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

Black Birders’ Week 2021

May 30-June 5 Organized by The BlackAFInSTEM Collective – a collective that “seeks to support, uplift, and amplify Black Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics professionals in natural resources and the environment through professional development, career

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With reports of too close encounters with owls, it's time to check in and think about birding ethics. It is NEVER okay to approach roosting owls closely. The Brookline Bird Club’s code of Ethics

Black Birders’ Week 2021

May 30-June 5 Organized by The BlackAFInSTEM Collective – a collective that “seeks to support, uplift, and amplify Black Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics professionals in natural resources and the environment through professional development, career

Everybody Loves Owls

With reports of too close encounters with owls, it's time to check in and think about birding ethics. It is NEVER okay to approach roosting owls closely. The Brookline Bird Club’s code of Ethics

Black Birders’ Week 2021

May 30-June 5 Organized by The BlackAFInSTEM Collective – a collective that “seeks to support, uplift, and amplify Black Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics professionals in natural resources and the environment through professional development, career

Everybody Loves Owls

With reports of too close encounters with owls, it's time to check in and think about birding ethics. It is NEVER okay to approach roosting owls closely. The Brookline Bird Club’s code of Ethics

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