The last few days have been somewhat slow as I have not had a lot of time to get out due to work and some rain. Today featured a strong cold front that caused a few bouts of rain and strong thunderstorms which will lead to a couple days of strong northwest winds which should bring in more warblers but tracking them down in the windy conditions will be a bit tricky. I was able to get out very briefly this morning after work before the storms hit and only managed to find a couple Common Yellowthroats. A brief lull in the rain allowed a brief walk with Wilson but we had no more luck finding any warblers. A stop on my way to work yesterday in the East Meadows also only turned up Common Yellowthroats. The autumn equinox arrives this evening and with it comes the coldest air of the season.
After work on Tuesday morning I made my way down to nearby Arcadia and had a total of 13 species of warblers over a bit over two hours looking in the intermittent fog. Most birds were just singles scattered around including a slightly late Yellow Warbler but I eventually ran across a little mixed flock. This flock held half a dozen species including a couple Bay breasted Warblers. The fog eventually burned off but then showers came in during the afternoon.
The camera at the water feature captured another warbler on Wednesday when a Tennessee Warbler showed up and had an interaction with one of my banded Black capped Chickadees.
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