January is rapidly coming to a close and the very cold weather continues with a slight reprieve for a few days. I have managed to find two species of warbler in Hampshire County for the month with an amazingly rare Cape May Warbler and just a single Yellow rumped Warbler (my worst winter for the species in several years). I also added a Pine Warbler with a brief foray into Franklin County. There was a Palm Warbler that popped up briefly in Hadley to end 2024 and again just before our bitter cold weather arrived. My attempts to relocate it have not resulted in any success and I guess the weather did it in. As of now there are no reliable warblers anywhere in the county to end the first month of the year despite lots of looking. I will certainly be out looking as much as I can to try to track down some as the winter wears on. In the immediate future I'm headed down to Costa Rica where I'm sure to find a number of warbler species for the year (more on that when I get back).
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