Date: 11/20/25 8:14 pm
From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...>
Subject: [MASSBIRD] 11/20 Blue-headed Vireo and Bald Eagle at Chestnut Hill, Etc.
Thanks to Paul Peterson for this report.

Barbara Volkle
Northborough, MA
<barb620...>

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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:02:21 +0000 (UTC)
From: Paul Peterson <petersonpaul63...>
Subject: 11/20 Blue-headed Vireo and Bald Eagle at Chestnut Hill, Etc.

The Wild Turkeys, Blue-headed Vireo, and one of the two Brown Creepers
were on Chestnut Hill Rd. near the reservoir. All the rest of the birds
were at the Chestnut Hill Reservoir. I birded here from 11:00-1:30.

Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1 amazingly camouflaged against the slaty-blue rocks of
the the reservoir
Ruddy Duck 35
Ring-necked Duck 4
scaup sp. 1 by itself
American Coot 16 usual spot on the water
Bald Eagle 1 arrived two minutes after I did!; adult
Red-tailed Hawk 1
accipiter sp. 1
hawk sp. 2
Wild Turkey 4 SEE ABOVE
BLUE-HEADED VIREO 1 SEE ABOVE; IN A BLOOMING WITCH HAZEL (so early to be
blooming?
Brown Creeper 2 SEE ABOVE
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3 together with other birds in mixed flock,
including a Brown Creeper

Paul Peterson
<petersonpaul63...>
Boston


 
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