After getting out of work this morning I made a variety of stops west of the river including a trip down to the Mt Tekoa area of Montgomery/Westfield primarily searching for Hooded Warblers which have bred in the area for several years. I last visited the area way back in 2005 when I had my first Hooded Warbler in the state. This morning I found one singing fairly quickly (singing a dawn song). A bit further up the trail I found at least one more male (occasionally singing) as well as a calling female. It was great to see the species still present at the location and likely breeding again. The Hooded Warbler also added another warbler for me for the month of June which brings my total to 22 species.
Before heading down to Hampden County to see the Hooded Warblers I spent some time in the hill towns of Hampshire County with most of my time spent in the Henhawk Trail area of Williamsburg which featured a great collection of breeding warbler species with both fledglings around and birds still collecting nest material. This area had at least 13 species of warbler present in less than a half a mile...a fantastic spot for breeding warblers. I had a total of 16 species of warbler for the morning and easily could have added a few more with a couple more stops but I was running out of energy by late morning.
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