I took advantage of a rare above average temperature day by exploring a number of areas that now are accessible after a lot of snow melt. I started off along the rail trail where I had the best bird of the day when I had a Common Yellowthroat pop up very briefly in a large marsh. It was really just a flash of yellow that quickly disappeared. The bird then called a couple times but then never made another noise and never came back into view, very reminiscent of another yellowthroat I found in the same area back in mid January of last year. I struck out on warblers during a few other stops in the morning in the Hadley and Amherst area. Later in the morning while out with Wilson I had a flyover Yellow rumped Warbler along the Swift River in Ware making it a two warbler day in December. Sadly no photos or recordings for the day.
A couple recent reports of unusual warblers have shown up in the western mass area with a Pine Warbler coming to a feeder in Orange and a Orange crowned Warbler found moving through a backyard in Holyoke. Unfortunately neither were in Hampshire County but it shows there are still some warblers besides Yellow rumped Warblers around the area.
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