Great Meadows NWR–Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Aug 4, 2018 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: The weather was mild and muggy, partly cloudy. Both impoundments were almost completely filled with water lilies. It was a quiet morning overall. The original time frame was 4 hours but I cut it to two hours because of my breathing difficulties.
29 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 9
Mallard 2
Mourning Dove 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Wilson’s Snipe 1 Heard winnowing along the Concord River
Ring-billed Gull 2
Great Blue Heron 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 2
Empidonax sp. 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 4
Tree Swallow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 2
Marsh Wren 12
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 2
American Goldfinch 12
Song Sparrow 6
Swamp Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 2
Yellow Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 2
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