Boston 1/9

Two members  joined me on a BBC trip  around Boston- concentrating on the coast starting downtown- Charlestown, East Boston, Deer Island, South Boston , Mattapan and ending up at Olmstead Park. The highlights included  Lesser-Black-backed Gull and Peregrine at Christopher Columbus Park, the continuing Barrow's Goldeneye first found by Matt Garvey on New Year's day and an adult Iceland Gull at Deer Island and several Fish Crows at Franklin Field and the Boston Nature Center.

Boston  7:30-3:15PM
32-36F windy  40 species

Common Loon  1

Canada Goose   450

Brant  4

Mute Swan  2

Am. Black Duck  174

Mallard  329

Ring-necked Duck  2

Common Eider  310

Surf Scoter  34

White-winged Scoter  26

Black Scoter  4

Bufflehead  135

Common Goldeneye  28

BARROW'S GOLDENEYE  1 m

Red-breasted Merganser  40

Cooper's Hawk  1 ad, 1 imm

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Peregrine Falcon- 1 ad at Custom House nest box

Wild Turkey   2 (admiring themselves in mirrored glass at Boston Nature Center)

American Coot  1 Ring-billed Gull  285

Herring Gull   210

ICELAND GULL  1 ad- Deer Is.

Lesser Black-backed Gull- 1 ad

Great Black-backed Gull  26

Rock Pigeon  240

Mourning Dove  4

Downy Woodpecker  1

Blue Jay  4

Common Crow  15

FISH CROW  12  (Franklin Field- Boston Nature Center)

BC Chickadee  6

WH Br Nuthatch  1

Robin  1

Mockingbird  1

Starling  360

Song Sparrow  3

Junco  12

Cardinal  1

House Sparrow  52

Bob Stymeist