Great Meadows NWR–Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 23, 2021 6:27 AM – 9:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    70-80, sunny.
49 species
Canada Goose  8
Mute Swan  7    Not a good count of the young
Wood Duck  15    One family group of 8 with a second female that eventually took off
Mallard  2
Hooded Merganser  2
Mourning Dove  4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1    Singing presumably across river
Virginia Rail (Virginia)  5    1 at parking lot, 1 down to left, 3 calling to each other to right
Killdeer  1
Solitary Sandpiper  2    (Leader only?)
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Least Bittern  1
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)  6
Green Heron  1
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Willow Flycatcher  3
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Eastern Kingbird  5
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  4
Blue Jay  5
Tufted Titmouse  1
Tree Swallow  10
Barn Swallow (American)  6
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea)  2
House Wren (Northern)  1
Marsh Wren (palustris Group)  4
Gray Catbird  2
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  5
American Goldfinch  1
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  8
Swamp Sparrow  3
Orchard Oriole  1
Baltimore Oriole  3
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  25
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  40
Ovenbird  2
Common Yellowthroat  3
Yellow Warbler (Northern)  7
Pine Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S89126786

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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