Passanageset Park in Quincy Eastern Meadowlark, etc.

[Paul Peterson]

Not easy sparrowing in the windy conditions, but I did the best I could. I started at high tide and birded from 10:45-1:30p.m.

Great Blue Heron 6
Great Egret 1                                   
teal sp. 7
Northern Harrier 1
accipiter sp. 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1                  immature (continuing?)
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Greater Yellowlegs 11
Eastern Phoebe 1
American Pipit 3                             calling flyovers
Tree Swallow 20
Palm Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
NELSON'S SPARROW 1
ammodramus sp. 1
Field Sparrow 1+
Swamp Sparrow 4
Savannah Sparrows 20
Song Sparrow 20
White-throated Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 1
EASTERN MEADOWLARK 1   seen flying twice
Monarch 3
Clouded Sulphur 3

WOLLASTON BEACH FULL LENGTH:

Double-crested Cormorant ~500          feeding frenzy north end low tide
Great Egret 7
Brant 32
American Black Duck 40+
Common Eider 3
White-winged Scoter 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Laughing Gull 60                           forty at one scan north end

Paul Peterson
peterso...@yahoo.com
Boston