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Wonderful April cloud day at Great Meadows in Concord, Massachusetts! 🌤️💙

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March 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Red-tailed Hawk perched over the trail and looking around for a lunch opportunity 😋

Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord, Massachusetts

#birds #usbirds #birdphotograpy #GMNWR #WorldWildlifeDay #BlueSkyMonday #blue #EastCoastKin
March 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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A Common Grackle with its iridescent feathers glowing in the sunlight as it perches on a cattail and surveys the marsh 🖤

Concord, Massachusetts

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March 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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My first sighting of a beaver out in the marsh! 🦫🤎

Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord, Massachusetts (Dec. 2022)

#acoloradAyPRIL #brown #EastCoastKin #beaver #wildlife #wildlifephotography #GMNWR #Olympus
April 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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One of my favorite photos from last May of a Yellow Warbler peeking out at me from underneath a leaf 💛👀

Great Meadows, Concord, Massachusetts

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Yellow Warbler peeking out from underneath a leaf in Concord, MA
May 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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A pair of Canada Geese keeping watch over their two fluffy little goslings yesterday 😍

Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord, Massachusetts

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A pair of Canada Geese in the pond with their two babies
May 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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A female American Goldfinch gathering nesting materials from reeds in the marsh 💛

Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord, Massachusetts (June 2024)

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Female American Goldfinch gathering nesting material from reeds in the marsh
May 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Male American Goldfinch getting in position to pull nesting materials from the cattails 🙃💛

Great Meadows, Concord, Massachusetts

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Male American Goldfinch hanging upside down while gathering nesting materials in Concord, Massachusetts
June 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Fish Crow with its feathers ruffling in the breeze. Fish Crows have a short, nasal caw that sounds different from that of an American Crow 🖤

Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord, Massachusetts (April 2023)

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April 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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I captured this Mute Swan through the reeds as it was gliding across the pond 😍

Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord, Massachusetts (5/12/25)

#birds #swans #MuteSwan #SwanDay #birdphotography #reflections #peaceful #GMNWR #OM-1 #m43
Mute Swan and its reflection captured through reds on the pond
May 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Tranquil views of some of the wetlands at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge 💙

Concord, Massachusetts (5/27/25)

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Tranquil views of a pond with reeds and trees around the edges at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, Massachusetts
June 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Male Baltimore Oriole perched under a leafy canopy at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge 🧡🖤

Concord, Massachusetts

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Male Baltimore Oriole up in the trees at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, Massachusetts
June 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Marsh Wren perched on a cattail and singing his little heart out! Love hearing their buzzy, cheery songs 🤎😊

Great Meadows, Concord, Massachusetts

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Marsh Wren perched on a cattail and singing
May 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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A male Blue Dasher dragonfly with his wings and shiny aqua eyes glowing in the afternoon sunlight 💚🤩

Great Meadows NWR, Concord, Massachusetts (7/28/25)

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A Blue Dasher dragonfly with aqua eyes and a yellow and black striped body set against green leaves and a few pink flowers in Concord, Massachusetts.
August 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Pretty scenery along one of the trails at Great Meadows during a recent walk 💙

Concord, Massachusetts

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A trail at Great Meadows with views of blue skies with puffy white clouds, green trees on the left, and pink and white wildflowers on the right
August 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Beautiful Great Blue Heron wading right next to the path. I love watching their intense stare as they hunt 💙👀

Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord, Massachusetts

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Great Blue Heron wading next to the walking path in Concord, MA
May 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Male Common Yellowthroat. Love their Zorro masks! 💛🖤

Great Meadows NWR, Concord, Massachusetts (6/27/25)

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Cute male Common Yellowthroat warbler. The male has a bandit mask that reminds me of the Zorro character! Great Meadows, Concord, Massachusetts.
June 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Cute female Common Yellowthroat watching me from her leafy perch 😍💛💚

Great Meadows NWR, Concord, Massachusetts

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Female Common Yellowthroat warble with pale brown, yellow and white feathers perched on a brown tree branch surrounded by green leaves. Seen at Great Meadows NWR in Concord, Massachusetts.
September 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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I heard the buzzy songs of Marsh Wrens during my walk yesterday afternoon, and finally saw this little one just singing away! 🤎

Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord, Massachusetts

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A tiny Marsh Wren singing loudly in Concord, Massachusetts
May 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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I was in the area on Friday, so stopped for a walk at Great Meadows. I saw many dragonflies and butterflies, including this beautiful Monarch Butterfly! 🧡

Concord, Massachusetts

#insects #butterflies #Monarch #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Stunday #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #GMNWR #NikonP950
A beautiful Orange and black Monarch Butterfly, with rows of white spots around the edge of its wings. Seen at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, Massachusetts.
July 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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So many little yellow birds singing yesterday; so many missed shots! I was happy that I got one photo of a Yellow Warbler with a mouthful of yummy bugs! 💛🐛📷

Great Meadows, Concord, Massachusetts

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Yellow Warbler with a beak full of freshly caught bugs in Concord, Massachusetts
June 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Male Baltimore Oriole with his striking feathers standing out against the soft green of the leaves 🧡

Great Meadows, Concord, Massachusetts (6/3/25)

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A beautiful male Baltimore Oriole with his bright orange feathers set against the soft green leaves in a tree. Concord, Massachusetts.
June 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Cute female Common Yellowthroat giving me a quizzical look as I took her photo 💛😍

Great Meadows NWR, Concord, Massachusetts (6/27/25)

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A tiny female Common Yellowthroat warbler giving me a quizzical look as I took her picture. Concord, Massachusetts.
July 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Male Pileated Woodpecker leaning far back and getting ready to strike the tree. Whoopsie! 😄 Thank goodness for those big zygodactyl feet! ❤️

Concord, Massachusetts (June 2023)

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Pileated Woodpecker leaning back and getting ready to strike the tree with his beak
May 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM