Date: 5/8/25 7:26 pm From: Matt S. <accipiter22...> Subject: [MASSBIRD] May 8, 2025 Parker River NWR, Newburyport - Decent amount of migrants, but not overwhelming
Hi All,
I had a nice trip to Parker River today, spending most of my time at Hellcat and running into some friendly faces. There's definitely activity coming through, but nothing overwhelming; I'm still waiting for that really big day. You could probably get to 100 species today overall if you checked the oceans and hung around long enough, but there were a lot of one-offs. I saw a few chestnut-sideds, a couple black-throated blues, a multitude of black-and-white warblers, and tons and tons of pugilistic orioles. I enjoy watching bird-drama as they vie for control of one or another tree. Outside of that, there was a black-throated green, a redstart, a parula or two. I saw reports from earlier that noted dozens of parula, so maybe they moved off the island by the time I got there just before 7. It was definitely "birdy" though, lots of lingerers, white-throated sparrows for instance, and breeders, liked red-winged blackbirds were everywhere. I'm waiting for that 18-20 warbler species day though. Other reports I heard included black-billed cuckoo around the Pines Lot.
That's all for now,
Matt s. Newton, NH <Accipiter22...>
-------------------------------------------------------- Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US May 8, 2025 6:50 AM - 10:32 AM Protocol: Traveling 12.19 mile(s) 67 species
