5/31 Quincy Coast Walk

[Paul Peterson]

Here are highlights from a walk in Squantum, Wollaston Beach, Pine Island, and Merrymount Park.

Glossy Ibis 1                 FOY; Pine Island next to cemetery in salt pan (near the Osprey platform)
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 3
Osprey 7+                      including six Squantum Marsh
Red-tailed Hawk 1+
Piping Plover 8              two exclosures along beach with two chicks per each pair
Killdeer 4
Semipalmated Plover 4
Willet 2
American Oystercatcher 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2
Least Tern 2                       Black's Creek
Common |Tern 1                Black's Creek
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo 1
Barn Swallow 35+            Squantum Marshes; surely due to cloudy, rainy day kept them low
American Redstart 1
Saltmarsh Sparrow 1
Orchard Oriole 1             same large oak as last year on Fenno St. opposite Princess Eve Rd.
Baltimore Oriole 1           Pine Island

Paul Peterson
peterso...@yahoo.com
Boston