Waltham Street Fields, Lexington.
Photograph by Ryan Schain
2 records
| MARC number | Decision | Species | # | Location | County | Arrival | Departure | Observers | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-002 | A | Common Ground Dove | 1 | South Monomoy Island | Barnstable | 10/7/1973 | 10/7/1973 | T. Howell | 1 |
| 2015-028 | A | Common Ground Dove | 1 | Waltham St. Fields, Lexington | Middlesex | 11/13/2015 | 12/3/2015 | G. Rodriguez* (ph), Jeremiah Trimble (ph) | 20 |
Two records exist for the state. The first was a bird found and photographed on Monomoy Island, 7 October 1973 (T. Howell et al.). This bird was discovered on an American Ornithologists’ Union field trip, when over forty people had a chance to confirm the report (see American Birds 28: 126).
Guillermo Rodriguez, an avid birder visiting from Spain, was checking the Waltham Street Fields in Lexington on 13 November 2015, when he came upon the second state record. Having been familiar with the species after visiting other parts of the United States, he keenly photographed it and alerted the birding community, which proceeded to twitch the bird over the next several weeks.