Pine Warblers finally showed up around here starting a few days ago but I have been out of the area on a short trip down to Florida (more on that trip in a later post). I spent quite a bit of time on Monday and Tuesday last week before I left looking for them without success despite what appeared to be great early season migration conditions. I arrived home in the mid afternoon today and made a couple quick stops and turned up a singing male at Covey WMA just a few minutes away from the house. I have seen a few reports of Palm Warblers in the area too as well as a possible Louisiana Waterthrush.
A quick update on the status of the overwintering warblers in the immediate area. The Tennessee Warbler in Athol amazingly made it through the entire winter (thanks to Jeff and Sherry feeding it a steady diet of crickets, split up sunflower hearts and bananas). It is truly incredible for this species to make it through a winter in the interior of New England. The Common Yellowthroat at a greenhouse in Deerfield left the greenhouse late in February and has not been seen since. The Yellow throated Warbler in Lancaster was last reported in mid February.
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