5/18 Belle Isle Marsh Highlights+Manx Shearwaters

[Paul Peterson]

I birded here from 10:40-1:45:

Little Blue Heron 1     adult in main pan
Gteat Blue Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 3            flew in and dropped into the marsh grass. Seen from boardwalk
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 2
Osprey 4
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 2     male and female-obvious pair
Black-bellied Plover 13
Killdeer 1
Willet 2+
American Oystercatcher 2
Greater Yellowlegs 10
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
peep sp. 1
Common Tern 4
Least Tern 2
Warbling Vireo 2
Barn Swallow 4
Tree Swallow 10
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Cedar Waxwing 12              flock in shrubs just inside entrance
Yellow Warbler 7
Common Yellowthroat 4
 SALTMARSH SPARROW 2    one seen from end of boardwalk-straight out; stunning
MANX SHEARWATER 7        Revere Beach roosting on water between Wonderland and R.B. Stations
Common Eider 26                 Revere Beach incl. twelve tiny chicka and three female guardians
Brant 5                                Revere Breakwater
Piping Plover 3                     Revere Beach (south end exclosure)

Paul Peterson
peterso...@yahoo.com
Boston