Great Meadows NWR–Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Aug 14, 2021 7:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    85 F and humid, sunny, rising to 92 F. Songbird numbers seemed lower than usual, and the water level in the impoundments was high, resulting in few shorebirds. Lily pad coverage was light.
38 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  13
Wood Duck  8
Mallard  5
Mourning Dove  4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Greater Yellowlegs  2
shorebird sp.  1
Ring-billed Gull  1
Great Blue Heron  3
Green Heron  1
Osprey  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Willow Flycatcher  3
Eastern Phoebe  1
Eastern Kingbird  2
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  2
Tree Swallow  7
Barn Swallow  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  3
Marsh Wren  5
Carolina Wren  2
Gray Catbird  4
American Robin  4
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  7
Song Sparrow  5
Swamp Sparrow  4
Baltimore Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Common Grackle  3
Yellow Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S93375322

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