Date: 5/7/25 9:02 pm From: Barbara Volkle <barb620...> Subject: [MASSBIRD] 5/7 Blue Grosbeak, Etc. at McLaughlin Woods
Thanks to Paul Peterson for this report.
Barbara Volkle Northborough, MA <barb620...>
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Date: Wed, 7 May 2025 23:29:10 +0000 (UTC) From: Paul Peterson <petersonpaul63...> Subject: 5/7 Blue Grosbeak, Etc. at McLaughlin Woods
A very small area of oaks on both sides of Parker Hill Ave., near the entrance to Iroquois Woods, was the place to be. A BLUE GROSBEAK, a Yellow-throated Vireo, and fourteen warbler species were in those oaks. The birds were often low due to the heaviness of the air. I birded from 10:50-2:00:
Red-tailed Hawk 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 diving on red-tail Wild Turkey 1 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Blue-headed Vireo 1+ Veery 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 Cape May 1 Black and White 14 Northern Parula 13 Nashville 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Yellow Warbler 2 Magnolia 2 Common Yellowthroat 2 Chestnut-sided 1 Black-throated Blue 1 Black-throated Green 3 Blackpoll 1 Ovenbird 2 American Redstart 2+ Blue Grosbeak 1 saw rufous wing bars well as bird was high in an oak; flew off
