warbler            Brewster           1-5 Hoary Redpoll                           Newburyport    3-15 Jackdaw                                    Nantucket         3-16 Eared Grebe                              North Scituate  3-22 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1985

STATISTICAL REPORT 1985 by Mary L. Barnett, Statistician “Come in, Barn Owl. We're at the Salt Pans. The Tundra Swan just landed.” BBC CB Radio Patrol 12-7-1985 The Birding Highlight of 1985 was the proliferation [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1984

STATISTICAL REPORT-1984  Our Life List is a storehouse of rich memories to which we added this year the monarch of shorebirds, the Long-billed Curlew, on the 9th of June. Like an echo, to the same [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1983

1983 BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB STATISTICAL REPORT During 1983 the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 Massachusetts species, and identified an additional six hybrids, subspecies, color morphs, or exotics, totaling 306 in all. Trips to Maine added [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1988

THE 1988 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician In 1988, the Brookline Bird Club scheduled 202 field trips: eighty-three all-day, ninety-one morning, and twenty-five afternoon or evening trips. In addition there were three BBC [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1987

THE 1987 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 1987, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species and one additional race on 198 recorded field trips. A total of 220 trips were scheduled; eleven [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1986

THE 1986 STATISTICAL REPORT by Mary Lou Barnett, Statistician During 1986 the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 birds including 21 write-ins. These unusual sightings included the following: Yellow-throated Warbler            Brewster           1-5 Hoary Redpoll                           Newburyport    3-15 Jackdaw                                    Nantucket         3-16 Eared Grebe                              North Scituate  3-22 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1985

STATISTICAL REPORT 1985 by Mary L. Barnett, Statistician “Come in, Barn Owl. We're at the Salt Pans. The Tundra Swan just landed.” BBC CB Radio Patrol 12-7-1985 The Birding Highlight of 1985 was the proliferation [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1984

STATISTICAL REPORT-1984  Our Life List is a storehouse of rich memories to which we added this year the monarch of shorebirds, the Long-billed Curlew, on the 9th of June. Like an echo, to the same [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1983

1983 BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB STATISTICAL REPORT During 1983 the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 Massachusetts species, and identified an additional six hybrids, subspecies, color morphs, or exotics, totaling 306 in all. Trips to Maine added [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1988

THE 1988 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician In 1988, the Brookline Bird Club scheduled 202 field trips: eighty-three all-day, ninety-one morning, and twenty-five afternoon or evening trips. In addition there were three BBC [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1987

THE 1987 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 1987, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species and one additional race on 198 recorded field trips. A total of 220 trips were scheduled; eleven [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1986

THE 1986 STATISTICAL REPORT by Mary Lou Barnett, Statistician During 1986 the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 birds including 21 write-ins. These unusual sightings included the following: Yellow-throated Warbler            Brewster           1-5 Hoary Redpoll                           Newburyport    3-15 Jackdaw                                    Nantucket         3-16 Eared Grebe                              North Scituate  3-22 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1985

STATISTICAL REPORT 1985 by Mary L. Barnett, Statistician “Come in, Barn Owl. We're at the Salt Pans. The Tundra Swan just landed.” BBC CB Radio Patrol 12-7-1985 The Birding Highlight of 1985 was the proliferation [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1984

STATISTICAL REPORT-1984  Our Life List is a storehouse of rich memories to which we added this year the monarch of shorebirds, the Long-billed Curlew, on the 9th of June. Like an echo, to the same [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1983

1983 BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB STATISTICAL REPORT During 1983 the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 Massachusetts species, and identified an additional six hybrids, subspecies, color morphs, or exotics, totaling 306 in all. Trips to Maine added [...]

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