Date: 4/2/25 1:06 pm From: 'Paul Peterson' via Boston Birds <bostonbirds...> Subject: [BostonBirds] 4/1 Sharon Raptors, Ducks, etc.
Yesterday, I birded in the town of Sharon from 11:50-7:25. I started at the beautiful Beaver Brook Trail, then I hit the Wards Farm Fields, then Moose Hill Audubon Sanctuary, and finally, the marsh at Moose Hill Farm. There was no sign of the Redhead at the farm:
Great Blue Heron 1
Wood Duck 12
American Black Duck 3+
Mallard Duck 2
Hooded Merganser 4
Ring-necked Duck 8
Osprey 1 at nest site
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Sharon Station
Killdeer 25
Great Horned Owl 1 calling at dusk
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 4 incl. one at train station
Common Raven 1
Fish Crow x
Brown Creeper 5
American Kestrel 1 Sharon Station FOY
Eastern Bluebird 3+
Swamp Sparrow 2 Billings Loop Trail swamp
American Tree Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 1
Rusty Blackbird 2+ Beaver Brook Trail; calling, unseen
Brown-headed Cowbird ~60 FOY
This, That and The Other:
Mourning Cloak 1 FOY
Snapping Turtle 2 mating or fighting FOY
Pickerel or Northern Leopard Frog 1 FOY
Spring Peeper 1,000,000
Wood Frog x
Eastern Meadow Vole 1
Red Squirrel 1+
Gray Squirre1 3
