With the approaching hurricane in mind last week, birders were poised for the possibility of finding storm-blown seabirds and possibly other species both along the outer coast and on large interior ponds and lakes.
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, ten manx shearwaters off Revere Beach, seven razorbills off Georges Island, two Iceland gulls at Deer Island and an Iceland gull at the Boston Fish Pier, a rough-legged hawk at the Boston Logan International Airport, a redhead at the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, and a yellow-bellied sapsucker at the Arnold Arboretum.