Date: 4/8/25 8:30 pm From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...> Subject: [MASSBIRD] 4/8 Belle Isle Wilson's Snipe, Gray Ghost, Kestrels, Etc.
Thanks to Paul Peterson for this report.
Barbara Volkle Northborough, MA <barb620...>
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Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 00:27:31 +0000 (UTC) From: Paul Peterson <petersonpaul63...> Subject: 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
