Minute Man NHP–Hartwell Area, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 21, 2021 6:56 AM – 9:22 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.4 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC- Late Spring Migrants at Minute Man NHP- Leader: Kathy Dis. Overcast with light breeze, 50’s to 70’s F.
36 species (+1 other taxa)
Mourning Dove  2
Great Blue Heron  1
Accipiter sp.  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Eastern Phoebe  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  4
Red-eyed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  7
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  3
Gray Catbird  6
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  20
Cedar Waxwing  2
American Goldfinch  4
Chipping Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  2
Baltimore Oriole  10
Red-winged Blackbird  1
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
Common Grackle  2
Blue-winged Warbler  2
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  2
American Redstart  5
Blackpoll Warbler  2
Pine Warbler  1
Scarlet Tanager  3
Northern Cardinal  3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  7
Indigo Bunting  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S88663755

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