Warblers on a warm day and more captures at the water feature

Palm Warbler 'yellow', Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 10, 2020

 Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 10, 2020

I made it down to Arcadia after work today in the hopes of catching up with some warblers on what will probably be the warmest day we will have for awhile around here. The morning was in the 50’s and 60’s and with the strong south winds the temperatures eventually reached into the high 70’s. Unfortunately the strong winds that kicked up early and continued all day made finding warblers a bit difficult. Nonetheless I still found a couple late species with a single American Redstart and a Magnolia Warbler in a mixed flock along with a Tennessee Warbler and Orange crowned Warbler. The most numerous warbler species for the morning were Palm Warblers (30+) with all but one being of the ‘yellow’ subspecies. Overall for the morning I found a total of seven species of warbler at Arcadia and added one more at home later. 

Tennessee Warbler, Home, Belchertown, MA, Oct 9, 2020

Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Home, Belchertown, MA, Oct 9, 2020

Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Home, Belchertown, MA, Oct 10, 2020

The new water bubbler at the house continues to produce new warbler species with the camera capturing both Tennessee Warbler and Yellow rumped Warbler in the last couple days (bringing the total number of warblers at the new water feature to five so far)