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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.
The most exciting report last week was a lesser sand-plover — a first record for Massachusetts — discovered and observed by many in Mashpee.
Last week was a great week to be out birding. Some of the highlights included two swallow-tailed kites, several yellow-throated warblers, several hooded warblers, and two Kentucky warblers.
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.
Oliver and Nick Komar grew up in Newton Highlands, and their lives today revolve around birds. The twin brothers still remember their first day of birding with their father along the Charles River in the Oak Hill area when they were 7 years old. They saw a rose-breasted grosbeak and a Baltimore oriole. “When I got those beautiful birds in focus in my binoculars, I was hooked,” said Nick. From then on, they biked around Newton every day before and after school looking for birds. Oliver and Nick received early encouragement and training from Brookline Bird Club members and began leading out...