Good push of migrant warblers overnight plus captures at the water feature

Cape May Warbler, Ware, MA, Sep 11, 2024

Cape May Warbler, Ware, MA, Sep 11, 2024

Blackpoll Warbler, Ware, MA, Sep 11, 2024

Prairie Warbler, Ware, MA, Sep 11, 2024

Black throated Blue Warbler, Reed Conservation Area, Belchertown, MA, Sep 11, 2024

Ovenbird, Reed Conservation Area, Belchertown, MA, Sep 11, 2024

Magnolia Warbler, Reed Conservation Area, Belchertown, MA, Sep 11, 2024

Black throated Green Warbler, Reed Conservation Area, Belchertown, MA, Sep 11, 2024

Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Reed Conservation Area, Belchertown, MA, Sep 11, 2024

Pine Warbler, Reed Conservation Area, Belchertown, MA, Sep 11, 2024

Black throated Blue Warbler, Quabbin Gate 5, Belchertown, MA, Sep 11, 2024

Today featured a good push of warblers with the best overnight migration conditions yet for September.  There was a notable increase in a number of species and I added two more species for the month for me (Cape May Warblers and Nashville Warbler).  I have now seen 24 species for September and I'm only missing a Wilson's Warbler as an expected species (after seeing a couple of very early ones in August).  With the rapid approach of mid September the focus know becomes tracking down a Connecticut Warbler for the year (hopefully more than one).  

Black and White Warbler and Tufted Titmouse, Home, Belchertown, MA, Aug 31, 2024

Pine Warbler, Home, Belchertown, MA, Aug 31, 2024

Common Yellowthroat, Home, Belchertown, MA, Sep 8, 2024

Chestnut sided Warbler, Home, Belchertown, MA, Sep 10, 2024

Black throated Green Warblers, Home, Belchertown, MA, Sep 11, 2024

Black throated Green Warblers, Home, Belchertown, MA, Sep 11, 2024

The camera at the water feature has captured a number of warblers lately and above is a selection of them.

Warblers for the first week of September

Common Yellowthroat, Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Sep 1, 2024

Magnolia Warbler, Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Sep 3, 2024

Bay breasted Warbler, Reed Conservation Area, Belchertown, MA, Sep 4, 2024

Black throated Green Warbler, Reed Conservation Area, Belchertown, MA, Sep 4, 2024

Northern Parula, Reed Conservation Area, Belchertown, MA, Sep 4, 2024

Wilson enjoying a fall day, Belchertown, MA, Sep 4, 2024

Blackburnian Warbler, Reed Conservation Area, Belchertown, MA, Sep 5, 2024

Black throated Green Warbler, Quabbin Gate 8, Pelham, MA, Sep 5, 2024

Chestnut sided Warbler, Quabbin Park, MA, Sep 6, 2024

Common Yellowthroat, Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Sep 7, 2024

Pine Warbler, Reed Conservation Area, Belchertown, MA, Sep 7, 2024

The first week of September has now come to an end and there have been a few good mornings for warblers as well as a few that were lackluster.  My best morning so far was the 4th when I had 16 species.  We are now in the peak of fall warbler migration and the next few weeks will bring lots of stuff and with any luck a few Connecticut Warblers.  So far for September I have had 20 species of warblers and have oddly missed a few that I should have had by now including Nashville Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Yellow Warbler and Wilson's Warbler (I had all of those species in August and I know I will eventually get them all before the new month ends).  Sadly I reaggravated my most recent back injury on Thursday so no climbing up any hills but that should not make as much of a difference in the fall as it did in the spring.