Birds and Butterflies in Leicester

Eleven participants from the Forbush Bird Club and the Massachusetts Butterfly Club walked the roadside of Route 56 North overlooking the edges of the fields on the backside of the Worcester Airport. We then drove to Mulberry Street, where we walked the wooded path to the Quaker Cemetery. It was sunny and 81 degrees.
17 species of butterflies were tallied. Notable highlights were Spicebush Swallowtail, Eastern Tailed-Blue, Great Spangled Fritillary, Silver-Bordered Fritillary, Viceroy, Monarch, and Black Dash Skipper.

Many thanks to Bette Robo for keeping the list of birds seen and heard.

27 species were recorded:

Duck Sp. - 2
Wild Turkey - 1
25 Mourning Dove - 25
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 1
1 Red Eyed Vireo - 1
Black-capped Chickadee - 3
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Tree Swallow - 2
Barn Swallow - 10
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Gray Catbird - 1
American Robin - 2
Cedar Waxwing - 3
American Goldfinch - 7
Field Sparrow - 3
Savannah Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 3
Eastern Towhee - 6
Bobolink- 10
Ovenbird - 1
Blue Winged Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 3
Chestnut Sided Warbler - 3
Scarlet Tanager - 1

Report submitted by Dolores Price