Great Meadows NWR–Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 29, 2022 6:33 AM – 9:36 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.25 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: 68, sunny. Full loop.
BBC walk, J. Forbes leader. Lot of distant heard only things on here.
46 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 25
Mute Swan 1
Wood Duck 10
Mallard 12
Hooded Merganser 2
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4
Common Gallinule 1 Frustratingly brief leader only bird from the bench along the river to the left. Across the pool, slightly the right is a gap in the cattails with low vegetation. Had a couple second view of a slaty coot-like bird with some red above the bill, body was obscured by vegetation. Bird moved back behind the reeds and that was it.
Killdeer 2
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 3
Osprey (carolinensis) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Willow Flycatcher 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 4
Blue Jay 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Tree Swallow 7
Barn Swallow (American) 3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1
Brown Creeper 1
Marsh Wren (palustris Group) 4
Gray Catbird 3
American Robin 3
Cedar Waxwing 2
American Goldfinch 4
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 10
Swamp Sparrow 3
Baltimore Oriole 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 20
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 30
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 8
Pine Warbler 1
warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 1 Snippet of song along railroad bed
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S111688257