Date: 7/12/25 12:31 pm From: 'Paul Peterson' via Boston Birds <bostonbirds...> Subject: [BostonBirds] 7/11 Squantum Highlights -Ninety Short-billed Dowitchers
What a nice day to go birding. Comfortable temps and minimal sun. Beware of the greenheads deer flies, and mosquitoes. I birded from 1:45-7:15:
Snowy Egret 10+
Great Egret 4+
Great Blue Heron 1+
Oaprey 8 including three young split between the two nests
Wild Turkey 2
Killdeer 2
SHORT_BILLED DOWITCHER 90
Willet 6
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 7
American Oystercatcher 1+
Least Sandpiper 2
peep sp. 2
Common Tern 3
Least Tern 3
Eastern Kingbird 1 usual spot!
AMERICAN KESTREL 1 ad. male being driven off marsh by Two Common Terns!
Common Yellowthroat 6 Squantum Point Park
Yellow Warbler 6
Saltmarsh Sparrow 3
LEPIDS:
Monarch 1
butterfly sp' 1 Viceroy or Monarch
Orange Sulphur 1
Clouded Sulphur 1
Cabbage White 4
