Minute Man NHP, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 23, 2024 5:25 PM – 8:01 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.3 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club- Evening Walk at Minute Man NHP- Leader: Kathy Dia – Beautiful and clear after some rain this afternoon, 70’s F.
37 species (+1 other taxa)
Wild Turkey 2 Seen by a participant before the walk.
Mourning Dove 4
Common Nighthawk 1 Over the “Haymeadow” (Elm Brook) boardwalk. Two sightings, but may be the same bird. One or two more possible in the distance.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Brief, and my best guess by overall impression. Buteo; tail long for Red-tailed. One participant noted striped tail and I may have seen wing crescents.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Heard
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Heard
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Eastern Kingbird 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1 Heard
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
swallow sp. 1 Probably Tree
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 2
House Wren 2
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 2
Gray Catbird 9
Wood Thrush 4
American Robin 12
Cedar Waxwing 6
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 4
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 2
Baltimore Oriole 9
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Common Grackle 7
Common Yellowthroat 4
Yellow Warbler 3
Northern Cardinal 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S177250291
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