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
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