Date: 4/22/25 7:26 pm From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...> Subject: [MASSBIRD] 4/22 Rails, Rusties, Kestrel at Brook Farm West Roxbury, Etc.
Thanks to Paul Peterson for this report.
Barbara Volkle Northborough, MA <barb620...>
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Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:13:18 +0000 (UTC) From: Paul Peterson <petersonpaul63...> Subject: 4/22 Rails, Rusties, Kestrel at Brook Farm West Roxbury, Etc.
I birded in this corner of West Roxbury from 10:50-5:15, with many highlights:
Green Heron 1high school wetland Great Blue Heron 1 high school wetland Great Egret 1 high school wetland Wood Duck 6 Brook Farm Bald Eagle 1 Millennium Park; soaring for a while Red-tailed Hawk 1 Virginia Rail 2 a bit before third bridge; each one calling from opposite sides of path Killdeer 4 two pair Belted Kingfisher 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Brook Farm Common Raven 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Tree Swallow 4+ American Kestrel 1 ad. male perched atop tree Brook Farm Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 high school wetland Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 Brook Farm Pine Warbler 1 Brook Farm Savannah Sparrow 20 Millennium Park Swamp Sparrow 10 Rusty Blackbird 3 bit past third bridge; on right; best spot for them American Toad 2 FOY Green Frog x Painted Turtle 60 Muskrat 3 Eastern Cottontail 1 Eastern Chipmunk 3 Gray Squirrel 2 Cabbage White 2
