April warblers

Black and White Warbler, Covey WMA, Apr 30, 2013

Blue winged Warbler, Covey WMA, Apr 30, 2013

Yellow rumped Warbler, Covey WMA, Apr 30, 2013

 

American Redstart, Quabbin Park, Apr 30, 2013

A quick update as April comes to a close and the influx of warblers really ramps up. So far for the year here in Massachusetts I have had a total of 16 species of warbler including four more species first seen today-Blue winged and Prairie Warbler, Ovenbird and American Redstart.  There are several more species to go even without something odd showing up plus the overall numbers should really increase too over the next few weeks.  Bring them on!

The influx starts

Yellow Warbler, UMASS Amherst, Apr 27, 2013

Yellow rumped Warbler, UMASS Amherst, Apr 27, 2013

Black and White Warbler, UMASS Amherst, Apr 27, 2013

A few more warblers have trickled in over the last few days and I ran across my first Yellow Warbler of the season.  Just a few photos of some of the species I ran across today.

An unusual Pine Warbler and update of migration so far

Pine Warbler with unusual markings, Quabbin Park, Apr 22, 2013

Among the warblers I ran across today was an odd Pine Warbler with a complete black necklace similar to what you found find on a Canada Warbler.  The bird was at Quabbin Park and I managed a few digiscoped photos of the individual.

As an update to warbler migration so far this season I will mention what has been seen so far and compare it to last year.  During March last year I had three species of warbler but had none at all this March.  So far this year, as of today, I have five species of warbler including Pine, Palm, Black and White and Yellow-rumped Warbler as well as Louisiana Waterthrush.  On the same date last year I already had seven species.  The warbler migration should pick up quite a bit over the next few weeks with dozens of species arriving.

Costa Rica warblers

Chestnut sided Warbler, Rio Magnolia Lodge, April 12, 2013

Golden winged Warbler, Rio Magnolia Lodge, April 12, 2013

A quick post about the warblers I recently found on a trip to Costa Rica. Although I didn't see any new species, I did find a total of 9 species including Golden winged, Mourning, Tennessee, Yellow, Chestnut sided, Buff rumped Warblers as well as American Redstart, Northern Waterthrush and Common Yellowthroat.  As typical on other trips down there the most abundant species of warbler were Tennessee and Chestnut sided Warblers.  Two of the species were new to my Costa Rica list: Mourning Warbler and Common Yellowthroat.  My current total warbler species for Costa Rica is 18.

Florida warblers

Yellow rumped Warbler, Disney Wilderness Preserve, FL, Jan 22, 2013

Just back from a short trip down to central Florida.  I ran across a few warblers but nothing out of the ordinary.  The vast majority were either Palm (mainly western types) or Yellow rumped Warblers. I did also have Black and White Warbler, Pine Warbler and Common Yellowthroat.  Looking forward to their arrival up here.

Costa Rica warblers

Tennessee Warbler, Los Cusingos, Costa Rica, Dec 19, 2012

Chestnut sided Warbler, Rio Magnolia Lodge, Dec 24, 2012

It has been a long time since I have posted anything here but now that I'm recently back from Costa Rica I have something warbler related to post about.  I was there from Dec 15-Dec 26 and I managed to find a number of warblers including a few new ones for me.  I had a total of 14 species of warbler with four of them new to my list including Golden-crowned Warbler, Black-cheeked Warbler, Flame-throated Warbler and Collared Redstart.  I added three other warbler species (Prothonotary and Black throated Green Warbler and American Redstart) to my Costa Rica warbler life list, which now stands at 16.  My total life list for warblers now stands at 52.  Who knows what #53 will be and where I will find it?