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

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

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