Busy Sunday (5/7)

Well, here I am behind in my postings by over a week again. But this time I have a good reason (see my upcoming posts). Anyhow, in an effort to catch back up, I'm going to combine all of my trips from last Sunday into one big post.

I started early with a Forbush Bird Club trip to Sylvester St. in Leicester. We started near the airport and listened to the Bobolinks and Chestnut-sided Warblers in the cold morning air. After a few minutes, we started down the main road and immediately found a Scarlet Tananger. A clearing a few minutes walk down the path gave us great looks at Common Yellowthroats and Yellow Warblers. Before the trip ended I had to turn back so that I could get to my next stop.

The full trip bird list can be found here.

Next I drove to Dauphinais Park in Grafton for a Massachusetts Butterfly Club outing. By this time it was late morning but we still got some nice birds in addition to a healthy list of butterflies. Thanks to Dolores Price for leading the trip.

Birds: American Robin, Prairie Warbler, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Oriole, Gray Catbird, Eastern Towhee, Eastern Phoebe, Black-capped Chickadee, Blue Jay, Red-tailed Hawk, Great-crested Flycatcher

Butterflies: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Cabbage White, Clouded Sulphur, Orange Sulphur, American Copper, Eastern Pine Elfin, Eastern Tailed-Blue, Spring Azure, Pearl Crescent, Mourning Cloak, American Lady, Common Ringlet, Dreamy Duskywing, Juvenal's Duskywing, Wild Indigo Duskywing, Pepper and Salt Skipper

After dinner I finished the day off at All Faiths Cemetery in Worcester. The highlights there were a pair of Orchard Orioles (one adult male and one juvenal male singing), a Green Heron, and a pair of Killdeer mating.