Date: 9/11/25 3:28 pm From: 'Paul Peterson' via Boston Birds <bostonbirds...> Subject: [BostonBirds] 9/10 American Bitterns and Kestrels at Belle Isle Marsh in E. Boston
Yesterday, I birded at Belle Isle Marsh in East Boston from 3:00- 5:30, and again from 7:00-8:00 p.m. I'm glad I went back after eating at Angela's Cafe across from Orient Heights Station on the Blue Line, for that is when I saw the two American Bitterns:
American Bitterns 2 seen while scanning for Northern Harriers out towards Winthrop. They flew by and dropped into marsh grasses Black-crowned night-Heron 4 dusk and a bit beyond; singles and pair Great Blue Heron 4 Snowy Egret 30 Great Egret 15 Osprey 2 American Kestrel 2 in tree along Kilmartin Path, facing the marsh; seen from Belle Isle Semipalmated Plover 1 Least Sandpiper 1 peep sp. 4 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 8 Short-billed Dowitcher 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 male
