6/10 Six Blue-winged Warbler and an Indigo Bunting, Etc. at Fowl Meadow

[Paul Peterson]

I covered a great deal of this place in Milton and Canton. I birded from 11:00-3:50, and covered all of the main path, most of Fowl Meadow Path, Swamp Path, Field Path, and Hill Path. Quite a variety:

Great Egret 1
accipiter sp. 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Wild Turkey 1
cuckoo sp. 1                 about one-half mile down main path; on the right
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1     field; perched at top of commanding tree
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Willow Flycatcher 2              not too far down from entrance; where willow trees are
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2    
Carolina Wren 7
Veery 4                   heard only; lovely; captivating; enchanting
Wood Thrush 2
Blue-winged Warbler 6     one field path, one swamp path, three beyond #6101 (abandoned, old road); one field
Black and White Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 15
Common Yellowthroat 15
Ovenbird 11
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5
Eastern Towhee 10            broken wing display to lead me away from nest!
Swamp Sparrow 3                   near beginning; in wetland; singing

LEPIDS:

Silver-spotted Skipper 1
skipper sp. 30
Red Admiral 4
Black Swallowtail 2
Little Wood-Satyr 1
Cabbage White 1
anglewing sp. 1
Baltimore Oriole 3
Indigo Bunting 1                   singing constantly just beyond #6101 on abandoned old road