Monday, September 30, 2019

September warblers

Ovenbird, Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Sep 6, 2019
Blue winged Warbler, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Sep 11, 2019
Black and White Warbler, Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Sep 20, 2019
Tennessee Warbler, UMASS, Amherst, MA, Sep 21, 2019
 Connecticut Warbler, Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Sep 28, 2019
 Common Yellowthroat, Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Sep 18, 2019
American Redstart, Sweet Alice Conservation Area, Amherst, MA, Sep 6, 2019
Northern Parula, Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Sep 28, 2019
Magnolia Warbler, Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Sep 6, 2019
Blackburnian Warbler, Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Sep 7, 2019
Chestnut sided Warbler, Quabbin Park, MA, Sep 5, 2019
Blackpoll Warbler, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Sep 27, 2019
Black throated Blue Warbler, Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Sep 7, 2019
Palm Warbler 'western', Honey Pot, Hadley, MA, Sep 20, 2019
Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Sep 27, 2019
Prairie Warbler, Quabbin Park, MA, Sep 16, 2019
Black throated Green Warbler, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Sep 19, 2019
Canada Warbler, Sweet Alice Conservation Area, Amherst, MA, Sep 6, 2019
Wilson's Warbler, Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Sep 6, 2019
September has now come to an end and with it the peak of fall warbler migration.  There will certainly still be warblers to be found but the big diversity is behind us (until next spring anyway!).  Overall for the month I found a total of 27 species in Hampshire County with the highlights being a Worm eating Warbler early in the month (an unusual species in fall here), a total of seven (maybe eight) Connecticut Warblers and decent numbers of a few species including Northern Parula, American Redstart, Tennessee Warbler and Cape May Warblers.  The numbers of Bay breasted Warblers were much lower than expected given the huge numbers moving through this spring..it will be interesting to see if they just used a different migration route in the fall and the spring numbers next year will be above average once again.
Blackpoll Warbler, Home, Belchertown, MA, Sep 29, 2019
The water feature at the house has been quiet for most of the fall migration so far but I did have a Blackpoll Warbler make a stop at the end of the month.


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