After hearing what I was sure was a Common Yellowthroat call once while I was at the edge of a marsh along the Belchertown Land Trust Trail back in late January I was finally able to turn it up a few days ago in the same general area. After a few unsuccessful attempts to relocate it I finally had a brief look of a dull individual. It was silent and was only in view very briefly and then not seen again...not a cooperative bird at all! I will be returning to the area again to try to get photos. This becomes the first warbler for me in the county this month and I continue to strike out on finding overwintering Yellow rumped Warblers despite lots of looking...my only one for the year in the county was a flyover along the river in Hadley back in early January...the worst year for the species in the winter here in several years. I'm now at 94 consecutive months of at least one species of warbler in the county. It does not look good at this point for me extending my streak for two species in the county beyond the 34 straight months I reached this January.
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