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
Volunteers Needed for Grassland Bird Monitoring
Isabel Bronson, a Land Stewardship Coordinator serving with the Trustees of Reservations, is seeking volunteers to participate in a grassland bird monitoring community science program at Chestnut Hill Farm, The Fruitlands, Old Town Hill,
Donation to Friends of Belle Isle Marsh
On behalf of the Brookline Bird Club, the BBC Conservation & Education Committee is pleased to announce a donation of $250 to support the conservation and education work of the Friends of Belle Isle Marsh,
BBC Extreme Pelagic August 27-28, 2022 – Trip Report
Date - 6:00 AM 8/27/22 (Saturday) to 5:00 PM 8/28/22 (Sunday) Weather - Variable. Saturday started out cloudy as we headed out over the Nantucket shoals to sunny as we hit the shelf edge. Winds
Piping Plover Donation
We are pleased to announce a BBC conservation donation of $250 to support the Piping Plover Ambassadors, a group of volunteers who, since 2017, have been dedicated to protecting the Piping Plovers nesting at
Update from Hog Island Scholarship Recipients
Our 2022 Bill Drummond Young Birder Scholarship recipients, Jocelyn Pyne and Johnny Owens, report that they had wonderful experiences in June in the Coastal Maine Bird Study for Teens program
Buy a Duck Stamp to Support National Wildlife Refuges
As birders, we treasure our birding visits to national wildlife refuges locally and nationally. Of the 32 refuges in New England, 11 are in Massachusetts, including Parker River, Monomoy, Great Meadows, Oxbow, and Assabet
Volunteers Needed for Grassland Bird Monitoring
Isabel Bronson, a Land Stewardship Coordinator serving with the Trustees of Reservations, is seeking volunteers to participate in a grassland bird monitoring community science program at Chestnut Hill Farm, The Fruitlands, Old Town Hill,
Donation to Friends of Belle Isle Marsh
On behalf of the Brookline Bird Club, the BBC Conservation & Education Committee is pleased to announce a donation of $250 to support the conservation and education work of the Friends of Belle Isle Marsh,
BBC Extreme Pelagic August 27-28, 2022 – Trip Report
Date - 6:00 AM 8/27/22 (Saturday) to 5:00 PM 8/28/22 (Sunday) Weather - Variable. Saturday started out cloudy as we headed out over the Nantucket shoals to sunny as we hit the shelf edge. Winds
Piping Plover Donation
We are pleased to announce a BBC conservation donation of $250 to support the Piping Plover Ambassadors, a group of volunteers who, since 2017, have been dedicated to protecting the Piping Plovers nesting at
Update from Hog Island Scholarship Recipients
Our 2022 Bill Drummond Young Birder Scholarship recipients, Jocelyn Pyne and Johnny Owens, report that they had wonderful experiences in June in the Coastal Maine Bird Study for Teens program
Buy a Duck Stamp to Support National Wildlife Refuges
As birders, we treasure our birding visits to national wildlife refuges locally and nationally. Of the 32 refuges in New England, 11 are in Massachusetts, including Parker River, Monomoy, Great Meadows, Oxbow, and Assabet
Volunteers Needed for Grassland Bird Monitoring
Isabel Bronson, a Land Stewardship Coordinator serving with the Trustees of Reservations, is seeking volunteers to participate in a grassland bird monitoring community science program at Chestnut Hill Farm, The Fruitlands, Old Town Hill,
Donation to Friends of Belle Isle Marsh
On behalf of the Brookline Bird Club, the BBC Conservation & Education Committee is pleased to announce a donation of $250 to support the conservation and education work of the Friends of Belle Isle Marsh,
BBC Extreme Pelagic August 27-28, 2022 – Trip Report
Date - 6:00 AM 8/27/22 (Saturday) to 5:00 PM 8/28/22 (Sunday) Weather - Variable. Saturday started out cloudy as we headed out over the Nantucket shoals to sunny as we hit the shelf edge. Winds
Piping Plover Donation
We are pleased to announce a BBC conservation donation of $250 to support the Piping Plover Ambassadors, a group of volunteers who, since 2017, have been dedicated to protecting the Piping Plovers nesting at
Update from Hog Island Scholarship Recipients
Our 2022 Bill Drummond Young Birder Scholarship recipients, Jocelyn Pyne and Johnny Owens, report that they had wonderful experiences in June in the Coastal Maine Bird Study for Teens program
Buy a Duck Stamp to Support National Wildlife Refuges
As birders, we treasure our birding visits to national wildlife refuges locally and nationally. Of the 32 refuges in New England, 11 are in Massachusetts, including Parker River, Monomoy, Great Meadows, Oxbow, and Assabet
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