Great Meadows NWR–Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Mar 27, 2021 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    A fine, sunny day with little breeze. There was no emergent vegetation yet in the impoundments, making for great visibility. A few species always or usually present on this trip in the past were missing: GBH, Belted Kingfisher, Eastern Bluebird. Count of Red-winged Blackbird is best estimate. We did not get to the loop around the lower impoundment. Thanks to all participants.
35 species
Canada Goose  25
Mute Swan  2
Wood Duck  18
Northern Shoveler  1
Mallard  6
American Black Duck  2
Ring-necked Duck  8
Bufflehead  2
Common Goldeneye  2
Hooded Merganser  8
Red-breasted Merganser  1
Wild Turkey  1
Mourning Dove  4
Killdeer  1
Bald Eagle  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  4
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  5
Fish Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  4
Tree Swallow  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  3
Carolina Wren  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  1
American Goldfinch  5
Song Sparrow  12
Red-winged Blackbird  140
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
Common Grackle  5
Northern Cardinal  4
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