A Spotted Towhee has been hanging around Provincetown Airport for the past few days, found by Valerie Burdette on Sunday 11-16, still present as of yesterday according to eBird reports. MARC and eBird both show this as the 6th state record; almost 4 years since the last one. I only found out because I finally bit the bullet and joined the MA RBA GroupMe yesterday….
A few reports, including Ted’s, are visible on eBird’s map for this species, but Val’s and numerous others have yet to be released from the automated rarity filter, you have to dig a little deeper to see those.
Also, the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is apparently still being seen at Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, at least through yesterday, according to a commenter in the MA RBA FaceBook group. I should go visit my parents, they live right down Route 1 from IRWS….
