[Talk-us-massachusetts] Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, Nov 8, 2018, Dikes are flooding.

[Alan & Ruth Bragg]

Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 8, 2018 6:04 AM - 10:04 AM
Weekly survey by NWR volunteers Tim, Tom, Kathy, Audrey, Frank, Kevin,
Will, Frank and Alan

Protocol: Traveling
2.2 mile(s)
55 species

Canada Goose  450     One very small silvery one (even compared to the tiny
northern migrants) not observed very well, but bill looked a bit too long
for a CACG. Also a partially leucistic (dilute) bird.
Wood Duck  10
Mallard  40
American Black Duck  9
Common Goldeneye  1     Early flyover.
Wild Turkey  4
Pied-billed Grebe  1     Channel
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  9
Mourning Dove  4
American Coot (Red-shielded)  1
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull (American)  2
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)  3
Turkey Vulture  3
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern)  1
Cooper's Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  2
Great Horned Owl (Great Horned)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  6
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2
Blue Jay  45
American Crow  296     *high: Exact count of flyovers, all heading west
along the river.
Common Raven  2
Black-capped Chickadee  13
Tufted Titmouse  8
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  6
Brown Creeper  1
Marsh Wren (palustris Group)  2
Carolina Wren  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1     Tower
Eastern Bluebird  12
American Robin  60
House Finch  7
Purple Finch (Eastern)  2
White-winged Crossbill  1     **rare, irruption year: Heard only flyover
heading north over tower early. Harsh “jjuvjjuv” call, sometimes tripled;
more harsh, mechanical, and resonating than CORE.
Pine Siskin  2     *irruption year
American Goldfinch  26
American Tree Sparrow  5
Fox Sparrow (Red)  1     South end of dike trail
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  12
White-throated Sparrow  3
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  2     Along dike
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  11
Swamp Sparrow  14
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  320     *pretty high: Not unexpected
numbers here as flyovers.
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Rusty Blackbird  2     Boat ramp
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  675
Blackpoll Warbler  1     *late: Strong “zeep” flight call heard at tower.
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  4
Black-throated Green Warbler  1     **very late: First detected by
unassuming “chip” (sharper and less husky than PAWA, less liquid and higher
pitched than YRWA, and softer and less piercing than BLPW) from feeding
flock below tower. Eventually showed itself; lemony green back and crown,
yellow face with a faint green auricular, and white wing bars. After a few
seconds we lost it, but still heard a few times afterwards from farther
into the red-maple swamp on the edge of the marsh.
Northern Cardinal  6

Alan Bragg
Bedford MA

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