Date: 3/19/26 4:25 pm From: 'Paul Peterson' via Boston Birds <bostonbirds...> Subject: [BostonBirds] 3/19 Pileated Woodpecker and Fox Sparrows in West Roxbury, Etc.
I birded in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Brook Farm, and Millennium Park from 12:00-6:00.
Great Blue Heron 3+ Wood Duck 5 Hooded Merganser 4 Green-winged Teal 8 1st bridge in Brook Farm (what people erroneously call Millennium Park! Go figure!) Ring-necked Duck many C.I.P. Common Merganser 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 heard at edge of Jewish Cem. Red-tailed Hawk 1 MERLIN 1 a bit after football field if heading to woodpecker corner very large bird 1 raptor or vulture PILEATED WOODPECKER 1 female near that large lone dirt/weed mound in the Brook Farms woods (between Jewish and The Gardens Cemeteries) Northern Flicker 2+ Hairy Woodpecker 1+ Eastern Phoebe 1 B.F. Common Raven 2 Fish Crow 13 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 B.F. Eastern Bluebird 2 B.F. in marsh FOX SPARROW 7 six in no man's land; one edge of cemetery. White-throated Sparrow 11 B.F. and cemetery Swamp Sparrow 1 American Tree Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 40+ mostly in cemetery RUSTY BLACKBIRD 2 along Ruins Trail at edge of river; fwo males flying around/chasing each other Brown-headed Cowbird 17
