Birding in Concord, MA with Ian

It was important to Ian to find this bird, so I drove the half hour to Concord and Ian found it in about 5 minutes with his scope. Friday, August 8th.

Beautiful view from the top of the observation tower.

Climbing up the tower to get a better view.

Ian finds the rarely seen this time of year Common Moorhen.

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Panorama I made in Adobe Elements from 4 photographs.

The Moorhen was here, about half a mile away.

Listening for birds.

Getting ready to drive back home  were Ian posts what he saw on the MassBird email list

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The previously reported Common Moorhen (COMO) was at Great Meadows today, easily visible from the observation tower, all below observations being from the tower.Not much else around, surprisingly not even a Mallard!Full list below.

Great Meadows NWR - Concord Unit (1020-1035):

Canada Goose 65

Wood Duck 9

Great Blue Heron 2

Common Moorhen 1

Spotted Sandpiper 1

Chimney Swift 15

Downy Woodpecker 1

Blue Jay 2

Tufted Titmouse 2

Marsh Wren 3

American Robin 1

Gray Catbird 3

Cedar Waxwing 2

Yellow Warbler 2

Song Sparrow 1

Swamp Sparrow 4

Northern Cardinal 1

Red-winged Blackbird 6

American Goldfinch 3

19 species

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/)

Good birding,Ian DaviesMedford, MA

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