For a few short weeks in May birds that live in the tropics for much of the year migrate through to points north to procreate. For this short three to four week period the trees are full of colorful birds. These few weeks are fleeting, made worse by persistent bad northeast winds. Sometimes these winds can ground birds for over a week as they wait for a favorable flight.
Luckily, Thursday night the wind was right, so a bunch of birds flew into the area before the wind grounded them here. I got out both Friday and Saturday with a variety of friends. Unfortunately, I did not a photo of the second best bird I saw, a Blackburnian Warbler. It was raining when I started birding this morning and did not take my camera with me. I did get to see the very rare for New England Yellow Throated Warbler. Some of the species below will breed in MA/RI but they are migrants coming from the south.
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| Pine Warbler |
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| Hybrid Blue Winged Warbler |
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| Female Rose Breasted Grosbeak (and below) |
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| Black and White Warbler |
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| Black Throated Blue Warbler |
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| Baltimore Oriole |
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| Male Rose Breasted Grosbeak |
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| Yellow Rumped Warbler |
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| Palm Warbler |
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| Yellow Warbler |
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| Black Throated Blue Warbler |
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| Not a migrant but a photo upgrade of Belted Kingfisher |
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| Obviously not a migrant or a bird |
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| Female Orchard Oriole |
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| Blue Winged Warbler |
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