Great Meadows NWR–Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Aug 21, 2020 5:13 PM – 7:51 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.027 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC – Great Meadows NWR, Concord – Leader: Kathy Dia – Blue skies with some clouds and a beautiful sunset. Upper 80’sF. We walked to the river and back.
31 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose 5
Wood Duck 15
Mallard 6
Common Nighthawk 5
Chimney Swift 35
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Virginia Rail 1
rail/crake sp. 1 Briefly heard slurred nasal call between mid-dike and river (Upper Pool). Possible Sora, but would have liked to hear it again.
Killdeer 7
Least Sandpiper 22
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Heard call once in flight, and not clearly.
Great Blue Heron 9
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4 Appeared to be a family unit. perching together in dead treetops and sometimes calling “wicka wicka”.
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Eastern Kingbird 6
Blue Jay 1
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 3
Tree Swallow 30
Barn Swallow 35
Marsh Wren 3
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 2
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 7
Song Sparrow 6
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Yellow Warbler 1
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