10/21 Rivermoor Conservation Park and Third Cliff Scituate

[Paul Peterson]

I birded here on this beautiful day from 11:40-4:45. I hit Rivermoor Conservation Area along the Driftway, and then walked to Third Cliff. This is a nice area through which to walk.

Red-throated Loon 6
Northern Gannet 1      immature F.O.Y.
American Bittern 1     flushed out in marsh behind the aforementioned park
Great Blue Heron 2
Surf Scoter 13
Common Eider 7
raptor sp. 1           flushed in park
Black-bellied Plover 60
Semipalmated Plover 8
Semipalmated Sandpiper 7
Baird's Sandpiper 2               in small, mixed flock
White-rumped Sandpiper 1     with above
Sanderling 14
Dunlin 60
Greater Yellowlegs 1 
Laughing Gull 13
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 13
Golden-crowned Kinglet 12
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Hermit Thrush 1
Cedar Waxwing 13      F.O.F.
Yellow-rumped Warbler 45     
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 3                           out in marsh
Swamp Sparrow 3
Savannah Sparrow 6
ammodramus sp. 2      in spartina behind park (back side)
sparrow sp. 2              flushed; near dunes; very secretive
LAPLAND LONGSPUR 3     feeding in wrack straw near the cove and American flag ; same place as three years ago

Paul Peterson
peterso...@yahoo.com
Boston