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

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Nuttall Club special event with Peter Kaestner

Peter Kaestner in his Search for 10,000 Species of Birds in the World - A Special Event Sponsored by the Nuttall Ornithological Club Peter Kaestner after seeing his 10,000th world bird species in the Philippines.

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

Nuttall Club special event with Peter Kaestner

Peter Kaestner in his Search for 10,000 Species of Birds in the World - A Special Event Sponsored by the Nuttall Ornithological Club Peter Kaestner after seeing his 10,000th world bird species in the Philippines.

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

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