Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Warblers for the end of August

Common Yellowthroat, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Aug 31, 2022
Yellow Warbler, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Aug 31, 2022
Common Yellowthroat, Hadley, MA, Aug 27, 2022
American Redstart, Home, Belchertown, MA, Aug 25, 2022

The end of August has now arrived and the heat of summer is soon to leave us, replaced with the slow cooling of fall.  Although I detest what comes next, fall is a great time for migration and the chance is always there for a rare warbler to show up (especially later in fall).  I expect the first big influx of warblers to arrive by the end of the week with good migration conditions.   August featured an early arrival of both Northern Parula and Tennessee Warbler and I ended the month with 23 species.  The next few weeks should produce the peak of fall warbler migration and by mid month Connecticut Warblers will be moving through in low numbers.  The camera on the water feature is up and running (somewhat) and will hopefully capture some good stuff.

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