Great Meadows NWR–Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Aug 23, 2018 5:25 PM – 8:25 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC -Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord  – Leader: Kathy Stark Dia.  Lovely bright evening of blue skies with white and later pink scattered clouds. A strong breeze kept passerines quiet early in the walk but the wind calmed by the time we got to the boat launch where there was a good bit of activity.
36 species

Canada Goose  14
Mute Swan  2
Wood Duck  89     Flying into the marsh in small groups to roost.
Mallard  8
American Black Duck  2
Mourning Dove  16
Common Nighthawk  13
Chimney Swift  20
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Killdeer  2
Solitary Sandpiper  1     Heard and ID’d by two
Great Blue Heron  5
Great Egret  1
Northern Harrier  1     End of the main dike. First we heard the sound of blackbirds, then the harrier emerged from the marsh mobbed by blackbirds.
Barred Owl  1     Heard by two, distant,  8pm
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
American Kestrel  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
Eastern Kingbird  2
Warbling Vireo  1
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  3
Purple Martin  1     ID’d by Will Martens. All dark, slightly larger than the Barn Swallows.
Tree Swallow  3
Barn Swallow  30
Black-capped Chickadee  5
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Marsh Wren  8
Cedar Waxwing  2
American Goldfinch  18
Song Sparrow  5
Red-winged Blackbird  7
Common Grackle  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48715719