Concord Birds 2013-2014

	A	B	C	D	E
1	#	Species	Locations	Observations and Dates (2013)	Observations and Dates (2014)

2	1	Greater White-fronted Goose	Concord Rotary Prison fields; Hutchins Farm	W. Martens 10/19-10/20	(1) C. Johnson+ 3/23-3/29
3	2	Barnacle Goose	Verrill Farmstand Field (Nine Acre Corner)		(1) D. Swain 3/31; photos; likely the Mendon bird
4	3	Snow Goose	Nine Acre Corner; Harrington Park	P. Sowizral 3/24; D. Swain 10/24
5	4	Cackling Goose	Kaveski Farm; School St.; Rotary Fields	(1) J. Winstanley+ 10/19-11/4	(2) D. Sibley + 11/5-11/9; J. Trimble ?
6	5	Canada Goose			Oct.-Nov. numerous small birds; possible CACG x CANG crosses?
7	6	Mute Swan	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit; Warner's Pond	1/1-11/27; managed at Great Meadows	2/22-12/26; high count=6 Great Meadows
8	7	Wood Duck	Great Meadows NWR and wooded swamps	1/1; 2/24-11/25	3/10-12/18
9	8	American Wigeon	Nine Acre Corner/School St. (Spring); Great Meadows (Fall)	3/3-3/18; 10/21-11/25	3/30-4/2; 10/4-1/24
10	9	American Black Duck		throughout the year in small numbers; scarcer in summer	throughout the year in small numbers; scarcer in summer
11	10	Mallard		throughout the year; plentiful	throughout the year; plentiful
12	11	Blue-winged Teal	Great Meadows NWR; Elm Brook	4/8-11/24; few sightings in summer	4/4-4/28; 9/30-10/30
13	12	Northern Shoveler	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, French's Meadow	3/18-4/22; 10/31-11/27	(3) 4/6; 10/18-12/4 scattered sightings; high count=5
14	13	Northern Pintail	Nine Acre Corner; School St.; Great Meadows	3/3-4/8; 9/23-11/24	3/15-4/13 high count=26; 9/16-12/17, late flooding at NAC
15	14	Green-winged Teal	NAC; Great Meadows; Elm Brook	1/1; 3/3-5/7; 7/22-12/19	3/11-5/9 high count=142 NAC; 8/20-12/17 high count=210 Elm Brook
16	15	Canvasback	Fort Pond Brook and Water Supply	(2) 3/22; doubtful report
17	16	Ring-necked Duck	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	1/21-5/4; 10/16-12/22	1/18-4/20 high count=65; 10/9 and 10/21 only 1-2
18	17	White-winged Scoter	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit		(54) S. Perkins and J. Forbes+; photos
19	18	Black Scoter	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	(1) D. Swain 11/26
20	19	Bufflehead	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit; Walden Pond	1/1-4/15; 10/31-12/24	1/18-4/20 high count=22; 11/28-12/26
21	20	Common Goldeneye	Great Meadows NWR; Assabet River	1/1-4/14; 12/7-12/16	1/16-4/18 high count=28; 12/11-12/26
22	21	Hooded Merganser	Great Meadows; Elm Brook; Warner's Pond	2/16-12/16	2/2-6/21; 9/4-12/26; breeding at GM and Elm Brook
23	22	Common Merganser	Great Meadows; Warner's Pond; Walden Pond; rivers	1/26-5/11; 12/11-12/19	1/3-5/9 high count=22; 12/17-12/26
24	23	Red-breasted Merganser	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	(4) D. Logan 3/16	(2) 3/3-3/15 Sudbury at NAC; (2) 4/18 GM
25	24	Ruddy Duck	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit; Walden Pond	3/11-12/16; scattered sightings of 1-2	4/6; 10-24-12/8, all single birds
26	25	Northern Bobwhite	Punkatasset/Saw Mill Brook	(1) K. Dia and D. Swain; presumed escape, heard 7/11-7/12
27	26	Ruffed Grouse	Hanscom AFB--Pine Hill and Gate 13 Trails	S. Perkins, 5/5; K. Dia +, 5/10
28	27	Wild Turkey		1/4-12/4	1/1-12/25 high count=35
29	28	Common Loon	fly-over migrants or GMNWR and Walden Pond	5/4-12/19 (co	4/13-5/15; 9/25-10/21; all fly-over migrants; high count=7
30	29	Red-Throated Loon	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	GMNWR Survey 12/24
31	30	Pied-billed Grebe	GMNWR, Warner's Pond, Mink Pond, Walden Pond	3/15-5/5; 8/1-12/19; scattered sightings of 1-3	4/3-4/19 high count=3; 8/6-11/13 scattered, single birds
32	31	Double-crested Cormorant	migrants or GMNWR, ponds, rivers	3/31-10/27
33	32	Great Cormorant			(1) C. Winstanley 1/5 Hanscom, 9/28 Lowell Rd. Bridge
34	33	American Bittern	migrants and Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	4/29-11/5; scattered sightings of 1-3
35	34	Least Bittern	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	5/4-8/30; regular sightings of 1-4
36	35	Great Blue Heron	widespread; White Pond collapse; Moore's Swamp expansion	Moore's >20 nests; 1/5-12/24 (provisional)
37	36	Great Egret	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit; Sudbury River	high count=13; 4/15-4/18; 8/22-10/13
38	37	Snowy Egret	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	high count=4; post-breeding dispersal; 8/12-9/2
39	38	Little Blue Heron	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	(1) on dispersal; now annual; 8/26-9/24
40	39	Green Heron	GMNWRS, Elm Brook, Concord Rookery,	high count=5; 4/28-9/30
41	40	Black-crowned Night-Heron	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	high-count=6; post-breeding dispersal; 6/9-9/2
42	41	Glossy Ibis	Newbury Field CLCT (migration); GMNWR	(2) C. Winstanley 4/4; post-breeding 8/6-9/4
43	42	Black Vulture	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	(2) K. Ryan +; 4/17
44	43	Turkey Vulture		spring migration high count=11; 1/1-12/8
45	44	Osprey	nesting Knox Trail cell tower; GMNWR and migrants	pair fledged two chicks as in 2012; 3/23-10/6
46	45	Northern Harrier	Hanscom AFB-Pine Hill; GMNWR; Kaveski; Nine Acre Corner	1/4-11/30; scattered sightings, mostly juvs.
47	46	Sharp-shinned Hawk	Kaveski; GMNWR; Barrett's Mill; Hanscom; Spencer Brook Vall.	getting scarce; 1/1-12/11
48	47	Cooper's Hawk	widespread sightings	on the increase; 1/3-12/19
49	48	Bald Eagle	Spencer Brook Valley; GMNWR (migrants and commuter birds)	1/1-10/31; P. Alden 12/28
50	49	Red-shouldered Hawk	GMNWR; Spencer Brook Valley; Kaveski	migrants and scarce locals; 1/27-12/4
51	50	Broad-winged Hawk	Spencer Brook Valley; GMNWR; Hanscom (migrants)	4/14-6/24; 8/14-9/28
52	51	Swainson's Hawk	Hanscom AFB--Pine Hill	P. Sowizral, D. Swain et al.; 5/18; not accepted by MARC on split vote
53	52	Red-tailed Hawk		throughout the year
54	53	Rough-legged Hawk	School St. fields, Acton	R. Stymeist; 10/25
55	54	King Rail	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	(1) S. Arena (USFWS Survey); 5/5; 5/10
56	55	Virginia Rail	GMNWR; Estabrook; Kaveski; Spencer Brook Valley	4/8-11/11
57	56	Sora	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	4/28-10/24; presumed pair
58	57	Common Gallinule	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	S. Arena (USFWS), 5/4-6/9; GMNWRSurvey juv. 9/3-11/23
59	58	American Coot	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit (wintering and migration)	1/1; 3/18-6/10; 11/7-12/4;fall high count=71
60	59	Sandhill Crane	Spencer Brook Valley (migrants)	(2) C. and J. Winstanley 3/31
61	60	Black-bellied Plover	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	(41) D. Bates, J. Restivo, C. Gras; 5/29
62	61	American Golden-Plover	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit; Barrett's Mill	(1) J. McCoy +; (9) J. Trimble; others; 8/24-10/7
63	62	Semipalmated Plover	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	high count=12; 7/23-9/18
64	63	Killdeer		3/2-11/23
65	64	Spotted Sandpiper	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit and other locations	local breeder; 5/4-9/23
66	65	Solitary Sandpiper	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit and other locations	high count=16; 4/29-10/3
67	66	Greater Yellowlegs	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	high count=8; 4/19-11/3
68	67	Lesser Yellowlegs	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit + scattered individuals	high count=20; 5/4-5/10; 8/24-9/8
69	68	Upland Sandpiper	Hanscom AFB--Pine Hill	high count=5; 4/30-6/15
70	69	Stilt Sandpiper	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	(17) W. Hutcheson; 8/9
71	70	Dunlin	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	(1) GMNWR Survey; 10/14
72	71	Baird's Sandpiper	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	(1) D. Bates; 9/8
73	72	Least Sandpiper	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit + scattered individuals	5/15-5/29; 8/9-9/20
74	73	White-rumped Sandpiper	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	(1) J. Trimble; 9/2
75	74	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	GMNWR; Kaveski Farm	(1) J. Trimble, 9/2; (2) L. Hale +, 9/6-9/7
76	75	Pectoral Sandpiper	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	high count=5; 7/30-10/31
77	76	Semipalmated Sandpiper	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	high count=32; 7/25-9/15
78	77	Short-billed Dowitcher	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	(108 photographed) B. O'Sullivan 5/24; (2) 8/4-8/27
79	78	Wilson's Snipe	Kaveski; GMNWR	3/16-4/29; 8/6-10/24; D. Swain, 12/12
80	79	American Woodcock	Cousin's Park; Spencer Brook Valley; Kaveski; Hanscom	scattered individuals; 3/2-5/27; 8/14-8/25
81	80	Bonaparte's Gull	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	(1) G. Gove; 7/9
82	81	Ring-billed Gull		1/5-12/24 (provisional)
83	82	Herring Gull		1/4-12/24 (provisional)
84	83	Iceland Gull	Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit	C. and J. Winstanley 3/23
85	84	Great Black-backed Gull	GMNWR; Nine Acre Corner	scattered sightings; 1/14-5/22; 8/12; 11/20-12/4
86	85	Rock Pigeon	Kaveski; GMNWR; Prison Fields; School St.	1/7-12/19
87	86	Mourning Dove		throughout the year
88	87	Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Spencer Brook Valley; Estabrook Woods	scattered sightings; 5/20-6/26; 9/14; 10/27
89	88	Black-billed Cuckoo	Hanscom Gate 13 trail; Spencer Brook Valley; Estabrook	5/11-6/26; 9/3
90	89	Eastern Screech-Owl	GMNWR; West Concord	scattered reports throughout the year
91	90	Great Horned Owl		scattered reports; 1/1-11/27 (provisional)
92	91	Snowy Owl	Hanscom AFB	(1) C. Johnson, 3/15; (3) S. Perkins, 11/27-11/30
93	92	Barred Owl	Estabrook; Spencer Brook Valley	1/1-11/17 (provisional)
94	93	Short-eared Owl	Hanscom AFB--Virginia Rd.	(1) S. Perkins, J. Forbes, 11/28
95	94	Common Nighthawk	GMNWR; Spencer Brook Valley; West Concord	5/18-5/30; 6/20; 8/15-8/30
96	95	Chimney Swift		4/17-10/7
97	96	Ruby-throated Hummingbird	GMNWR; West Concord; Spencer Brook Valley; Kaveski	5/11-9/23
98	97	Rufous Hummingbird	private home, Concord Center	L. Levan, through 1/6; banded Nov. 2012
99	98	Belted Kingfisher	Spencer Brook Valley; GMNWR; Moore's Swamp; Estabrook	1/27-12/19 (provisional)
100	99	Red-headed Woodpecker	Middlesex School	(1) W. Hutcheson, 9/8