Minute Man National Historical Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 26, 2022 5:30 PM – 7:31 PM
Checklist Comments:    BBC- Evening Walk at Minute Man NHP, Lincoln – Sunny and clear but breezy; 60’s F.
35 species
Wood Duck  2
American Black Duck  2
Killdeer  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1    Seen before the walk.
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1    Heard
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
Northern Flicker  1    Heard at Bloody Angle
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Willow Flycatcher  1    Singing “fitz bew” sneezy song, at Elm Brook boardwalk.
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Blue Jay  5
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
Tree Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2
Carolina Wren  2
Gray Catbird  8
Wood Thrush  1    Singing in wooded area just past Elm Brook boardwalk.
American Robin  4
Cedar Waxwing  3
House Sparrow  4
American Goldfinch  4
Chipping Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  5
Swamp Sparrow  2
Eastern Towhee  1
Baltimore Oriole  2    Heard but not seen
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Common Grackle  2
Blue-winged Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  3
Yellow Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S111467152

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