Date: 4/15/25 10:49 am From: Steven Simpson <steveshrike...> Subject: [Arlington Birds] Fresh Pond , Cambridge FOY Yellow-rumps
Had a nice walk at Fresh Pond Reservation in Cambridge this morning between
showers. I was strangely thrilled by my first Yellow-rump Warbler song of
the year. Had a pair singing and chipping near Black’s Nook. Also enjoyed
watching a pair of muskrats zipping around the Black’s Nook Pond.
Also seen:
Few mergansers out in the middle of Fresh Pond too far to ID.
Common Loon (Fresh Pond)
Tree swallows all around.
Hermit Thrush (behind Neville Place)
A Merlin buzzed thru the woods behind Neville silencing all the other birds.
Had 3 woodpecker species in one tree near Neville: red-bellied,
yellow-bellied sapsucker, downey
Watched a pair of carolina wrens bringing nesting material to box #12 near
Neville.
