eBird Report - Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, 5/26/10 - Numerous Marsh Wrens....JOY!

I must tell ya, Marsh Wrens are my absolute favorite wren! Don't get me wrong, I enjoy all the wrens I come across immensely, but the Marsh takes the cake! Its gurgling, rattling, rolling trill makes me smile and laugh every time! And when it does pop out of the reeds, it flits around sporadically and on occasion will fly kinda like a miniature hovercraft from one section of reeds to another, gurgling the whole time! Man, ya just got to love all wrens....just zany, crazy, spunky little birds!

Anyhow, so yes, that was my highlight for today at Great Meadows NWR in Concord, being there from 8:30 am to 11 am. Sadly, no Moorhens, no Coots, no Pied-billed Grebe or Least Bittern (though I thought I might have heard the bittern's call, but am not confident about it). I must've been just a little too late in the morning. Plus, it was a bit sticky and fairly warm, and by the time I left, it was already about 90 out (its 94 now in Littleton, as of 1 pm). It was also a distinct pleasure to come across another Willow Flycatcher....just love their song (ritz-BEW!) And it was also sweet to see another small flock of another fave bird of mine, the Cedar Waxwing (Bohemians are just as amazing!). Well, enough from me, enjoy your day everybody and happy birding!

Location:     Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit
Observation date:     5/26/10
Notes:     Marsh Wrens mainly found along center dike trail bisecting the Upper and Lower Pools, but also a few along both dike trails that parallel the Concord River; relatively small flock of Cedar Waxwings found along dike trail parallel to concord on the Lower Pool side; Willow Flycatcher found in wetlands in between Concord River and Lower Pool in small copse of deciduous trees.
Number of species:     37

Canada Goose - Branta canadensis     24
Mute Swan - Cygnus olor     4
Wood Duck - Aix sponsa     3
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos     3
Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus     3
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias     4
Osprey - Pandion haliaetus     1 (seen flying over small creek that empties from the Lower Pool)
Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis     1
Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes     2
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus     1
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens     2
Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens     1 (Timber Trail)
Willow Flycatcher - Empidonax traillii     1 (Lower Pool Dike Trail)
Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe     1 (Bathrooms)
Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus     2
Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus     1
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata     2
Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor     6
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica     2 (buzzing by me along middle of center dike trail)
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus     7
White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis     3
Marsh Wren - Cistothorus palustris     11
American Robin - Turdus migratorius     6
Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis     2
Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum     11
Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia     2
Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla     1 (Timber Trail)
Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas     1 (near Overlook Tower)
Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina     6
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia     3
Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana     1
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis     2
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus     46
Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula     27
Baltimore Oriole - Icterus galbula     1
American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis     9

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