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

May 26, 2019 6:30 AM – 9:38 AM

Comments:    Brookline/Menotomy bird club walk, J. Forbes leader. Cloudy with a brief downpour to start then got really nice. Full loop.

51 species (+4 other taxa)

Canada Goose  30    Many families

Mute Swan  1

Wood Duck  25    2 families and scattered adults

Mallard  10    1 family

Hooded Merganser  2    Min, probably more but every time we saw some it was 2 females

Mourning Dove  2

Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1    Calling little ways to right, we heard others had good views

Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo  1    Likely Black-billed calling distantly

Chimney Swift  1

Virginia Rail (Virginia)  1    Calling just before intersection. Leslie has views later after she left us

peep sp.  2    Probably leader only

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Least Bittern  1    Calling at the set of benches way down to right. Eventually climbed into the open.

Great Blue Heron (Blue form)  4

Green Heron  2

Turkey Vulture  1

Osprey (carolinensis)  2

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

falcon sp.  1    Presumably a kestrel, Kingbird chased off before we got a look

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Willow Flycatcher  4    Min

Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill’s Flycatcher)  1    Alderish song along river

Least Flycatcher  1    Singing along river just before grate

Great Crested Flycatcher  3

Eastern Kingbird  5

Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  4

Red-eyed Vireo  2

Blue Jay  1

Tree Swallow  10

Barn Swallow (American)  3

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  4

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

Marsh Wren (palustris Group)  6

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  3

Gray Catbird  1

European Starling  1

Cedar Waxwing  2

American Goldfinch  2

Chipping Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  4

Swamp Sparrow  4

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  20

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  40

Common Yellowthroat  5

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  5

Blackpoll Warbler  3    2 along river one in woods

Pine Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S56791825