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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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