Today was a rainy cool day but still produced a decent variety of warblers even when I didn't spend a lot of time looking for them. My main goal today was to turn up storm downed birds and I had some success with the highlights being a Short billed Dowitcher and a few Bonaparte's Gulls (more on that at the following post). With these rainy and cool conditions in May there are still warblers to be found and occasionally good numbers and/or diversity will show up. With this in mind I made a fairly productive short stop in Quabbin Park with 19 species in a relatively small area feeding actively in the oaks. The rain continued to pick up and at that point I ditched looking for warblers for a bit and returned to the dam to look for storm downed species.
I arrived home late in the morning and when I stepped outside I immediately heard warblers. The house produced quite an assortment of warblers with 14 species including a Mourning Warbler (of the Nova Scotia vocal group) and at least four Bay breasted Warblers. I ended the day with 23 species of warbler without a concerted effort. I'm still hopeful I will get a day where I can reach the upper 20's for warbler species but that will depend on the arrival of a rarity or two and the continued presence of those warblers that are just passing through on their way further north.
Yesterday was also a good day for warblers despite the windy conditions as I spent the morning in the area of east Quabbin with the main goal being trying to turn up a Hooded Warbler and I'll just post a few of the better shots for the day without going into lots of detail.
The camera at the water feature captured a few new warblers for the season as well as a new species overall with the arrival of a Yellow Warbler a couple days ago. The Yellow Warbler becomes the 17th species captured at the water feature (both the new one and the old one)
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