11/20 Blue-headed Vireo and Bald Eagle at Chestnut Hill, Etc.

[Paul Peterson]

The Wild Turkeys, Blue-headed Vireo, and one of the two Brown Creepers were on Chestnut Hill Rd. near the reservoir. All the rest of the birds were at the Chestnut Hill Reservoir. I birded here from 11:00-1:30.

Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1 amazingly camouflaged against the slaty-blue rocks of the the reservoir
Ruddy Duck 35
Ring-necked Duck 4
scaup sp. 1 by itself
American Coot 16 usual spot on the water
Bald Eagle 1 arrived two minutes after I did!; adult
Red-tailed Hawk 1
accipiter sp. 1
hawk sp. 2
Wild Turkey 4 SEE ABOVE
BLUE-HEADED VIREO 1 SEE ABOVE; IN A BLOOMING WITCH HAZEL (so early to be blooming?
Brown Creeper 2 SEE ABOVE
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3 together with other birds in mixed flock, including a Brown Creeper

Paul Peterson
peterso...@yahoo.com
Boston