I again started the month with visits to the public gardens where increasing numbers of up to 20 Common Grackle heralded the spring.
An Olmsted Park visit in beautiful early spring weather provided the expected mix of winter and early spring migrants.
The next week on Leverett Pond there was a male Green-Winged Teal that was apparently trying to woo a female Mallard! Also a notable Hairy Woodpecker and two displaying Red-Tailed Hawks over the softball pitch.
I managed two further visits later in the month when regular migrants and residents were recorded.
With full spring migration round the corner I decided to make Leverett Pond the main focus of my birding activities. I was really keen to see exactly what the site had to offer during May migration. In previous years I had favoured visiting Boston Public Gardens and chasing at other sites, for example, Mt. Auburn. However I wanted to give Leverett my full attention, see what migrants it attracted and to hopefully elevate my eBird list for the site.
