Date: 6/15/25 7:34 pm From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...> Subject: [MASSBIRD] 6/14 Burrage Pond Bittern, Rail, Cuckoo, Etc.
Thanks to Paul Peterson for this report.
Barbara Volkle Northborough, MA <barb620...>
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Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2025 19:44:27 +0000 (UTC) From: Paul Peterson <petersonpaul63...> Subject: 6/14 Burrage Pond Bittern, Rail, Cuckoo, Etc.
I birded here from 2:00-6:10. Thankfully, the weather was cool and overcast, otherwise I would have been exposed to the sunshine constantly in this vast, open space.
Double-crested Cormorant 1 American Bittern 1 just south of the northern half of the pond; harassed mercilessly by a blackbird Glossy Ibis 10 (six plus four) Great Blue Heron 9 Great Egret 6 Osprey 3 (two together) Red-shouldered Hawk 1 just in from Hawkes Ave.entrance in Hanson Virginia Rail 1 same spot as the bittern; unseen; calling kiddik singly several times Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 heard kdowl six times in succession; heard from edge of pond near beginning of dike Willow Flycatcher 2 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Eastern Kingbird 2 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Fish Crow 1 Bank Swallow 3 (max.) Marsh Wren 6 Veery 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 Yellow Warbler 20 Common Yellowthroat 7 Black and White Warbler 1 Ovenbird 4 Pine Warbler 3 Eastern Towhee 5 Swamp Sparrow 15 Orchard Oriole 1 Baltimore Oriole 3
