6/26 Brown Thrasher in Squantum (Not where you think)

[Paul Peterson]

I birded  in Squantum from 2:30-7:00 I was delighted to see a Brown Thrasher in an area where most people don't bird. I heard several calls. After a short while, I realized that I could be hearing a thrasher I hurried over to the area in time to see the bird land briefly on a tree top and then dive into dense brush. This is the area where the old, long-abandoned swing set and ball field used to be. It is at Airport Rd. at Saratoga Rd. I covered all of Squantum with the exception of Nickerson Park That means the salt pannes, Moswetuset Hummock, Squantum Pt. Park, nature trail opposite nursing home, river trail, and Billings Salt Marsh Trail

Gloss Ibis 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1+
Snowy Egret 4+
Great Egret 4 +
Osprey 4+
CLAPPER RAIL 1                calling between the two salt pannes
Wild Turkey 3
Killdeer 7
American Oystercatcher 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Willet 5+
Least Tern 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 2
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 2
Brown Thrasher 1
Gray Catbird 12+
Yellow Warbler 12+
Common Yellowthroat 3
Saltmarsh Sparrow 5        Kennedy Center salt panne
Swamp Sparrow 1
Baltimore Oriole 2