Date: 6/7/25 7:09 pm From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...> Subject: [MASSBIRD] 6/6 Belle Isle and Rumney Marshes, Etc. Eventful Day
Thanks to Paul Peterson for this report.
Barbara Volkle Northborough, MA <barb620...>
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Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2025 17:32:13 +0000 (UTC) From: Paul Peterson <petersonpaul63...> Subject: 6/6 Belle Isle and Rumney Marshes, Etc. Eventful Day
I birded first at Belle Isle Marsh, then Revewre Beach for shearwaters, then Rumney Marsh-South End in hopes of getting Clapper Rail and White-faced Ibis.A very satisfying day indeed:
Manx Shearwater 17 near south end, close to shore roosting at low tide White-faced Ibis 1Â seen in wet area on Route 1A just north of the Freeman St. Fire Station; WOW! It was with four Glossy Ibis.There is a sidewalk here. Just north of Revere St. and Rte. 1 A intersection Glossy Ibis 30+ impossible to count, always on the move Snowy Egret 3Â B.I. Osprey 6+ combined total Great Egret 1 CLAPPER RAIL 2Â Jacobs Park; one calling just a bit W of Elmwood, other a bit E of Thorndike; this park runs along Hastings St. scoter sp. 3 Killdeer 5 Semipalmated Plover 4 White-rumped Sandpiper 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 4 Willet 3+ American Oystercatcher 1Â Belle Isle Inlet Greater Yellowlegs 1 Common Tern 3 Least Tern 2 Willow Flycatcher 1Â B.I. Lawn Ave. Trail (wear long sleeves; mosquitoes await you) Warbling Vireo 3 B.I. Yellow Warbler 7Â B.I. Common Yellowthroat 2Â B.I. Saltmarsh Sparrow 5Â B.I. Bobolink 1 B.I. Meadow Baltimore Oriole 1Â B.I.
