Saturday, October 24, 2020

A few warblers at Arcadia during the middle of the week


Tennessee Warbler, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 22, 2020
Common Yellowthroat, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 22, 2020
Common Yellowthroat, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 22, 2020
Palm Warbler 'yellow', Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 22, 2020
Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 22, 2020

The unseasonably warm weather for most of the past week continued into Thursday and I took the opportunity to try to catch up with some lingering warblers at Arcadia and found a few including a Tennessee Warbler and two Common Yellowthroats.  In addition I had 28 Palm Warblers with all but one being of the yellow subspecies as well as just over fifty Yellow rumped Warblers. The Tennessee Warbler set a new late date for me with the species beating my old record on October 21 in 2012.  More on late and early dates at the following link.  
Common Yellowthroat, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 20, 2020
Palm Warbler 'yellow', Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 20, 2020

A morning stop at Arcadia on Tuesday morning produced some lingering warblers with a very late Wilson Warbler (my latest record ever in the county) and a slightly late Common Yellowthroat. Unfortunately the Wilson’s Warbler popped up only briefly and was quickly gone and could not be relocated so no photo but the Common Yellowthroat was a bit more cooperative. In addition I had a decent count eleven Palm Warblers (all of the yellow subspecies) plus at least 42 Yellow rumped Warblers with the largest group feeding in the marsh.

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