Sunday, October 31, 2021

Warblers for October


Connecticut Warbler, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 15, 2021
Connecticut Warbler, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 13, 2021
Tennessee Warbler, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 3, 2021
Palm Warbler 'yellow', East Meadows, Northampton, MA, Oct 21, 2021
Nashville Warbler, North Hadley, MA, Oct 22, 2021
Common Yellowthroat, Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Oct 22, 2021

October has now come to an end and overall for the month I found a total of 17 species with many of the total occurring early in the month.  By the end of the month the diversity was down to just a handful of species.  Probably the biggest highlight for the month was the sighting of a very late Connecticut Warbler (presumed to be the same individual) on October 13th and October 15th.  This beat my previous late date for the species by over a week.  The month was overall warmer than normal and fairly dry with lots of good nights of migration which moved a lot of species along fairly quickly.  The end of the month got much cooler and rainier.  As always for October there were some species that lingered a bit but nothing too unusual.  The numbers of both Tennessee Warblers and Nashville Warblers seemed a bit above average for the month.

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