Date: 6/27/25 1:33 pm From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...> Subject: [MASSBIRD] 6/26 Brown Thrasher in Squantum (Not where you think)
Thanks to Paul Peterson for this report.
Barbara Volkle Northborough, MA <barb620...>
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Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 16:34:22 +0000 (UTC) From: Paul Peterson <petersonpaul63...> Subject: 6/26 Brown Thrasher in Squantum (Not where you think)
I birded in Squantum from 2:30-7:00 I was delighted to see a Brown Thrasher in an area where most people don't bird. I heard several calls. After a short while, I realized that I could be hearing a thrasher I hurried over to the area in time to see the bird land briefly on a tree top and then dive into dense brush. This is the area where the old, long-abandoned swing set and ball field used to be. It is at Airport Rd. at Saratoga Rd. I covered all of Squantum with the exception of Nickerson Park That means the salt pannes, Moswetuset Hummock, Squantum Pt. Park, nature trail opposite nursing home, river trail, and Billings Salt Marsh Trail
Gloss Ibis 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Black-crowned Night-Heron 1+ Snowy Egret 4+ Great Egret 4 + Osprey 4+ CLAPPER RAIL 1 calling between the two salt pannes Wild Turkey 3 Killdeer 7 American Oystercatcher 2 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Willet 5+ Least Tern 1 Eastern Kingbird 1 Warbling Vireo 2 House Wren 1 Carolina Wren 2 Brown Thrasher 1 Gray Catbird 12+ Yellow Warbler 12+ Common Yellowthroat 3 Saltmarsh Sparrow 5 Kennedy Center salt panne Swamp Sparrow 1 Baltimore Oriole 2
