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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