7/13+7/16 + 7/18 Recent Sightings in Belle Isle, Winthrop, and Revere

[Paul Peterson]

I hit Belle Isle on all three days, all three sections.The following were from there. Unless noted, all birds were from today:

Great Egret 11
Snowy Egret 11                     7/13 highest number
Great Blue Heron 5                7/13 highest number
Bald Eagle 1                         7/16   being escorted from the air space courtesy of two Osprey!
Osprey 7                              two nestlings in one nest, at least one in the other nest
WILD TURKEY 1                  7/16 in front yard of house next to Napolis Restaurant (Bennington St.)
Killdeer 1
Least Sandpiper 38                    7/16 The Key at Belle Isle
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3
Short-billed Dowitcher 3
American Oystercatcher 6          just sitting out on the marsh
Willet 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 12
Greater Yellowlegs 1
yellowlegs sp. 5
Common Tern 2
Least Tern 2
Willow Flycatcher 1                7/13 seen and heard singing from boardwalk, as well as heard from much further back
BANK SWALLOW 1               7/16 dusk
BROWN THRASHER 1          7/13 Lawn Ave.
SALTMARSH SPARROW 12  7/13 highest count (seen from all three sections)
Raccoon 3                            7/16

WINTHROP AND REVERE

COMMON LOON 6             7/18 Short Beach (one of best spots for this species but this is ridiculous for summer!)
MANX SHEARWATER 5     7/18 Short Beach (also four at Revere Breakwater 7/16
Piping Plover 5                   7/16 Winthrop Beach
Semipalmated Plover 4       7/13 Revere Breakwater flyover calling
Spotted Sandpiper 1           7/16 Fisherman's Bend Winthrop (on rocks)
Monk Parakeet 3                7/16 near Daw Playground and Lewis Lake (Veterans Rd.enormous very unripe mulberry tree
Savannah Sparrow 1          7/16 Winthrop Gazebo at Belle Isle

Paul Peterson
peterso...@yahoo.com
Boston