Date: 8/2/26 11:38 am From: 'Paul Peterson' via Boston Birds <bostonbirds...> Subject: [BostonBirds] 7/31 Third Cliff Highlights
Back for round two. I birded here from 1:40-4:40 from high tide to mid-tide. I also did some butterflying at the Scituate Recyle and Solar Panel Farm area, off the Driftway. Quite disturbing too see all those dead animals near the solar panel farm (where the black Scituate Police amphibious? vehicle is always stationed. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE! Rhese animals are still rather fresh in appearance
Great Blue Heron 10
Great Egret 7
Snowy Egret 1
Osprey 2+
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Wild Turkey 1 next to the solar panels
Piping Plover 5
Killdeer 8 including five at Scituate Country Club
Black-bellied Plover 4
Semipalmated Plover 400 wild guess
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1,000 wild guess; uncountable
Least Sandpiper 40
Ruddy Turnstone 4
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Sanderling 4
Willet 5
ROSEATE TERN 2 gorgeous adult and juvenille
Least Tern 120
Common Tern 60
Belted Kingfisher the Driftway
Great Crested Flycatcher 3 the Driftway
Horned Lark 5
LEPIDS:
Monarch 11 See Above plus ones seen along my walk to Third Cliff
Common Wood-Nymph 4
Black Swallowtail 1
Tiger Swallowtail 2
Spring Azure 1
Orange Sulphur 3
Clouded Sulphur 1
Cabbabe White 40
DEAD ANIMALS:
RACCOON 2
SKUNK 1 laying atop one of the Raccoons SEE ABOVE
RED_TAILED HAWK !
