The end of June

Black and White Warbler, Quabbin Park, MA, Jun 30, 2025

Yellow Warbler, Rail trail, Ware, MA, Jun 30, 2025

American Redstart, Rail trail, Ware, MA, Jun 30, 2025

Gray Catbird, Rail trail, Ware, MA, Jun 30, 2025

American Redstart with unusual plumage, Quabbin Park, MA, Jun 29, 2025

Pileated Woodpecker, Quabbin Park, MA, Jun 29, 2025

Eastern Kingbird, Hickory Ridge Conservation Area, Amherst, MA, Jun 28, 2025

Muskrat, Hickory Ridge Conservation Area, Amherst, MA, Jun 28, 2025

Common Yellowthroat, Rail Trail, Amherst, MA, Jun 27, 2025

Red winged Blackbirds, Rail Trail, Amherst, MA, Jun 27, 2025

Green Heron, Rail Trail, Amherst, MA, Jun 27, 2025

Black Bear, Rail Trail, Amherst, MA, Jun 27, 2025

Bank Swallow juveniles, Rail trail, Ware, MA, Jun 26, 2025

Yellow Warbler, Quabbin Park, MA, Jun 25, 2025

Yet another month has come to an end (they go faster and faster...at least when it is warm out!).  It was a great month for birding when I could get out as the weather was mainly cooperative (although record setting hot at times) with just the annoying insects making it less pleasant.  Lots of breeding activity throughout the month and I conducted all of my breeding bird work from Eastern Whip Poor Will surveys to my Breeding Bird Survey and field surveys on the Prescott Peninsula.  Bird song continued through the end of the month although it has started to trail off with some species going quiet.  July is always a fairly quiet time for birding here although some post breeding dispersals can add some excitement.  For me this July marks my last month of work in my fire and EMS career as I will be retiring after 33 years in the field.  I'm certainly ready for it!