Minuteman NHP–Meriam’s Corner, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Mar 29, 2019 6:30 PM – 7:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.3 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – Woodcocks at Minute Man NHP – Leader: Kathy Dia – Light rain had just finished when we arrived and luckily there was no wind. Woodcocks began pient-ing at around 7:05
11 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 6
Mallard/American Black Duck 2
Wild Turkey 2
Mourning Dove 1
Killdeer 2
American Woodcock 7 Heard calling in all surrounding fields and watched display flight in Palumbo Field
Red-tailed Hawk 1 Perched
American Robin 6
European Starling 3
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Northern Cardinal 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S55378215
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