8/13 Belle Isle and Fishermen's Bend Highlights

[Paul Peterson]

I visited Belle Isle twice yesterday, at high tide and near low tide. Near low tide I was actually in the cemetery, looking out onto the Belle Isle Inlet. There are beautiful views here looking up the inlet. 
 
Snowy Egret 45                  minimum
Great Egret 15
Great Blue Heron 3
Osprey 4
Killdeer 2
Black-bellied Plover 22
Semipalmated Plover 10
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 30
peep sp. 170 
Greater Yellowlegs 8
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Willet 2
Ruddy Turnstone 3
American Oystercatcher 9
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Common Tern 5
Least Tern 1
Common Raven 1
Peregrine Falcon 1             stooping repeatedly on Greater Yellowlegs, which would disappear underwater!!
Merlin 1 

Paul Peterson
peterso...@yahoo.com
Boston