Great Meadows NWR–Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 25, 2025 6:33 AM – 9:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: 50, nice start, wind picked way up as we entered the woods and it became hard to hear anything. BBC trip, J. Forbes leader. jason@brewsterslinnet.com if anyone wants the list shared
47 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 7
Wood Duck 4
Mallard 1
duck sp. 12 Ducklings without an adult visible, probably Wood
Wild Turkey 1 Gobbling across river
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 100 Probably a vast undercount
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Virginia Rail 1
Least Bittern 1 Popped up briefly right as the dike trail turns right
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 3
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey (American) 1
Bald Eagle 2 Adult and young imm
Broad-winged Hawk 1 Molty imm
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 4
hawk sp. 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Willow Flycatcher 7 Min
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 5
Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Distantly singing across the river, expected a closer one later but no luck
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 6
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Tree Swallow 3
Barn Swallow (American) 10
Cliff Swallow (pyrrhonota Group) 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Eastern) 1
Marsh Wren (palustris Group) 4
Gray Catbird 2
American Robin 5
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 2
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 10
Swamp Sparrow 1
Baltimore Oriole 3
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 30
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 40
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 1 Singing deep in the riverside woods by the bridge to left
Common Yellowthroat 5
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 10
Wilson’s Warbler 1 Probably lesser only, singing a couple times across river
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S249377524
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