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

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

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