7/18 Forster's Tern(s) at Third Cliff in Scituate, Etc.

[Paul Peterson]

What a dynamic place this is! And if that's not all, at the end, I had a face to face with a Short-tailed Weasel just as I got off the boardwalk Unfortunately, there is no parking here. The public entrance is between two houses, and is difficult to see.(at the sharp bend of Collier Rd.) There was an awesome feeding frenzy not too far out in the water, with many terns, gulls, and cormorants. Nice NNW breeze,I birded here from 3:00-5:45.

Great Egret 6
Great Blue Heron 1+
Osprey 2+
Killdeer 3
Piping Plover 40+
Semipalmated Plover 130
Semipalmated Sandpiper 300+
Least Sandpiper 20+               together in the cove
Sanderling 3
Short-billed Dowitcher 11
Willet 1+
Laughing Gull 15
Forster's Tern 1+             came close to shore with flock of commons
Common Tern 100+        many
Least Tern 20+
Belted Kingfisher 2      Driftway Park
Common Raven          heard
HORNED LARK 1        presumed nesting here; at the tip area
SHORT-TAILED WEASEL 1

Paul Peterson
peterso...@yahoo.com
Boston