Great Meadows NWR–Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
30-Mar-2024 07:15 – 10:10
Protocol: Traveling
3.6 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club- Great Meadows NWR- Leaders: Cris Van Dyke and Kathy Dia – Upper 30’s to mid- 40″s F; windy conditions 20-25 mph WNW with gusts to 44. The impoundments are quite flooded after several days of rain, and were not accessible without 10″ boots. Instead, we walked out the rail trail and Timber Tr. A trip extension took 8 of us to the Waste Water Treatment Facility.
32 species
Canada Goose 42
Mute Swan 9
Wood Duck 9
Mallard 4
American Black Duck 3
Hooded Merganser 2
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 3
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 6
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 5
Black-capped Chickadee 20
Tufted Titmouse 22
Tree Swallow 25
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 9
Brown Creeper 1
Marsh Wren 1 Heard by Cris before the walk, and Kathy & Jay after the walk, on the dike between the first bridge and the observation platform.
Carolina Wren 3
Eastern Bluebird 4
American Robin 14
American Goldfinch 32
American Tree Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 10
Song Sparrow 14
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 35
Common Grackle 40
Northern Cardinal 5
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S166778054
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