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| Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Dec 24, 2019 |
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| Yellow rumped Warblers 'myrtle', Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Dec 24, 2019 |
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| Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Dec 24, 2019 |
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| Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle' (single individual away from group), Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Dec 24, 2019 |
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| Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Mitch's Way, Hadley, MA, Dec 25, 2019 |
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| Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Mitch's Way, Hadley, MA, Dec 25, 2019 |
After a couple mornings of checking out various locations along the river in search of lingering Yellow rumped Warblers I found at least ten individuals at various spots which bodes well for at some attempting to overwinter again. I started off on Christmas Eve morning at
Arcadia after getting out of work. With some recent snow melt I was able to check an area where a few warblers had been seen before the recent snows made it inaccessible without a long walk. I quickly found one warbler still there but could not find any others. I then drove down to an area near the Oxbow where I found at least half a dozen Yellow rumped Warblers together in a single group. I wish I could have explored a bit more but my time was limited so I had to be satisfied with just the one relatively short stop at Arcadia.
With more time available to me early on Christmas morning I headed down to the
East Meadows at dawn and eventually turned up a single Yellow rumped Warbler flying over, calling. No luck tracking down where it landed to get any photos or recordings but still nice to see at least one bird still around. I then headed down to
Mitch's Way to search of half a dozen Yellow rumped Warblers that were seen there during the Northampton Christmas Bird Count (thanks to Bill for details on where they had them). I eventually ran across at least two Yellow rumped Warblers bringing my total for the morning up to at least three.
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