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

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

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