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Date: 11/27/25 5:38 am From: Josh <opihi...> Subject: [MASSBIRD] MA RBA: western vagrant wave yesterday
Hi MassBirders, Quite a wave of western vagrants found around the state yesterday! Thanks to folks for posting these to the MA RBAs on Discord and GroupMe: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Spencer-Pierce Little Farm, Newbury: https://ebird.org/checklist/S286287359 Ash-throated Flycatcher, mouth of Barnstable Harbor: https://ebird.org/checklist/S286294008 Ross’ Goose, Sterling: https://ebird.org/checklist/S286209254 Western Tanager, Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston: https://ebird.org/checklist/S286214697 The previously reported Say’s Phoebe at Cumbies in Middleboro was also still present as of yesterday, and the Townsend’s Warbler in Matt Garvey’s neighborhood of Chestnut Hill was seen again the day before. A Tundra Swan, seen by many recently at Cherry Hill Reservoir in Newbury, sadly turned up dead yesterday morning: https://ebird.org/checklist/S286216645 Happy Thanksgiving! Josh Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D. Amherst, MA https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/opihiman https://www.facebook.com/opihi Writer/compiler, Bird Observer https://www.birdobserver.org/ Columnist, “Earth Matters” https://www.gazettenet.com/search?bodysearch=earth+matters https://www.hitchcockcenter.org/category/earth-matters/ Vice-president, Hampshire Bird Club https://hampshirebirdclub.org/ Northeast Chapter head, Dragonfly Society of the Americas https://www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/northeastdsa

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