Date: 4/4/26 10:34 am From: 'Paul Peterson' via Boston Birds <bostonbirds...> Subject: [BostonBirds] 4/3 Burrage Pond Short-eared Owl and Sandhill Cranes, etc.
I birded here from 12:30-5:20, with the cloudy day turning into a sunny, lovely day. Within eighty minutes upon arrival, I had a Short-eared Owl, Six Sandhill Cranes, and an American Kestrel. That's when I knew it was going to be a great day. I was overwhelmingly within the town of Hanson, but I did a little of Halifax as well. I entered from the Hawkes Ave. entrance. (next to the railroad tracks)
Great Egret 2 F.O.Y.
Great Blue Heron 6 impossible to count in a place such as this
Green-winged Teal 10
Ring-necked Duck 103 including eighty-eight from the back ponds
Osprey 2 F.O.Y.
Bald Eagle 3+
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 heard
SANDHILL CRANE 6+ north end ; F.O.Y.
SHORT-EARED OWL 1 adult male over former bogs at north end while sky was still cloudy; 1:00 p.m.
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Common Raven 2
Tree Swallow 20
AMERICAN KESTREL 1 F.O.Y. near Hawkes Ave. entrance; favoring the dead, prominent snag near the office building
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Eastern Bluebird 2 at a nesting box at north end
HERMIT THRUSH 1 F.O.Y.
PALM WARBLER 2 F.O.Y. with Hermit Thrush
Pine Warbler 4 hither and yon
American Tree Sparrow 6
Wood Frog 1
Spring Peeper x
Northern Leopard Frog or Pickerel Frog 3 heard along main dike before mini dike if coming from the north
Painted Turtle x
White-tailed Deer 4 elsewhere in Hanson
Red Squirrel 4
Gray Squirrel 3
