5/1 Emerald Necklace in Jamaica Plain

[Paul Peterson]

I birded Leverett Pond, Willow Pond, Jamaica Pond, and the Arnold Arboretum today. There was one very young Mallard Duck family at each of the three ponds. 

Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1      near Wood Thrush
Warbling Vireo 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Wood Thrush 1          shaded area near Willow Pond
Northern Waterthrush 2     A.A  not far from Visitor's Center near massive Amur Cork Tree; 
Yellow Warbler 4
Northern Parula 1                  Jamaica Pond
Nashville Warbler 1                near Wood Thrush; in awesome blossoming treeming tree
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3     Jamaica Pond
Black and White Warbler 1
Swamp Sparrow 2 
Orchard Oriole 1        rose garden at A.A. singing a great deal, and moving around
Baltimore Oriole 4 

P.S. The grove of weeping cherries in rose garden area near the Forest Hills Gate are stunning . Definitely WOW!!