Great Meadows NWR–Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Aug 19, 2021 5:38 PM – 7:53 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.6 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC-Great Meadows National wildlife Refuge, Concord- Leader: Kathy Dia. Constant light rain for the first hour or so of the walk, then overcast with sun trying to peek out as it set behind dark clouds. No nighthawks definitively ID’d. In addition to the birds seen we observed Muskrats, Northern Water Snake, and nice views of a bat in the parking lot.
26 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 13
Mute Swan 6
Wood Duck 35
Mallard 7
Hooded Merganser 4
Mourning Dove 60
Virginia Rail 2
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Great Blue Heron 10
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill’s Flycatcher) 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 30
Marsh Wren 2
Carolina Wren 1
Gray Catbird 2
American Robin 1
Cedar Waxwing 1
American Goldfinch 6
Song Sparrow 5
Red-winged Blackbird 10
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Westboro Wildlife Management Area
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Chestnut Hill Reservoir
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Weston Station Pond Rookery
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