Minute Man NHP–Hartwell Area, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

May 29, 2025 5:35 PM – 8:18 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.041 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, 5 including 2 leaders.

42 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  1

Mute Swan  5

Wild Turkey  2

Mourning Dove  6

Chimney Swift  5

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  2

Hairy Woodpecker  2

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  3

Willow Flycatcher  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  6

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  2

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  6

swallow sp.  1

Brown Creeper  1

Winter Wren  1

Gray Catbird  5

Northern Mockingbird  1

Swainson’s Thrush  1

Wood Thrush  6

American Robin  14

Cedar Waxwing  3

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  1

Swamp Sparrow  1

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Ovenbird  1

Blue-winged Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  4

American Redstart  5

Yellow Warbler  4

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  1

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S246117398

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