Sunday, July 21, 2024

Birds to end the third week of July

Peregrine Falcon, Rail trail, Ware, MA, Jul 21, 2024
Worm eating Warbler, Rail trail, Ware, MA, Jul 21, 2024
Chestnut sided Warbler, Rail trail, Ware, MA, Jul 21, 2024
Rose breasted Grosbeak, Rail trail, Ware, MA, Jul 21, 2024
Black and White Warbler, Quabbin Park, MA, Jul 20, 2024
Blue winged Warbler, Quabbin Park, MA, Jul 20, 2024
Song Sparrow, Quabbin Park, MA, Jul 20, 2024
House Wren, Quabbin Park, MA, Jul 20, 2024
Bonaparte's Gull, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Jul 20, 2024
Green Heron, Lake Wallace, Belchertown, MA, Jul 19, 2024
Common Yellowthroat, Ware, MA, Jul 18, 2024
Yellow Warbler, Ware, MA, Jul 18, 2024
Indigo Bunting, Ware, MA, Jul 18, 2024
Common Goldeneye, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Jul 18, 2024

With a break in our high levels of heat and humidity I got out a bit the last few days and turned up some decent birds in what is typically a rather dull part of the year.  Highlights the last few days included a reappearance of the female Common Goldeneye at Winsor Dam (she has been around since spring and is assumed to be unable to fly) and a breeding plumaged Bonaparte's Gull (also at Winsor Dam).  I have also spent time tracking down warblers with the best being a Worm eating Warbler away from any known breeding location so also certainly a post breeding dispersal bird.  Shorebirds have slowly been trickling in as their migration ramps up.

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