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
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S93574266

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