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

18-Aug-2022 17:51 – 19:57

Protocol: Traveling

0.75 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC- Great Meadows NWR, Concord- Leader: Kathy Dia. Just when we thought all the views of Common Nighthawks would be distant there were suddenly ten just overhead (Dike Trail) swooping and swerving.

36 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  5

Mute Swan  5

Wood Duck  9

Mallard  6

Mourning Dove  55

Common Nighthawk  18

Chimney Swift  35

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3

Killdeer  10

Least Sandpiper  4

Semipalmated Sandpiper  1

Wilson’s Snipe  1    In the mud next to the Dike at the big opening (left side if heading to the river)

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Lesser Yellowlegs  3

Double-crested Cormorant  5

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  14

Great Egret  8

Little Blue Heron  3    Continuing immatures

Green Heron  3

Black-crowned Night-Heron  1    Borden’s Pond

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Willow Flycatcher  1    On the Dike (west side of path) just past the treed area. A bit of an eye ring which gave me pause, but calling “whit”.

Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill’s Flycatcher)  2    Together, flycatching on the river.

Eastern Kingbird  4

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  3

Tree Swallow  6

Barn Swallow (American)  20

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Marsh Wren (palustris Group)  2

Gray Catbird  3

American Robin  6

American Goldfinch  9

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  3

Swamp Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  50

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  8

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S117473212