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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