Date: 1/16/25 8:29 pm From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...> Subject: [MASSBIRD] 1/16 Birding On Foot From Leverret Pond to Hoar Sanctuary
Thanks to Paul Peterson for this report.
Barbara Volkle Northborough, MA <barb620...>
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Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 00:35:26 +0000 (UTC) From: Paul Peterson <petersonpaul63...> Subject: 1/16 Birding On Foot From Leverret Pond to Hoar Sanctuary
12:30-5:00. D. Blakely Hoar Sanctuary is in South Brookline, on the border with wild ares of West Roxbury:
Cackling Goose 1 Allandale Farm Private, I birded from sidewalk. This is Newton St., where private driveway is off Northern Pintail 1 just in from gate on Willow Pond Rd. Parking is right there Wood Duck 6 Willow Pond Ruddy Duck x Hooded Merganser x Ring-necked Duck x American Coot 5 Jamalca Pond Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Avon St. yard on town line (long-vacant house) Common Raven 2 near Wards Pond flyover Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Winter Wren 2 D. Blakely Hoar Sanctuary; dusk (best time to hear gip gip Eastern Towhee 1 respendent male in sun; yard of long-vacant home on Avon St. Swamp Sparrow 2 Hoar American Tree Sparrow 7+ Hoar Red Squirrel 1 can't recall the last one seen in Brookline! long-vacant property Avon St.
