Moose Hill in Sharon Highlights

[Paul Peterson]

I  birded here from 1:00-6:00 I hit the Hobb's Hill Loop Trail, then all of the Kettle Trail, the Field Loop, Billings Loop, the Pasture Trail, the Old Pasture Trail, and finally, most of the Bluff Trail.. Along the Old Pasture Trail, three birds of the same species were singing, down low, an amazing song that was warbler-like. The song had three different sections to it, each section seeming to end the song, but then the bird would sing more and more! Winter Wren? The song wasn't high and tinkling like I would expect from this species.

Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Wild Turkey 9                  including six adorable poults crossing Moose Hill Parkway with mum
Killdeer 1
Barred Owl 1                   minimum
Hairy Woodpecker 3          family
Great Crested Flycatcher 5
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Common Raven 2               minimum
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2     first ones in a while
Brown Creeper 3
Winter Wren 3                   See Above
Veery 6
Wood Thrush 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
Ovenbird 35
Pine Warbler 25
Northern Wterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
Eastern Towhee 7
Swamp Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 6           a surpirise

MAMMALIA:

Groundhog 1
Red Squirrel 1
Gray Squirrel 10+
Eastern Chipmunk 10+
White-tailed Deer 1

LEPIDS:

Monarch 1                 F.O.Y.    among milkweed
Black Swallowtail 1
Little Wood-Satyr 1
skipper sp. 1
Gray Tree Frog 1
Green Frog 6

Paul Peterson
peterso...@yahoo.com
Boston