eBird Report - Martin Burns WMA, 5/23/10 - Olive-sided Flycatcher - NO, Luna Moth - YES

After spending about 6 hours at Plum, Kirk and myself ventured over to Martin Burns WMA in Byfield for 2.5 hours to see if we could chance upon the Olive-sided Flycatchers that had been seen there recently. Sadly, chance upon we did not. Nonetheless, Martin Burns WMA is another wonderful property managed by the State of MA Div. of Fisheries & Wildlife....in fact, I daresay I like it more than Bolton Flats WMA! Just wonderful habitat allowing for all sorts of birds and insects there. Highlights were FOY INDIGO BUNTINGS, Chestnut-sided Warblers and Prairie Warblers! After such a great day, I nonetheless felt incredibly drained thanks to not protecting myself from the effects of the sun and cursing the meteorologists, for I thought they had forecasted mostly cloudy conditions with a slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Kirk and I joined up with Brian Cassidy (?) with his assumed better-half and John (Nelson?), and while together, we came across a LUNA MOTH, though it was in pretty rough shape, but it was the first Luna Moth I have ever seen! Good luck to those who try to find the Olive-sided Flycatchers, I hope you have better luck than we did!


Location:     Martin Burns WMA
Observation date:     5/23/10
Number of species:     24

Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias     1
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura     3
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura     1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens     1
Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus     1
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata     2
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos     1
Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor     1
White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis     1
American Robin - Turdus migratorius     3
Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis     2
Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum     5
Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia     1
Chestnut-sided Warbler - Dendroica pensylvanica     3
Prairie Warbler - Dendroica discolor     2
Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas     2
Scarlet Tanager - Piranga olivacea     1
Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus     2
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia     1
Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea     3
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus     2
Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula     1
Baltimore Oriole - Icterus galbula     2
American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis     3

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