With the forecast for snow starting mid to late morning and continuing overnight into Tuesday with perhaps a foot of snow I had plans to head out at daybreak today to try to locate a warbler for February in Hampshire County (usually the toughest month to find any warbler species in the area). I was surprised to wake up to a couple of inches of snow on the ground already. Thankfully the snow slowed down to just flurries a bit after eight so I took the opportunity to head over to Hadley to try to find the Yellow rumped Warbler that has been around intermittently in the area of the DPW. I arrived in the area a little after 8:30 and found the wind picking up and the prospect of finding the warbler diminishing. Nonetheless I figured I would give it a try before the snow picked back up once again. I walked the area nearby and thought I heard a call a few times but the wind made it difficult to be certain. On my way out I got lucky and heard the warbler calling nearby. I could hear it but could not see it initially but it popped out of a dense hedge and flew over my head into a large tree before disappearing into the DPW yard (which is strictly off limits). I managed to get a couple marginal photos of the bird before it disappeared. Seeing the warbler today added to my streak of seeing at least one warbler species every month in Hampshire County to an amazing 46th months.
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