In Mattapan and Roslindale. What a beautiful day. I birded from
1:00-6:30 in these contiguous locales, starting first in Mt. Hope
Cemetery, followed by New Calvary Cemetery, and ending in Boston
Nature Center:
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Wild Turkey 24
Killdeer 9 annual autumn spot
Solitary Sandpiper 2 flyover at dusk, calling!
Mourning Dove 60 B.N.C.
Eastern Phoebe 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1 Mt. Hope Cem.
Carolina Wren 3 incl. two Mt. Hope!
House Wren 1 New Calvary Cem.
HOODED WARBLER 1 cont. for a week or more on boardwalk along Fox
Trail; first located by C. Hartshorn
Northern Waterthrush 2 one Mt. Hope pond, one Fox Trail
American Redstart 2 Mt. Hope pond
Blackpoll Warbler 1 Mt. Hope pond
Common Yellowthroat 3
Lipids:
AMERICAN COPPER 42 mostly on goldenrod and asters
Black Swallowtail 1
Monarch Butterfly 1 this and above species at Clark-Cooper
Clouded Sulphur 5
Cabbage White x
Paul Peterson
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