Great Meadows NWR–Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 4, 2025 6:50 AM – 10:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.93 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC walk, about 16 including leader
53 species
Canada Goose 31
Mute Swan 2
Wood Duck 27
Mallard 11
Mourning Dove 10
Wilson’s Snipe 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 5
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 2
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 7
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 5
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 13
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 9
Tree Swallow 24
Barn Swallow 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Marsh Wren 12
Gray Catbird 12
American Robin 21
American Goldfinch 10
Song Sparrow 21
Swamp Sparrow 9
Baltimore Oriole 10
Red-winged Blackbird 75
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 34
Ovenbird 1
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 5
Northern Parula 3
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 27
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S233014503
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