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Great Meadows NWR–Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Aug 21, 2025 5:59 PM – 8:07 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.616 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club- Great Meadows NWR – Leaders: Cris Van Dyke and Kathy Dia – Seasonably mild 60’s F. No Nighthawks.

32 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  15

Mute Swan  3

Wood Duck  140    Many flocks of 10-30 at a time coming in to roost for the night.

Mallard  40

Mourning Dove  5

Chimney Swift  25

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3

Solitary Sandpiper  1

Black-crowned Night Heron  1

Great Blue Heron  4

Northern Harrier  1

Belted Kingfisher  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill’s Flycatcher)  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1    Heard

Eastern Kingbird  3

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Barn Swallow  40

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Marsh Wren  2

Carolina Wren  1

Gray Catbird  3

American Robin  2

Cedar Waxwing  16

American Goldfinch  10

Song Sparrow  6

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  4

Common Yellowthroat  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S269059519

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