Date: 11/10/25 9:19 am From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...> Subject: [MASSBIRD] 10/16 American Bittern in Fenway, etc.
Thanks to Paul Peterson for this report.
Barbara Volkle Northborough, MA <barb620...>
* Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 23:37:37 +0000 (UTC) From: Paul Peterson <petersonpaul63...> Subject: 10/16 American Bittern in Fenway, etc.
I saw a bird I flying over the Fenway Victory Gardens last evening that I thought might be an American Bittern. It turned out to be just that!
American Bittern 1 war memorials area roosting in a willow; thanks to a man for telling me Great Blue Heron 2 Wood Duck 2 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 ad. male and a female Eastern Phoebe 2 Common Raven 2 max. Brown Creeper 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet 3 Hermit Thrush 2 in gardens warbler sp. 1 Dark-eyed Junco 50 incl. flock of thirty near children's playground near Boylston St. Bridge White-throated Sparrow 35 Song Sparrow 10 Swamp Sparrow 1 Chipping Sparrow 1
