While out along the rail trail this morning I got a text from Annemarie regarding an odd Blue winged Warbler at Sweet Alice Conservation Area. She sent along a photo and the bird was quickly identified as a Brewster's Warbler. I made my way over to the location and met up with Annemarie and she showed me where she had the bird. I then spent the next hour and a half looking for the him and just as I was about to leave I finally got a look at him...persistence pays off. It was singing a typically bee-buzz song of a Blue winged Warbler (unlike the other Brewster's Warbler in the area that sang an odd three part song). I got a number of photos and some great looks and easily determined the bird was a different individual from the other Brewster's Warbler in Amherst. The one today has a unique yellow "T" shape on its chest which the other bird does not. I did make a quick stop to the area the other Brewster's Warbler has been hanging around but it was not present (or at least didn't show itself). A bonus was having a couple of Mourning Warblers in the area, including one singing.
Although the warbler migration is rapidly slowing down there are still late season migrants moving through and I got some great looks at a Mourning Warbler along the rail trail in Amherst today. I initially heard the bird singing and as I waited to try to get a recording to determine its regiolect I noticed two yellow bird chasing each other with one being the Mourning Warbler (the other was a Common Yellowthroat). It was nice to actually see the Mourning Warbler well as many times all you do is hear them singing or calling from dense thickets.
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