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

May 28, 2026 6:29 AM – 8:18 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.791 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC popup walk for prothonotary. About 20 people, maybe 25 at start

34 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  39    14 young

Wood Duck  13

duck sp.  1

Great Blue Heron  4

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Pileated Woodpecker  2

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Willow Flycatcher  7    Not uncommon here

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Kingbird  4

Yellow-throated Vireo  3    One heard different place from two on or near nest

Eastern Warbling Vireo  9

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tufted Titmouse  1

Tree Swallow  7

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1

Northern House Wren  1

Marsh Wren  7

Gray Catbird  1

American Robin  4

Cedar Waxwing  4

American Goldfinch  6

Song Sparrow  11

Swamp Sparrow  7

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird  39

Common Grackle  15

Prothonotary Warbler  1    Heard clearly, repeated, continuing bitd. Seen by most of the group. Grace asked me to add her image of the bird  to this list.

short video mad by Grace at this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMf_XhCwPj8

Common Yellowthroat  8

Northern Yellow Warbler  12

Pine Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S348822935

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