I finally was able to get out early in the morning yesterday for a few hours tracking down warblers to start off the month of July. Until then I was either going to work, working or getting held at work for the first four days of the month (I still got some warblers then but only a paltry ten species for the first four days of the month). I started off the morning along the rail trail in Ware where I had ten species of warbler including three new ones for the month. I then headed to Quabbin Park where I had 13 species of warbler with the highlight by far being a yellow washed juvenile Cerulean Warbler in an area I suspected the species has been breeding for a few years now. This was the first time I could confirm it and I was very happy to finally do so.
Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Cadwell Memorial Forest, Pelham, MA, Jul 6, 2025
Black and White Warbler, Quabbin Park, MA, Jul 6, 2025
Chestnut sided Warbler, Quabbin Park, MA, Jul 6, 2025
American Redstart, Quabbin Park, MA, Jul 6, 2025
Today I concentrated on the area on the west side of Quabbin mainly looking for a few more sporatic breeding warblers including Magnolia Warbler, Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle' and Canada Warbler. Despite a decent amount of insect activity that made birding a challenge at times I tracked down all three species. I also made a brief stop at Quabbin Park and once again had a juvenile Cerulean Warbler as well as a number of other warbler species. With two productive mornings of chasing down warblers I now have 19 species for July in the county, which is all of the expected breeding species. To go over that total will only come about if a rarity pops up.
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