The APC sponsored a Bird Walk in Bussey Brook Meadow

A Beautiful Morning
About a dozen birders joined Bob Mayer on a BBC, Arboretum Park Conservancy sponsored walk in Bussey Brook Meadow/Marsh on this sunny but breezy morning.  Highlights were great views of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and a Northern Parula who dropped down near us for all to see.   We also had side by side looks at Carolina and House Wrens

A Mini-Drama
As we watched, a Red-Tailed Hawk parked right above a Canada Goose family with three goslings, to the extreme consternation of the parents.  Grackles, jays and red-wings came to the rescue, chasing off the Red Tail empty talonned. 

The full list:
Location:     Arnold Arboretum
Observation date:     5/9/10
Notes:     temp 45 sunny, windy
Number of species:     28

Canada Goose     5
Turkey Vulture     1
Red-tailed Hawk     2
Herring Gull     3
Rock Pigeon     4
Mourning Dove     2
Downy Woodpecker     1
Warbling Vireo     2
Blue Jay     5
American Crow     2
Black-capped Chickadee     3
Carolina Wren     1
House Wren     1
Wood Thrush     1
American Robin     X
Gray Catbird     5
European Starling     3
Northern Parula     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler     1
Chipping Sparrow   1
Song Sparrow     3
Northern Cardinal     2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     2
Red-winged Blackbird     8
Common Grackle     X
Brown-headed Cowbird     1
Baltimore Oriole     12
House Sparrow     2