Minute Man National Historical Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 31, 2019 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Comments:    BBC – Minute Man National Historical Park – Leader: Kathy Dia – 60’s F . We walked a briefly west to listen for the Mourning Warbler heard there this morning without luck. Then east to the boardwalk where we did find the Alder Flycatcher, continuing to the Hartwell area where we did see the Indigo Bunting and returning to the boardwalk to watch for Nighthawks (none this year).
30 species
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  7
Great Blue Heron  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Alder Flycatcher  1    Heard clearly singing “freebee-o” from Elm Brook boardwalk (same location I saw/heard it this morning).
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  4
Tree Swallow  2
Tufted Titmouse  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Wood Thrush  3
American Robin  10
Gray Catbird  6
European Starling  2
Cedar Waxwing  3
American Goldfinch  4
Chipping Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  6
Swamp Sparrow  2
Baltimore Oriole  3
Red-winged Blackbird  7
Ovenbird  3
Common Yellowthroat  7
Yellow Warbler  5
Northern Cardinal  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S56954291

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