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

Sep 16, 2025 7:13 AM – 11:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.239 mile(s)

48 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  9

Wood Duck  13

Mallard  5

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  9

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2

Sora  1

American Golden-Plover  1    Picture coming

Killdeer  1

Wilson’s Snipe  2

Spotted Sandpiper  1

shorebird sp.  1

Green Heron  2

Great Blue Heron  4

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Northern Harrier  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker  7

Hairy Woodpecker  2

Pileated Woodpecker  3

Northern Flicker  3

Eastern Phoebe  1

Warbling Vireo  2

Blue Jay  10

American Crow  1

Common Raven  2

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tufted Titmouse  9

White-breasted Nuthatch  10

Red-breasted Nuthatch  5

Brown Creeper  1

Marsh Wren  7

Carolina Wren  2

Gray Catbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  2

House Sparrow  1

House Finch  1

American Goldfinch  1

White-throated Sparrow  1

Savannah Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  9

Swamp Sparrow  3

Bobolink  1

Red-winged Blackbird  100

Common Grackle  1

Pine Warbler  1

Prairie Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S274307406

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