Date: 8/20/25 9:10 pm
From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...>
Subject: [MASSBIRD] 8/20 Winthrop Highlights, Etc. Eleven Shorebird Species
Thanks to Paul Peterson for this report.

Barbara Volkle
Northborough, MA
<barb620...>

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Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:55 +0000 (UTC)
From: Paul Peterson <petersonpaul63...>
Subject: 8/20 Winthrop Highlights, Etc. Eleven Shorebird Species

Great Egret 1 Belle Isle
Snowy Egret 1 Lewis Lake
Common Eider 7
Peregrine Falcon 1 scaring the many birds
Osprey 1+ Belle Isle
Black-bellied Plover 46 Fishermen's Bend roost
Killdeer 6 all but one Winthrop B.
Semipalmated Plover 60
Piping Plover 3 Winthrop B.
Semipalmated Sandpiper 300 wild guess
White-rumped Sandpiper 5 Winthrop Beach
Least sandpiper 1 Belle Isle
American Oystercatcher 12 max. five F.B.; four Crystal Cove Jetty; three
W.B.sister
Ruddy Turnstone 4 W.B.
Greater Yellowlegs 13 Crystal Cove Jetty
Lesser Yellowlegs 1 B.I.
Common Tern 1+ Crystal Cove
Purple Martin 2 Lewis Lake bus stop; calling and seen
Saltmarsh Sparrow 1 Belle Isle

P.S. No sign of Baird's Sandpipers

Paul Peterson
<petersonpaul63...>
Boston

 
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