Birds and Butterflies MBC and Forbush Bird Club trip in Leicester 7/13

[Dolores Price]

This morning and early afternoon, five participants walked a section of the roadside of route 56 north overlooking the edges of the fields on the back side of the Worcester Airport. It was cloudy and the temp was in the mid 60's until late morning when sunny skies appeared and the temp rose to 80 degrees. We also drove over to Mulberry St. where we checked the edges of the field and walked the wooded path to the Quaker Cemetery.  

Butterflies included these 20 species:

Black swallowtail 2

Eastern tiger swallowtail 1

Spicebush swallowtail 5

Cabbage white 3

Clouded sulphur 10

American copper 1

Eastern tailed-blue 9

Great spangled fritillary 22

Silver-bordered fritillary 2

Pearl crescent 5

Appalachian brown 2

Little wood-satyr 5

Common wood-nymph 1

Monarch 2

Silver-spotted skipper 5

Peck's skipper 1

Little glassywing 1

Delaware skipper 1

Mulberry wing 1

Dun skipper 1

Birds included 26 species, including some highlights such as:

bobolinks, eastern kingbird, savannah sparrow, chimney swifts, kestrel, hairy woodpecker, and indigo bunting.

Many thanks to everyone for all your observations and to Scott Mcallister for keeping the bird list. 

Dolores Price