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