Date: 4/8/25 5:27 pm From: 'Paul Peterson' via Boston Birds <bostonbirds...> Subject: [BostonBirds] 4/8 Belle Isle Wilson's Snipe, Gray Ghost, Kestrels, Etc.
Despite the cold, windy day, I managed to come up with some goodies. This was from 3:20-6:45:
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 16
Great Egret 6
Snowy egret 2
Northern Shoveler 3 minimum
Green-winged Teal 14 minimum
Northern Harrier 1
Osprey 2 one caught a huge fish and relished it (I think it was piccalilli)
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Wilsons Snipe 4 minimum; flushed
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1 minimum
Common Raven 1
American Kestrel 2 mostly in meadow
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Fox Sparrow 1 brush at beginning of Lawn Ave. path; heard only