Great Meadows NWR–Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Aug 17, 2018 5:30 PM – 7:40 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.4 mile(s)
Comments: BBC walk, HOT 90 degrees, clear skies. walk to Concord River with time spent on platform.
32 species
Canada Goose 9
Mute Swan 2
Wood Duck 30 many flying in to lower impoundment as sun set
Mallard 6
Mourning Dove 15
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Killdeer 2
Least Sandpiper 1 flyover, calling
Double-crested Cormorant 2 one immature on Concord River, one in lower impoundment
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 4
Belted Kingfisher 1 heard only
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1 calling from river
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 5
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 2
Barn Swallow (American) 24
Black-capped Chickadee 2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 2
Marsh Wren 5
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 3
Cedar Waxwing 2
American Goldfinch 3
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 4
Baltimore Oriole 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48715584
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