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| Palm Warbler 'yellow', Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Nov 7, 2018 |
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| Palm Warbler 'yellow', Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Nov 7, 2018 |
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| Palm Warbler 'yellow', Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Nov 7, 2018 |
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| Palm Warbler 'yellow', Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Nov 7, 2018 |
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| Palm Warbler 'western', Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Nov 7, 2018 |
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| Palm Warbler 'western', Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Nov 7, 2018 |
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| Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Nov 7, 2018 |
Yet another banner day for warblers at Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River this morning. Although I didn't have quite the same diversity as I did a couple days ago when I had four species, the numbers of Palm Warblers were incredible for November. I spent around three hours during which I managed to find two western Palm Warblers and an even dozen yellow Palm Warblers as well as a handful of Yellow rumped Warblers (myrtle subspecies). Many Novembers produce just a handful (or no) Palm Warblers but this November has been very productive for them, both for me and others. I certainly have put in a bit more time looking for warblers this year but there are absolutely more warblers around than usual. Not sure exactly the reasons as of yet as overall it has been cooler than average and fairly wet...perhaps it just has not gotten cold enough yet to send them further south.
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