Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Big influx of Yellow rumped Warblers today

 

Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Belchertown Land Trust Trail, Belchertown, MA, Apr 22, 2025
Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Belchertown Land Trust Trail, Belchertown, MA, Apr 22, 2025
Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Belchertown Land Trust Trail, Belchertown, MA, Apr 22, 2025
Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Belchertown Land Trust Trail, Belchertown, MA, Apr 22, 2025
Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Belchertown Land Trust Trail, Belchertown, MA, Apr 22, 2025

Today started out foggy and rather cool and the activity was somewhat muted.  I tried a few spots in Ware to start the day and had a smattering of four species of warbler.  I also made a brief stop at Quabbin before heading home to check on things and pick up Wilson for his walk.  We took a walk along the land trust trail in town and had a good showing of various warblers including my first Yellow Warbler of the season plus loads of Yellow rumped Warblers.  I actually had seven species of warbler on just a half a mile of the trail (my highest total of the spring so far).  Without my good camera with me I had to be content to view the various birds and get some recordings.  I decided to return to the trail once I dropped Wilson back at the house and although I didn't relocate the Yellow Warbler I had even more Yellow rumped Warblers as the sun started showing itself.  I scanned through loads of Yellow rumped Warblers (around seventy total) in search of other species and found a total of half a dozen species.  It certainly felt and sounded like spring.

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