Ash-throated Flycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Lane’s Farm Way, Rockport.
Photograph by Sean M. Williams.

36 records

MARC numberDecisionSpecies#LocationCountyArrivalDepartureObserversNotesReport
1989-006AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Gay Head, Martha's VineyardDukes11/5/198911/5/1989George Daniels*, Allan Keith*24
1993-017AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Meadowbrook Park and Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, ArlingtonMiddlesex11/7/199311/13/1993L. Taylor1
1997-024NAAsh-throated Flycatcher1South Monomoy Island, ChathamBarnstable9/14/19979/14/199715
1998-023AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Locust Lane, BarnstableBarnstable12/20/199812/26/1998R. Pease, Blair Nikula, Jeremiah Trimble4
2001-007AAsh-throated Flycatcher1BelmontMiddlesex8/30/20018/30/2001Marj. Rines6
2001-017AAAsh-throated Flycatcher1Rowley Shore, GloucesterEssex11/15/200111/15/2001J. Paluzzi et al.7
2001-017BAAsh-throated Flycatcher118 Revere Street, GloucesterEssex12/16/200112/22/2001Ron Lockwood et al.7
2003-029AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Fells Reservoir, off Woodland Road, in Stoneham section of MIddlesex Fells, StonehamMiddlesex11/7/200311/16/2003D. Jewell, Marj. Rines (dtls)9
2004-030AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Halibut Point State Park, RockportEssex11/26/200412/19/2004T. Burke et al.10
2005-022AAsh-throated Flycatcher1World's End, HinghamPlymouth5/20/20055/20/2005G. d'Entremont, D. Brown10
2005-037AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Parker River NWREssex11/6/200511/14/2005Curtis Marantz*, P. Brown (ph)11
2006-057AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Leonard St., AnnisquamEssex12/9/200612/19/2006F. Bouchard, J. Barber (ph)12
2007-052AAsh-throated Flycatcher133 Acton St., CarlisleMiddlesex11/8/200711/28/2007Schaeffer, Marshall Iliff †, many photos13
2011-027AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Winthrop Greenway, WinthropSuffolk10/11/201110/12/2011P. Peterson*, Ryan Schain (ph), Matt Garvey (v)16
2011-075AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Cuttyhunk IslandDukes10/16/201110/16/2011M. Sylvia* (ph)18
2011-076AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Salisbury Beach State Park, SalisburyEssex10/28/201111/4/2011J. Fenton (ph), m. ob.18
2011-077AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Fort Hill, EasthamBarnstable11/11/201112/30/2011Jeremiah Trimble (ph) et al.17
2011-078AAsh-throated Flycatcher1King Farm, South DartmouthBristol11/28/20111/2/2012Alice Morgan, Geoff Dennis18
2012-092AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Salisbury Beach State Park, SalisburyEssex12/16/201212/22/2012B. Volkle*, M. Goetchkes (ph)17
2012-146AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Squaw Rock Park, SquantumNorfolk11/3/201211/5/2012M. McWade*, ph. L. Waters, ph. Ryan Doherty, ph. Marshall Iliff, ph. V. Zollo, m. ob.18
2015-044AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Squam Farm, NantucketNantucket11/25/201511/28/2015ph. G. Andrews*20
2015-057AAsh-throated Flycatcher2Ware Field/Lane's Farm, RockportEssex12/4/201512/26/2015ph. S. Williams*20
2015-058AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Manomet Center for Conservation Biology, ManometPlymouth12/10/20151/4/2016ph. B. Harrington20
2015-059AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Danehy Park, CambridgeSuffolk12/28/20151/6/2016ph. Jason Forbes20
2017-083NAAsh-throated Flycatcher1Turkey Hill, CohassetNorfolk12/8/201712/8/2017Sally Avery†* (ph)22
2017-113AAsh-throated Flycatcher1North Shore Community GardensEssex10/23/201710/28/2017Suzanne Sullivan* (ph)22
2017-114AAsh-throated Flycatcher1High Head, TruroBarnstable11/27/201712/3/2017Sue Finnegan* (ph.)22
2017-115AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Drumlin Farm, LincolnMiddlesex11/26/201712/2/2017Pam Sowizral* (ph.)22
2017-116AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Great Neck Road, WarehamPlymouth12/11/201712/11/2017Nate Marchessault* (ph)22
2019-115AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Parker River NWR, Plum IslandEssex11/12/201911/13/2019Marjorie Watson* (ph), Margaret Viens* (ph)24
2019-150AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Salisbury Beach State Reservation, SalisburyEssex11/15/201911/16/2019John Keeley* (ph)24
2020-104AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Salisbury Beach State Reservation, SalisburyEssex11/8/202011/8/2020John Keeley*, Suzanne Sullivan* (ph)25
2020-105AAsh-throated Flycatcher1OrleansBarnstable12/20/202012/20/2020Luke Seitz* (ph), Jeremiah Trimble* (ph)25
2021-002AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Savary Ave, Sagamore BeachBarnstable1/10/20211/25/2021Rob Timberlake*, Susan Finnegan (ph)25
2021-078AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Belle Isle MarshSuffolk11/15/202111/16/2021Moss Ly*, m. ob.(ph)26
2021-087AAsh-throated Flycatcher1Weir Hill FarmPlymouth/Norfolk12/7/202112/21/2021Sally Avery* (ph), m. ob.26

 

Ash-throated Flycatchers are annual fall vagrants/migrants along the east coast. Massachusetts has over two dozen records, nearly all in the October to December timeframe. The Committee also has several records of multiple birds (!) from the big 2011 irruption. There is the possibility that at least 3 separate Ash-throated Flycatchers spent time on Plum Island during October of 2011.

Separating Ash-throated from other Myiarchus (Great Crested, Dusky-capped, Brown-crested, La Sagra’s and Nutting’s Flycatchers) can present a difficult identification challenge.