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
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S72753251

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