First Black and White Warbler of the season and the first warbler at the water feature

Black and White Warbler, Quabbin Park, MA, Apr 18, 2022

Black and White Warbler, Quabbin Park, MA, Apr 18, 2022

Pine Warbler, Quabbin Park, MA, Apr 18, 2022

Pine Warbler, Quabbin Park, MA, Apr 18, 2022

Palm Warbler 'yellow', Lake Wallace, Belchertown, MA, Apr 18, 2022

Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Lake Wallace, Belchertown, MA, Apr 18, 2022

After a cold and windy day yesterday where the high barely made 40 and we had a few snow showers today was much nicer with sunny conditions throughout the day and temps that made it to the upper 50's.  After seeing a report that Aaron had a couple early warblers in Southampton yesterday (a Common Yellowthroat and a Prairie Warbler) I headed out this morning in search of other early arriving warblers.  Until this point I have had four species of warbler for the month (Louisiana Waterthrush, Pine Warbler, Palm Warbler and Yellow rumped Warblers) with Palm Warblers being the most numerous overall.  I stopped at several location in the local area and finally found a new species with a singing Black and White Warbler at Quabbin Park. My earliest record for the species in the county was back in 2017 when I had one in Hadley on April 17 (more on early/late records for me in the county at the following link from 2019...I'll have to update the list at some point but it is mainly accurate).  Overall for the morning I had five species of warbler.

Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Home, Belchertown, MA, Apr 16, 2022

The camera on the water feature has captured the first warbler of the season, a Yellow rumped Warbler.  Usually it is a Pine Warbler that makes an appearance first but not this year despite multiples singing around the yard the last several days.