Monday, May 10, 2010

MA - more thrushes - 05/09

Pink Lady's Slipper. Shutesbury, Hampshire Co., MA. May 9th, 2010.


Red-spotted Newt (red eft/terrestrial juvenile). Shutesbury, Hampshire Co., MA. May 9th, 2010.



Hermit Thrush. Shutesbury, Hampshire Co., MA. May 9th, 2010.


Swainson's Thrush. Shutesbury, Hampshire Co., MA. May 9th, 2010.

Raw and unseasonably cold, but at least the mosquitoes were kept at bay. We took a casual Mother's Day stroll along a small section of the Robert Frost Trail in Shutesbury. Birds were relatively few but Blackburnian Warblers (5+) amongst the most frequent singers, with Black-throated Green and Black-throated Blue Warblers as well, along with several Ovenbirds. A migrant Swainson's Thrush lifted up from the leaf litter by the trail with two Hermit Thrushes further along the same trail for a nice comparison.

JPS

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