7/11 Squantum Highlights -Ninety Short-billed Dowitchers

[Paul Peterson]

What a nice day to go birding. Comfortable temps and minimal sun. Beware of the greenheads deer flies, and mosquitoes. I birded from 1:45-7:15:

Snowy Egret 10+
Great Egret 4+
Great Blue Heron 1+
Oaprey 8                  including three young split between the two nests
Wild Turkey 2
Killdeer 2
SHORT_BILLED DOWITCHER 90
Willet 6
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 7
American Oystercatcher 1+
Least Sandpiper 2
peep sp. 2
Common Tern 3
Least Tern 3
Eastern Kingbird 1          usual spot!
AMERICAN KESTREL 1                   ad. male being driven off marsh by Two Common Terns!
Common Yellowthroat 6                      Squantum Point Park
Yellow Warbler 6
Saltmarsh Sparrow 3

LEPIDS:

Monarch 1
butterfly sp' 1           Viceroy or Monarch
Orange Sulphur 1
Clouded Sulphur 1
Cabbage White 4

Amphibians:

American Toad 1           so cute and tiny

Paul Peterson
peterso...@yahoo.com
Boston