Great Meadows NWR–Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
25-Mar-2023 07:27 – 10:27
Protocol: Traveling
2.986 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club- Great Meadows NWR- Leaders: Cris VanDyke and Kathy Dia. Cloudy but mild, 30’s F. We walked around the entire lower impoundment, taking a short detour onto the Timber Tr. and returning on the railroad grade.
36 species
Canada Goose  310
Mute Swan  6
Wood Duck  30
Mallard  14
Green-winged Teal (American)  2
Common Goldeneye  8
Hooded Merganser  5
Common Merganser  4
Mourning Dove  4
American Coot  1
Killdeer  2
Ring-billed Gull  5
Great Blue Heron  1
Northern Harrier  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  7
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  5
American Crow  5
Fish Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  16
Tufted Titmouse  5
Tree Swallow  13
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  5
Eastern Bluebird  3
American Robin  8
American Goldfinch  20
American Tree Sparrow  3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2
White-throated Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  30
Swamp Sparrow  4
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  60
Common Grackle  80
Northern Cardinal  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S131788852

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