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

17-Aug-2023 17:30 – 20:12

Protocol: Traveling

2.535 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club- Great Meadows NWR- overcast, 70’s F, we walked to the boat launch and then to Borden’s Pond.

39 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  14

Wood Duck  15

Mallard  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2    These look like Homing Pigeons or other white domestic doves used in “release” at wedding ceremonies or the like. More streamlined than Rock Pigeons.

Mourning Dove  2

Common Nighthawk  0

Chimney Swift  17

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2

Least Sandpiper  1    Heard “preet” call.

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Great Blue Heron  4

Green Heron  2

Osprey  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2

Willow Flycatcher  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Eastern Kingbird  6

Blue Jay  2

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  6

Barn Swallow  30

swallow sp.  50

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  4

Marsh Wren  3

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  6

American Robin  3

Cedar Waxwing  5

American Goldfinch  12

Song Sparrow  8

Swamp Sparrow  1

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  21

Common Grackle  1

blackbird sp.  200    Huge flock on the horizon. Probably Red-winged Blackbirds; checking photos.

Common Yellowthroat  2

Yellow Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S147742641