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

May 21, 2026 7:04 AM – 9:28 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.927 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club – Late Spring Migrants at Minute Man NHP – Leader: Kathy Dia – overcast low 60’s F. Walked to Bloody Angle and back behind Hartwell Tavern.

32 species (+1 other taxa)

Mourning Dove  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1    *Rare but regular nester at this location. The sapsuckers first nested here in 2023. I (Kathy) heard and saw the pair this year on April 15 closer to the restrooms. Likely nesting in the vernal pool vicinity. Seen today near the British soldier grave near the Bloody Angle. Male called briefly and demonstrating its arrhythmic tapping. This is one of only a handful of nesting pairs in eastern MA.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  8

crow sp.  1    A crow flew by chased by a blackbird; we thought we may have been hearing Fish Crow just prior to this, but css as by confirm.

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tufted Titmouse  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1    Heard

Northern House Wren (Northern)  1

Gray Catbird  4

Wood Thrush  2

American Robin  20

Cedar Waxwing  8

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  8

Baltimore Oriole  5

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  3

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Ovenbird  2

Blue-winged Warbler  2

Tennessee Warbler  1    Heard behind Hartwell.

American Redstart  4

Bay-breasted Warbler  1

Blackpoll Warbler  2

Scarlet Tanager  1

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3

Indigo Bunting  1    Heard between restrooms and Hartwell Tavern (usual breeding spot)

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S343513118