Date: 10/26/24 5:27 pm From: <jim.berry3...> <jim.berry3...> Subject: [MASSBIRD] 142 County Rd., Ipswich (home), Oct 26, 2024
142 County Rd., Ipswich (home)
Oct 26, 2024
Protocol: Incidental
Checklist Comments: We had a terrific bird ON OUR DECK today: a yellow-throated warbler. We saw it for only a few minutes late in the afternoon. Then it apparently flew back over the mere quarter-mile between here and 16 Meadowview, where it was also seen today. So it is the same bird. I didn't post it because of the lateness of the hour, but i'm posting in now so you can be prepared to see it in the morning. HOWEVER, at the same time we discovered two leaks in our kitchen ceiling, coming from upstairs bathroom. A plumber is coming at 0830 tomorrow to try to fix the problem, so if you come here, please make it after about 11 because i will be preoccupied with our plumbing problem as long as the plumber is here. I will email the list again after the plumber leaves to give you whatever I know about the warbler as of then. Besides, this bird has been seen almost entirely in late afternoon, so this delay should not inconvenience anyone.
2 species
Common Grackle 40 big flock again
Yellow-throated Warbler 1 See notes above; this is, clearly, a new yard bird. I have much experience with this species in Texas, and this bird has yellow lores and is therefore of the dominica subspecies from the east coast, as opposed to albilora of the midwest.
