Since Sunday the weather here has either been rainy, windy or both so trying to track down warblers has been difficult as we reach the middle of October. Conditions were a bit better before that but we are in a cool, windy pattern now and lots of birds have moved out. Yellow rumped Warblers are the default warbler and are around in great numbers (one walk this morning over about half a mile produced 50+ individuals). Other species are becoming tougher and tougher to find and my days of finding double digit counts for warbler species in a day are gone until I down to south Texas in November. Nonetheless I will be out tracking down late species and hopefully a rarity as fall wears on toward winter.
I had a presentation at the Hampshire Bird Club last night and it was quite well received with the largest crowd for a club meeting since Covid so I have to be happy about that. The topic was 'Endemic Warblers of the Caribbean' and featured lots of photos and stories as I tracked down the eleven species of warblers endemic to the Caribbean. The consensus was the club wanted me back for another warbler centered talk in the future.
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