Great Meadows NWR – 9/17/2024

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

Sep 17, 2024 7:38 AM – 9:53 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.8 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club walk led by Cris Van Dyke

25 species

Canada Goose  2

Wood Duck  30

Mallard  9

Sora  1

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Greater Yellowlegs  2

Great Blue Heron  6

Northern Harrier  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  2

Merlin  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue Jay  11

Black-capped Chickadee  9

Tufted Titmouse  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  7

Marsh Wren  1

Carolina Wren  6

Gray Catbird  5

American Goldfinch  8

Song Sparrow  12

Swamp Sparrow  1

Common Yellowthroat  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S206149697

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