Bolton Flats WMA–Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

May 23, 2021 7:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Trip. Bolton Flats Canoe/Kayak. Leader Nickilas Paulson. 1 participant. Hot and muggy to start, but a nice breeze grew later to abate some of the heat.

60 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  15

Mute Swan  1

Wood Duck  4

Mallard  3

Northern Bobwhite  1    Continuing presumed release calling

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  25

Mourning Dove  6

Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1

Virginia Rail  4    1 Seen, 3 heard.

Common Gallinule  1    Rare local breeder. Harder to get recently. Heard one  along Still River. Had another possible in the flooded old farm field.

Sandhill Crane  1    Flushed from near old road into Still River. Kept head straight in flight, dark bill with red in face.

Killdeer  1

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Least Bittern  1    One called once from Still River cattails.

Great Blue Heron  6

Little Blue Heron  1    Adult flew from farm pond to main pond area. Then perched in dead tree multiple times. Ursula sent a photo, that I will add.

Green Heron  1

Turkey Vulture  4

Accipiter sp.  1

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Alder Flycatcher  2

Willow Flycatcher  10    Singing all over the marsh areas.

Eastern Phoebe  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Kingbird  8

Yellow-throated Vireo  1

Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  4

Blue Jay  2

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tree Swallow  20

Bank Swallow  1

Barn Swallow (American)  18

House Wren  2

Winter Wren  1

Marsh Wren  20    Very low estimate. Locally abundant breeder only in this location. Often could see/hear up to 8 at a time.

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  6

Gray Catbird  8

Eastern Bluebird  2

American Robin  8

Cedar Waxwing  4

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  6

Swamp Sparrow  1

Bobolink  1

Baltimore Oriole  14

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  40

Brown-headed Cowbird  6

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  30

Common Yellowthroat  5

American Redstart  1

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  8

Scarlet Tanager  1

Northern Cardinal  4

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S88929734