A fabulous fall for Connecticut Warblers including my first one in the yard yesterday

Connecticut Warbler, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Sep 22, 2016

Connecticut Warbler, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Sep 22, 2016

Connecticut Warbler, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Sep 22, 2016

Connecticut Warbler, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Sep 22, 2016

Connecticut Warbler, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Sep 17, 2016

Connecticut Warbler, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Sep 17, 2016

Connecticut Warbler, Honey Pot, Hadley, MA, Sep 16, 2016

Connecticut Warbler, Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Sep 10, 2016

Yesterday while stuck at home while I got some work done on the house I managed to turn up a new warbler species for the yard when I found a Connecticut Warbler.  This became my 28th warbler species in the yard and one of the most unusual ones.  Despite having seen other unusual species here such as Kentucky, Orange crowned and multiples of Mourning, Bay breasted and Cape May Warblers I have still not had a Blue winged Warbler in the yard!  Very strange indeed.  This fall has been an incredibly productive year for finding Connecticut Warbler here in the valley.  I have found a total of eight so far this season spanning the dates from September 9 until yesterday at various locations including Arcadia, the Honey Pot and Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River with multiples seen on a couple different days.  Most years I have between one and three total and never multiples on the same day.  I have also managed to get some of the best photos I have ever gotten of this usually tough to photograph species. (* the final tally for the year ended up being a whopping ten individuals with the last one added in early October)