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[BostonBirds] 4/22 Winthrop-Doesn't Get Any Better Than This |
| 4/21/26 10:37 am |
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[BostonBirds] 4/20 Brook Farm Reservation in West Roxbury Snipe, Rusty, Etc |
| 4/19/26 12:20 pm |
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[BostonBirds] 4/19 Pectoral Sandpipers at Belle Isle, Etc. |
| 4/18/26 11:01 am |
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[BostonBirds] 4/17 Belle Isle Marsh Blue-headed Vireo and Field Sparrows, etc. |
| 4/15/26 4:52 pm |
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[BostonBirds] Brown Thrasher, etc. at McLaughlin Woods |
| 4/15/26 9:04 am |
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[BostonBirds] 4/14 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at Franklin Park, etc. |
| 4/14/26 10:26 am |
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[BostonBirds] 4/14 Eight Common Ravens at McLaughlin Woods, Etc. |
| 4/13/26 3:01 pm |
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[BostonBirds] 4/13 Winthrop-Eight Hermit Thrushes+Six Swamp Sparrows, Etc. |
| 4/8/26 5:40 pm |
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[BostonBirds] 4/8 Winthrop Northern Pintail, etc. |
| 4/6/26 5:31 pm |
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[BostonBirds] 4/6 Revere Beach and Belle Isle Highlights |
| 4/4/26 10:34 am |
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[BostonBirds] 4/3 Burrage Pond Short-eared Owl and Sandhill Cranes, etc. |
| 4/2/26 1:28 pm |
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[BostonBirds] Black Vulture Experiences in West Rosbury Comparisons |
| 3/31/26 5:22 pm |
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[BostonBirds] 3/31 West Roxbury Highlights Wilson's Snipe, Bald Eagle, etc. |
| 3/31/26 5:09 pm |
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[BostonBirds] 3/30 and 3/31 McLaughlin Woods Two hundred Fish Crows, erc. |
| 3/30/26 10:45 am |
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[BostonBirds] 3/27 Mc Laughlin Woods Merlin, Sapsucker Fox Sparrows |
| 3/30/26 10:36 am |
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[BostonBirds] 3/29 Wellesley Town Forest in its Entirety Highlights |
| 3/30/26 10:30 am |
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[BostonBirds] 3/29 Virginia Rail at Leo J. Martin golf Course in Newton, etc. |
| 3/26/26 5:18 pm |
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[BostonBirds] 3/26 Eleven Black Vultures at Brook Farm in West Roxbury, Etc. |
| 3/25/26 5:43 pm |
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[BostonBirds] 3/25 Rusty Blackbirds in Newton Lower Falls |
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Date: 4/23/26 1:25 pm
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Subject: [BostonBirds] 4/22 Winthrop-Doesn't Get Any Better Than This |
I'm at the high point (Crest Ave.) of Winthrop Beach looking out at a Northern Gannet when a flock of Manx Shearwater fly right by my binocular view! Wow. This was at 4:30 or so. And just prior to this, I had been admiring a Horned Grebe in full breeding plumage. I did A LOT of birding yesterday. I covered Belle Isle Marsh in its entirety, Winthrop Greenway, Belle Isle Cemetery, Fort Heath Park, Winthrop Beach down to the five sisters, and Lewis Lake.
Common Loon 4+
Horned Grebe 1
Manx Shearwater 5 See Above
Northern Gannet 1 f.o.y. adult; dove only once in nine minutes
Great Egret 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Brant 32 including thirty Winthrop B.
Green-winged Teal 30 including two at Five Sisters!! (Winthrop B.)
Greater Scaup 8 beach
Surf Scoter 8 north end of beach
Black Scoter 8 north end Winthrop B.
Osprey 2
Killdeer 4
Piping Plover 6 most likely more
American Oystercatcher 5 incl. one I almost stepped on at W,B,
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Greater Yellowlegs 5
American Woodcock 2+ displaying at Belle Isle Marsh
Wilson's Snipe 2 Belle Isle Marsh (flew out at dusk (as is their wont)
Common Raven 1 Bates Ave.
American Kestrel 1 female
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Fort Heath Park
Hermit Thrush 6 including one Ft. Heath Park, three cemetery, two Winthrop Greenway
Savannah Sparrow 9
Swamp Sparrow 3 incl. two singing at night Belle Isle
White-throated Sparrow 9 incl. five at soccer field next to greenway
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Date: 4/21/26 10:37 am
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Subject: [BostonBirds] 4/20 Brook Farm Reservation in West Roxbury Snipe, Rusty, Etc |
I birded from 3:30-7:10 at mostly Brook Farm, but also at the former West Roxbury High Scool (where the wetland is located). Seeing the continuing Glossy Ibis was an excellent way to end the day before my bus arrived (V.A. Hospital)
Glossy Ibis 1
Gfreat Blue Heron 2
Green-winged Teal 5
Wood Duck 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Wilson's Snipe 1 flushed
Belted Kingfisher 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
FGish Crow x heard
Tree Swallow 15
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
Brown Creeper 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Hermit Thrush 1
Palm Warbler 20
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Swamp Sparrow 2
RUSTY BLACKBIRD 1+ in wet area of reservation
MAMMALIA:
Beaver 2
Muskrat 1
White-tailed Deer 2
Eastern Chipmunk 1
Gray Squirrel 4
Amphibia:
Spring Peepers
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Date: 4/19/26 12:20 pm
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Subject: [BostonBirds] 4/19 Pectoral Sandpipers at Belle Isle, Etc. |
I birded here from 9:40-1:10. The weather wasn't much of a problem, with periods of light rain and mist and several dry periods.
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Green-winged Teal 27
Bufflehead 10
Red-breasted Merganser 6
Osprey 2
American Kestrel 2 pair on their favorite perch
Pectoral Sandpiper 6 maximum; flew in at 11:00; leaving after twenty minutes
Greater Yellowlegs 18
yellowlegs sp. 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 6
Barn Swallow 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Tree Swallow x
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1+ along Lawn Ave. (not the trail)
Hermit Thrush 2 one Park Place; one Lawn Ave.(but not the trail)
Eastern Towhee 1
White-throated Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 2 in marsh right below boardwalk
Dead Canada Goose 1 near tower and even nearer that lone picnic table; on the marsh
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Date: 4/18/26 11:01 am
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Subject: [BostonBirds] 4/17 Belle Isle Marsh Blue-headed Vireo and Field Sparrows, etc. |
Winthrop Greenway, then Belle Isle Cemetery, then Belle Isle in both East Boston and Revere.
Double-crested Cormorant 46
Snowy Egret 7
Great Egret 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Northern Shoveler 2
Green-winged Teal 52
Cooper's Hawk 1
Osprey 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 2+
Killdeer 2
Greater Yellowlegs 4
shorebird sp. 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER 1 first ever?
Northern Flicker 12
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Fish Crow x
Barn Swallow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Tree Swallow 12
White-breasted Nuthatch 1+ uncommon here
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 1
Brown Creeper 2 together
Ruby-crowned kinglet 3
Carolina Wren 1
Hermit Thrush 5
Field Sparrow 2 together cemetery
Savannah Sparrow 7 including five with the Field Sparrows
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 12
Eastern Towhee 1
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Raccoon 1
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Date: 4/15/26 4:52 pm
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Subject: [BostonBirds] Brown Thrasher, etc. at McLaughlin Woods |
Red-tailed Hawk 2
accipiter sp. 1
Peregrine Falcon
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 maximum
Brown Creeper 3 minimum
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 minimum
Carolina Wren 2
Hermit Thrush 4
Brown Thrasher 1 F.O.Y.
Eastern Towhee 1
Field Sparrow 1 F.O.Y.
Savannah Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 12
Dark-eyed Junco 7
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Date: 4/15/26 9:04 am
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Subject: [BostonBirds] 4/14 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at Franklin Park, etc. |
Barred Owl 1 heard at 4:30 and also seen as I accidentally flushed it
American Woodcock 1 accidentally flushed it in woods
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 1 WOW!
Hermit Thrush 1
Pine Warbler 2+
Palm Warbler 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Swamp Sparrow 1
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Date: 4/14/26 10:26 am
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Subject: [BostonBirds] 4/14 Eight Common Ravens at McLaughlin Woods, Etc. |
I hadn't even begun birding today (my bins were still in my bag) when i saw dark, huge birds. I quickly got my bins out to see that they were EIGHT RAVENS. They stayed on the tall antenna and nearby roof of the N.E. Baptist Hospital for a while. Clearly birds were on the move last night
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 exact count; one ad. male; one ad. fem.; one immature
COMMON RAVEN 8
Brown Creeper 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Carolina Wren 4
Hermit Thrush 3
Eastern Towhee 1
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 13
Song Sparrow 3
Chipping Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Mourning Cloak 1
Cabbage White 2
Garter Snake 2
Paul Peterson
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Date: 4/13/26 3:01 pm
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Subject: [BostonBirds] 4/13 Winthrop-Eight Hermit Thrushes+Six Swamp Sparrows, Etc. |
I first went to Fort Heath Park in Winthrop Highlands. I then proceeded to the Kilmartin Path out to Bayou St. as well as Belle Isle Cemetery
Common Loon 2 a long chase occuring
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green-winged Teal 8
AMERICAN KESTREL cemetery
Osprey 2
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Tree Swallow x
Brown Creeper 1 cemetery
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 cemetery
Hermit Thrush 8 two Fort Heath +three Winthrop Greenway+three cemetery area
Cedar Waxwing 24 INCLUDING FIFTEEN ORIENT HEIGHTS STATION!! (paper birch tree while waiting for bus)
Swamp Sparrow 6 including three together at flooded area of path near boardwalk; one Fort Heath; one Bayou St.
White-throated Sparrow 4 including three Fort Heath Park
Eastern Towhee 1 near Bayou St. along Winthrop Greenway
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Racoon 1
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Date: 4/8/26 5:40 pm
From: 'Paul Peterson' via Boston Birds <bostonbirds...>
Subject: [BostonBirds] 4/8 Winthrop Northern Pintail, etc. |
I first hit the Winthrop side of Belle Isle Marsh. i then went to Belle Isle Cemetery, Kilmartin Path, then Short Beach, then Fort Heath Park, then Winthrop Beach, and, finally, Lewis Lake
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 3
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 Lewis Lake
Great Egret 4 including one Lewis Lake
Great Blue Heron 2
Brant 7 one of the sisters on Winthrop Beach
NORTHERN PINTAIL 1 LEWIS LAKE
Green-winged Teal 35 including two Lewis Lake
Black Scoter 25
White-winged Scoter 5
Surf Scoter 2
Common Eider x
scaup ap. 22 Winthrop Beach
Long-tailed Duck 15 Fort Heath Park
Red-breasted Merganser x
Bufflehead x
Osprey 1+
Piping Plover 6 Winthrop Beach
American Oystercatcher 1 on leftmost sister
Eastern Phoebe 1 cemetery
Cedar Waxwing 2 Kilmartin Path
Coyote 2
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Date: 4/6/26 5:31 pm
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Subject: [BostonBirds] 4/6 Revere Beach and Belle Isle Highlights |
Manx Shearwater 5 F.O.Y. south end
Red-throated Loon 4
Common Loon 5
Horned Grebe 1
Great Egret 5
Great Blue Heron 3 max.
Green-wingedd Teal 47
Northern Shoveler 1 F.O.Y.ad. male
Common Eider 15
Black Scoter 5
White-winged Scoter 5
scaup sp. 1+
Common Goldeneye 2
Bufflehead 4
Cooper's Hawk 1 Belle Isle
Osprey 2 pair at nest
Piping Plover 1 F.O.Y.
Greater Yellowlegs 2 F.O.Y. Belle Isle Inlet
American Oystercatcher 2 F.O.Y. Belle Isle Inlet; seen in the distance from boardwalk
Wilson's Snipe 2 seen from boardwalk; flyover
shorebird sp. 35 Revere Breakwater
GLAUCOUS GULL 1 Wonderland; one of the first birds I saw at the beach; a surprise
Northern Flicker 2
AMERICAN KESTREL 2 pair together
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Date: 4/4/26 10:34 am
From: 'Paul Peterson' via Boston Birds <bostonbirds...>
Subject: [BostonBirds] 4/3 Burrage Pond Short-eared Owl and Sandhill Cranes, etc. |
I birded here from 12:30-5:20, with the cloudy day turning into a sunny, lovely day. Within eighty minutes upon arrival, I had a Short-eared Owl, Six Sandhill Cranes, and an American Kestrel. That's when I knew it was going to be a great day. I was overwhelmingly within the town of Hanson, but I did a little of Halifax as well. I entered from the Hawkes Ave. entrance. (next to the railroad tracks)
Great Egret 2 F.O.Y.
Great Blue Heron 6 impossible to count in a place such as this
Green-winged Teal 10
Ring-necked Duck 103 including eighty-eight from the back ponds
Osprey 2 F.O.Y.
Bald Eagle 3+
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 heard
SANDHILL CRANE 6+ north end ; F.O.Y.
SHORT-EARED OWL 1 adult male over former bogs at north end while sky was still cloudy; 1:00 p.m.
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Common Raven 2
Tree Swallow 20
AMERICAN KESTREL 1 F.O.Y. near Hawkes Ave. entrance; favoring the dead, prominent snag near the office building
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Eastern Bluebird 2 at a nesting box at north end
HERMIT THRUSH 1 F.O.Y.
PALM WARBLER 2 F.O.Y. with Hermit Thrush
Pine Warbler 4 hither and yon
American Tree Sparrow 6
Wood Frog 1
Spring Peeper x
Northern Leopard Frog or Pickerel Frog 3 heard along main dike before mini dike if coming from the north
Painted Turtle x
White-tailed Deer 4 elsewhere in Hanson
Red Squirrel 4
Gray Squirrel 3
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Date: 4/2/26 1:28 pm
From: 'Paul Peterson' via Boston Birds <bostonbirds...>
Subject: [BostonBirds] Black Vulture Experiences in West Rosbury Comparisons |
As some of you may already know, I discovered eleven Black Vultures at Brook Farm Reservation in West Roxbury about a week or so ago. Two days ago, I luckily found my previous record of Black Vultures without too much difficulty in one of my notebooks'journals. The similarities were striking.. The winds were strong out of the SW on 4/22/16, just as they were during my more recent sighting. Also, one was at 4:30 and the other at 5:00. Also, they were virtually in the same location Brook Farm vs St. Joseph's Cemetery. Seventy-nine degrees the former, and sixty-four or so the latter. The previous was composed of three Black Vultures and seven Turkey Vultures. Mike McCarthy happened to see these vultures too. he lives very nearby to the spot where I happened to be . He had a different configuration of the vultures than I.
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Date: 3/31/26 5:22 pm
From: 'Paul Peterson' via Boston Birds <bostonbirds...>
Subject: [BostonBirds] 3/31 West Roxbury Highlights Wilson's Snipe, Bald Eagle, etc. |
I birded from 2:15-5:30:
Great Blue Heron 1
Wood Duck 5
Green-winged Teal 3
Ring-necked Duck 1
Hooded Merganser 1
Bald Eagle 1 near adult harrased by a couple of crows
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 seen from top level M.P.
Killdeer 1
Wilson's Snipe 1 edge of St. Joseph's Cemetery
Eastern Phoebe 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4 Brook Farm
Carolina Wren 2
GRAY CATBIRD 1 surely not the one from Millennium; 2nd time seen at edge of meadow off entrance drive to The Gardens; eating purple berries of Tree of Heaven
Savannah Sparrow 6 well camouflaged; overwinterers
Swamp Sparrow 2+ singing in cattails Brook Farm
White-throated Sparrow 4
RUSTY BLACKBIRD 1+ Brook Farm
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Date: 3/31/26 5:09 pm
From: 'Paul Peterson' via Boston Birds <bostonbirds...>
Subject: [BostonBirds] 3/30 and 3/31 McLaughlin Woods Two hundred Fish Crows, erc. |
I birded in the evening yesterday and in the late morning today. Unless noted, all birds were from yesterday
Cooper's Hawk 1 adult
Wild Turkey 1 today
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 female
Eastern Phoebe both days
FISH CROW 200 arrived at top of hill at 6:00, and stayed for forty minutes
American Crow x mixed in with above species
Brown Creeper 2 both days
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 both days
Chipping Sparrow 3 today
Song Sparrow 12 today
White-throated Sparrow 3 both days
Dark-eyed Junco 45 today; forty on grass of uppermost field
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Date: 3/30/26 10:45 am
From: 'Paul Peterson' via Boston Birds <bostonbirds...>
Subject: [BostonBirds] 3/27 Mc Laughlin Woods Merlin, Sapsucker Fox Sparrows |
Sorry for the late post. I went to my local Mc Laughlin Woods on Friday from 5:20-7:00, and had some nice surprises
American Woodcock 4
Merlin 1 came roaring through the upper passive field where many juncos were feeding; So exciting
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 . female; Iroquois Woods
Northern Flicker 1
Dark-eyed Junco 20
Fox Sparrow 3+
Song Sparrow 15
White-throated Sparrow 4
Paul Peterson
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Date: 3/30/26 10:36 am
From: 'Paul Peterson' via Boston Birds <bostonbirds...>
Subject: [BostonBirds] 3/29 Wellesley Town Forest in its Entirety Highlights |
Great Blue Heron 1
Green-winged Teal 3
Wood Duck 8
Common Merganser 3
Hooded Merganser 2
Ring-necked Duck 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1+
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Brown Creeper 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Carolina Wren 1
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Date: 3/30/26 10:30 am
From: 'Paul Peterson' via Boston Birds <bostonbirds...>
Subject: [BostonBirds] 3/29 Virginia Rail at Leo J. Martin golf Course in Newton, etc. |
I was birding in the same area as the other day (where I had all those Rusty Blackbirds) when I heard the pig grunt call of a Virginia Rail! This was at 1:30 p.m. at hole 11 (near the bridge going into the town of Weston) Was I surprised? You bet your boots I was!. Other birds of interest at the golf course were the following:
Killdeer 1
VIRGINIA RAIL !
Eastern Phoebe 3
RUSTY BLACKBIRD 1=
Chipping Sparrow 1 F.O.Y.
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Date: 3/26/26 5:18 pm
From: 'Paul Peterson' via Boston Birds <bostonbirds...>
Subject: [BostonBirds] 3/26 Eleven Black Vultures at Brook Farm in West Roxbury, Etc. |
While walking between the 2nd and 3rd bridhes at Brook Farm Reservation today at 4:30 p.m., I happened to look up. My initial thought was eagles, but that didn't make any sense. I put my binoculars up and clearly saw ELEVEN BLACK VULTURES. This was just after seeing and hearing eight Rusty Blackbirds in a tree at the 3rd bridge and a pair of very clumsy Snapping Turtles trying to mate. I don't recall ever having so much awesomeness before in so short a time.
Great Blue Heron 1 minimum
Wood Duck 5 high school wetland and B.F. combined
Green-winged Teal 3 B.F. at 2nd bridge
Hooded Merganser 5 high school wetland (along V.F.W. Pkwy)
Ring-necked Duck 5 high school wetland
Red-tailed Hawk 1
BLACK VULTURE 11 leisurely swirling above me and gradually moving on
Killdeer 2 high school wetland
Belted Kingfisher 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1 minimum
Fish Crow 10
Dark-eyed Junco 5
RUSTY BLACKBIRD 8 See above
Mating Snapping Turtles 2 See Above
Spring Peepers x
Paul Peterson
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Date: 3/25/26 5:43 pm
From: 'Paul Peterson' via Boston Birds <bostonbirds...>
Subject: [BostonBirds] 3/25 Rusty Blackbirds in Newton Lower Falls |
This afternoon/evening, I was ambling along at the Leo J. Martin Golf Course north of Concord St.. I then crossed over to the section south of Concord Rd. (opposite Pine Grove Ave. I headed over to the brushy wetlands and soon realized I was hearing multiple Rusty Blackbirds.I was right near the stone bridge that divides Newton from Weston. Also, the habitat was perfect for this species-classic rusty habitat. I walked along the swamp edge up to the wooden boarwalk over the Charles River. I then walked across this bridge which was built for golfers to the other side and along that edge. I reckon there were Twenty-two Rusty Blackbirds in total: There is one pullover spot on Intervale Rd. near Park St. This area along the Charles is quite beautiful.
Wood Duck 1
Ring-necked Duck 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2
hawk sp. 1
Killdeer 2
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Rusty Blackbird 22
Brown-headed Cowbird 30 on golf course on Weston side
Paul Peterson
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Boston
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