August began much as July had ended with hot and humid weather which made being outside a bit uncomfortable at times. I started the month in the local area and then up the west side of Quabbin and turned up a number of warblers but few species were singing much at all although a family of Canada Warblers were quite vocal. I had to work on the 2nd and 4th so I didn't add too much on those days or on my in between days. I made up for it a bit after getting out of work on Friday when I made a hot and humid hike up to the summit at Skinner SP. I found at least one (and possibly two) Cerulean Warblers near the summit, a single Worm eating Warbler plus a few other species I had missed until that day. I also witnessed some interesting feeding behavior of a Black and White Warbler (more on that below with more photos). On Saturday I took a long walk along the Gate 8 road at Quabbin mainly looking for Red Crossbills but with a secondary goal of catching up with forest dwelling warblers I had not yet had for the month and I added a few species but warblers were few and far between although Pine Warblers gave a good showing. Today I returned to various areas of Pelham and added a couple more species for the month including Black throated Blue Warbler and Prairie Warbler. I have so far found 18 species for the month with my only miss for early August being Blue winged Warbler.
Now for more on the odd feeding behavior of a Black and White Warbler at Skinner SP. The bird would flare its wings (much like a Northern Mockingbird does). It did this several times and I managed to catch it in a series of photos shown above. I could not identify the insects it was eating but it did seem to be quite successful. It was interesting to watch for sure.
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