As the first week of June comes to a close almost all of the warblers continuing through to locations further north to breed have all come through (I covered the first day of the month at the following post). There are always a few late individuals to try to track down (especially Mourning Warblers which I promise I will cover in more depth soon) but overall the warblers here now are breeding species. I have found a number of nests the last few weeks and came across my first fledglings of the season on Monday with a family of Louisiana Waterthrushes in Hadley. I have also been keeping tabs on some noteworthy individual warblers including a Lawrence's Warbler and Cerulean Warblers at Quabbin Park (The Lawrence's Warbler was last seen on the first and at least one Cerulean Warbler continued through today). In addition I have continued to track down any Blue winged Warbler I hear to try my luck in finding a hybrid (or even better a Golden winged Warbler). I came across another Blue winged x Golden winged Warbler hybrid along the rail trail in Ware on Tuesday. To end out the week I hit several areas from Pelham to Amherst and back over to Quabbin Park. I finally caught up with a Yellow rumped Warbler for the month, bringing total species in the county for the month to 22 (which is all the expected breeding species plus a few late migrants). I got to watch some neat interactions between a pair of American Redstarts at a nest I have been watching since she started building it a few weeks ago. I'll add a few photos of that interaction below.
As mentioned above I got to watch a pair of American Redstarts interact at a nest in Quabbin Park. The male appeared to be bringing food to the female on the nest. I don't think the eggs have hatched yet given the time line. Really interesting to watch.
Tomorrow is the day of Wilson's surgery and I have my fingers crossed everything works out well and he heals fast with no complications so he can get back to enjoying walks.
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