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