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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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    Marshfield - Daniel Webster MAS Wildlife Sanctuary 169 Winslow Cemetery Rd, Marshfield, MA, United States

    Part of our Bring Back Boblinks conservation series. Walk among open fields where we are likely to see and hear bobolinks, Our early start increases the likelihood that we will hear the bobolinks’ burbling morning song. Be prepared for muddy trails, depending on recent rainfall. Trails are mostly flat.

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    Norfolk - Norfolk Airport - River Rd entrance west from 60 River Rd, Norfolk, MA, United States

    Adding to our Bobolink conservation series. Observe and appreciate Bobolinks in breeding habitat! Bobolinks are nesting throughout the airport. We will walk the runways less than 2 miles walking total.  This area is all grasslands, around 400 acres.

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    Winthrop - Belle Isle March and Marine Ecology Park Banks Street, Winthrop, MA, United States

    Joint with Mass Audubon BNC. Join us to observe resident birds and spring migrants in a unique urban habitat that is a favorite for many bird species, including uncommon and rare flycatchers, swallows & warblers. Birders of all levels will enjoy this walk. The trails are generally flat and easy to walk. A water bottle,

  • Bring Back Bobolinks: Bobolink Walk at Appleton Farms Ipswich with the Grasslands Survey Team (New!)

    Ipswich - Appleton Farms paid parking, free for TTOR members 219 County Road, Ipswich, MA, United States

    New addition to our Bring Back Bobolinks conservation series. Rani date July 2 - check with leader in case of rain. Join new BBC members and Trustees Grassland Birds Monitoring Project volunteers Andy and Tina Haubert on their regular survey at this well known location for breeding and nesting Bobolinks.  We’ll observe field marks, song,

  • Quabbin Reservoir

    Quabbin Reservoir - Gate 10 235 Daniel Shays Hwy, Pelham, MA, United States

    Join Glenn on a 5-to-6-mile walk through a very birdy area with species ranging from Broad-winged Hawk to Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Blue-headed Vireo, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Baltimore Oriole, and lots of stuff in between. (Maybe a moose or a bobcat!) Co-sponsored with the South Shore Bird Club.

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