Great Meadows NWR–Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Jul 25, 2020 7:00 AM – 4:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    This was a limited-participation Brookline Bird Club trip using club-developed coronavirus policies. 72 degrees at the start, no wind, sunny, rising to 88 degress by end of trip. Water levels in impoundments very low, near total lotus cover.
35 species (+4 other taxa)
Canada Goose  7
Wood Duck  2
Mallard  6
Mourning Dove  2
Virginia Rail  1    Along the dike, very vocal.
shorebird sp.  3
Great Blue Heron  22    Almost all were streaming, a couple at a time,  in the same direction toward nesting area.
Great Egret  1
Osprey  1
hawk sp.  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  4
Willow Flycatcher  2
Empidonax sp.  2
Eastern Kingbird  2
Warbling Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  3
Fish Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  1
Barn Swallow  1
swallow sp.  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Marsh Wren  18    It’s July at Great Meadows. This is a typical count, and these birds were counted serially along the dike.
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  1
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  X
Cedar Waxwing  1
American Goldfinch  7
Chipping Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  7
Swamp Sparrow  4
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Common Yellowthroat  3
Yellow Warbler  3
Northern Cardinal  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S71941265

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