Unseasonably, cool weather conditions continued to be the weather's defining feature, but that did not suppress the enthusiasm of 23 participants who headed up the Boston Lot Lake access road with high hopes of encountering returning wood warblers, flycatchers and other songbirds. Those expectations were modestly met with a tally of eight warblers, including a Louisiana waterthrush heard calling from the brook near the trailhead, and a pair of least flycatchers seen up at the lake.
Otherwise, the results were less than hoped for. Thirty-eight species were recorded. Among the waterfowl, a highlight was five ring-necked ducks and four bufflehead seen on the lake, well-viewed through spotting scopes. 
Song/landbird results were not out of the ordinary for mid-May. In addition to the aforementioned waterthrush, seven yellow-rumped warblers, two American redstarts and a northern parole were among the warbler highlights. Other species seen and/or heard and enjoyed included two, singing brown creepers, two calling red-breasted nuthatches and a pair pileated woodpeckers. Species conspicuous in their absence were indigo buntings, scarlet tanagers, rose-breasted grosbeaks and Baltimore orioles to name a few.
Thanks to the event's co-leaders and Mascoma Chapter Steering Committee members George Clark and Blake Allison, and thanks to Blake for keeping the count, a complete list of which can be found by clicking on the following eBird link. http://ebird.org/ebird/vt/view/checklist/S36784621
Our next "Warbler Wednesday" outing at Boston Lot Lake will be on May 17th, commencing at 7:00 a.m. It is free and open to the public. Please join us. 
Mascoma Chapter of New Hampshire Audubon


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