Squantum Warblers, Etc.

[Paul Peterson]

i birded in Squantum on Tuesday on a beautiful day. What fun to chase down warbler sounds at  Nickerson Beach Park:

Great Egret 11
Great Egret 4
Great Blue Heron 2                 one in marsh on Thompson's Is.(as seen from high point at Nickerson)
Osprey 4+
Turkey Vulture 1
Semipalmated Plover 40
Killdeer 2+
Semipalmated Sandpiper 100           Orchard Beach
Least Sandpiper 2
Willet 1+
American Oystercatcher 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Short-billed Dowitcher 19
Least Tern 3
Common Tern 1
Nashville Warbler 1                       unusual
American Redstart 2                     ad. male singing and a juv. begging and calling
Yellow Warbler 2
Saltmarsh Sparrow 2

Paul Peterson
peterso...@yahoo.com
Boston