Great Meadows NWR–Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
17-Aug-2023 17:30 – 20:12
Protocol: Traveling
2.535 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club- Great Meadows NWR- overcast, 70’s F, we walked to the boat launch and then to Borden’s Pond.
39 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose  14
Wood Duck  15
Mallard  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2    These look like Homing Pigeons or other white domestic doves used in “release” at wedding ceremonies or the like. More streamlined than Rock Pigeons.
Mourning Dove  2
Common Nighthawk  0
Chimney Swift  17
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Least Sandpiper  1    Heard “preet” call.
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  4
Green Heron  2
Osprey  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Willow Flycatcher  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Eastern Kingbird  6
Blue Jay  2
Tufted Titmouse  3
Tree Swallow  6
Barn Swallow  30
swallow sp.  50
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  4
Marsh Wren  3
European Starling  1
Gray Catbird  6
American Robin  3
Cedar Waxwing  5
American Goldfinch  12
Song Sparrow  8
Swamp Sparrow  1
Baltimore Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  21
Common Grackle  1
blackbird sp.  200    Huge flock on the horizon. Probably Red-winged Blackbirds; checking photos.
Common Yellowthroat  2
Yellow Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S147742641

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