Saturday, April 6, 2024

First Palm Warbler of the spring

Palm Warbler 'yellow', Lake Wallace, Belchertown, MA, Apr 6, 2024
Palm Warbler 'yellow', Lake Wallace, Belchertown, MA, Apr 6, 2024

Despite looking intently for Palm Warblers to end out the month of March and then looking again when I had free time to start April, today was the first time I had success with a single Palm Warbler at Lake Wallace this morning.  It looks to be the first Palm Warbler reported anywhere in western Massachusetts so the species is a few days behind in migration but given the poor migration conditions the last several days it is not too surprising.  Hopefully better migration conditions will arrive with warming temps in the coming week and with it more warblers.

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