Date: 4/29/24 1:01 pm From: 'Paul Peterson' via Boston Birds <bostonbirds...> Subject: [BostonBirds] 4/27 Rusty Blackbirds and Sora at Brook Farm Reservation
On Saturday, I went to Brook Farm Reservation in West Roxbury in hopes of hearing (I had no hope of seeing) the Sora that Ted B. had posted about on e-bird earlier in the day. When I arrived at the spot, which is the third bridge, I initially didn't hear anything. So I walked a bit further. There were three adult male Rusty Blackbirds in the wetland on the right. A jogger flushed them to a tree, where i could see their bills move as they sang their awesome songs. The calls created a wonderful ambience as I stood in the swamp, the path being the only dry land. I returned to the Sora spot, and waited at least one half hour, but it was well worth it, for i got to hear twice the awesome whinny by either one or a pair of Sora. This was at 8:15 p.m.
Great Blue Heron 2 Millennium Park and high school wetland
Wood Duck 2 high school wetland
Belted Kingfisher 1 high school wetland
American Kestrel 1 Millennium Park (M.P.)
Sora 1 or 2
Palm Warbler 2 No Man's Land (area bordered by St. Joseph's Cemetery, M.P., and high school wetland)
Swamp Sparrow 5 Brook Farm singing
Rusty Blackbird 3
Amphibians:
American Toads M.P.
Spring Peepers Brook Farm Reservation
Bullfrog 2 (or Green Frogs) .
Paul Peterson
<petersonpaul63...>
Boston
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Boston Birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bostonbirds+<unsubscribe...>
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bostonbirds/<1678385952.2794323.1714420862880...>
