Minute Man National Historical Park, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Sep 3, 2020 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC – Nighthawks @ Minute Man NHP – Leader: Kathy Dia – Sun breaking through after an overcast day. No Nighthawks, but some great birds! Brooks Village lot to Bloody Angle and back.
27 species (+1 other taxa)
duck sp.  1    Small duck seen briefly in flight (probably Wood Duck)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Virginia Rail  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Olive-sided Flycatcher  1    In the dead tree tops in the area just west of the Brooks Village lot. Photos will be added shortly!
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  9
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Tufted Titmouse  6
Barn Swallow  12
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Carolina Wren  1
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  1
Eastern Bluebird  3
American Robin  9
Cedar Waxwing  8
House Finch  6
American Goldfinch  6
Baltimore Oriole  2
Common Grackle  4
Common Yellowthroat  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S73856056

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

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