Great Meadows NWR–Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 27, 2018 6:23 AM – 9:02 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC/MBC trip, J. Forbes leader
50, cloudy, misting off and on. Very windy in places.
44 species
Canada Goose 15
Mute Swan 3
Wood Duck 3
Mallard (Northern) 2
Hooded Merganser 1
Least Bittern 1 Brief flight view just beyond bench, one of the participants called two birds
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 2
Osprey (carolinensis) 1 Perched on the same box as last week
Virginia Rail 2
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Willow Flycatcher 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 3
Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Singing a good ways down to the right, at one of the cuts out to the river
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 4
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Tree Swallow 20
Barn Swallow (American) 20
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Marsh Wren (palustris Group) 8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea) 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 3
Common Yellowthroat 3
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 5
Pine Warbler 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 4
Swamp Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Baltimore Oriole 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 30
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 50
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46092903
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