At Suffolk County, a cattle egret at Eastport Park in Boston, a lingering Iceland gull at Deer Island, a willow flycatcher and a black-billed cuckoo at Millennium Park in West Roxbury, two yellow-bellied sapsuckers at The Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston, three white-crowned sparrows at Belle Isle Marsh Reservation in East Boston, a white-crowned sparrow at Arnold Arboretum, three broad-winged hawks soaring over Franklin Park and two ring-necked ducks at Chestnut Hill Reservoir.
At Suffolk County, several red phalaropes and an Iceland gull at Deer Island and Winthrop Beach, and lingering dark-eyed juncos at Franklin Park and the Jamaica Pond area.
With the season opening this weekend on April 1, cod and haddock are looming large for saltwater anglers, while over in the sweetwater, Wachusett sticks out for fans of lakers and landlocked salmon.