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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