After spending a hour and half plus at Winsor Dam watching for waterfowl and raptors being pushed south on the strong north winds, I decided to try to get out of the wind for a bit and see if I could find any warblers. The last few nights have had fantastic migration conditions and the vast majority of warblers have moved out of the area with the main exception being Yellow rumped Warblers that have become the default warbler most everywhere. I picked a spot in Belchertown that seemed to be fairly wind free and I started walking and almost immediately came across a few Yellow rumped Warblers. The big story for the morning was the huge numbers of Ruby crowned Kinglets and slightly lesser numbers of Golden crowned Kinglets and Winter Wrens but still high numbers of those...it was a morning of tiny passerines for sure! As I was heading out I tried another spot that has turned up good stuff in the past and found the above mentioned species plus a few Blackpoll Warblers and then a very late Cape May Warbler, setting yet another new late date for me for the species (I just broke my previous late date three days ago with one on the 12th).
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