Today was the first day I managed to break into double digit for warbler species in a morning in Hampshire County this spring. Our pattern of cooler than normal temps and occasional rain has really curtailed migration for the fourth week of April. Several species that typically should be starting to show up (at least in small numbers) have been largely absent. I had my first Ovenbird and Northern Parula this morning in Hadley. I even made the climb up to the summit at Skinner SP in the hopes a very early Cerulean Warbler or Worm eating Warbler had arrived but no luck with either of those. Once the pattern changes there should be a big push, however that does not look to happen any time soon with mainly rainy conditions over the coming weekend into early next week with primarily easterly winds which will keep things quite cool around here. Even with subpar migration conditions some birds will still move in but the overall numbers will be low until the weather makes a change to southerly winds. Time will tell when exactly that happens.
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