Bird AlbumUnited States · Massachusetts
Great Meadows NWR – Concord Unit
269 species and 587,804 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September–October, with up to 183 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
American CootFulica americana
Wood DuckAix sponsaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Arlington Reservoir13 km221 species
- Horn Pond Recreation Area14 km234 species
- Fresh Pond, Cambridge18 km234 species
- Mount Auburn Cemetery19 km228 species
- Belle Isle Marsh Reservation29 km268 species
- Westboro WMA31 km231 species
All 269 species recorded here
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Great Meadows NWR – Concord Unit?
May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 183 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Great Meadows NWR – Concord Unit?
269 species, from 587,804 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Great Meadows NWR – Concord Unit in November?
The most recorded in November: Canada Goose, Mallard, Black-capped Chickadee, Song Sparrow and Blue Jay.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.