Minute Man NHP–Hartwell Area, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 19, 2022 7:37 AM – 10:07 AM
Checklist Comments:    BBC- Late Migrants at Minute Man- Hartwell area- 58F overcast with light drizzle.
39 species
Canada Goose  2
Mourning Dove  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Pileated Woodpecker  1    Heard near vernal pool
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Eastern Phoebe  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Red-eyed Vireo  5
Blue Jay  4
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
House Wren  3
Gray Catbird  8
Veery  1
Swainson’s Thrush  2    One on Vernal Pool Trail, one in lot.
Wood Thrush  2    Singing near vernal pool
American Robin  12
House Sparrow  2
American Goldfinch  4
Chipping Sparrow  1
Baltimore Oriole  8
Red-winged Blackbird  5
Common Grackle  2
Ovenbird  2
Blue-winged Warbler  2    Brushy edges of Battle Rd.
American Redstart  6
Northern Parula  1
Magnolia Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  4    Most impossible to see , but sining loudly (for Blackpolls), and one was visible at middle height in a treein the lot.
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1    Heard
Pine Warbler  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Canada Warbler  1    In brush just behind lot; heard and seen well. Unfortunately just after the walk.
Scarlet Tanager  1    Heard near tavern
Northern Cardinal  3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  5
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S110696588

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