After getting awakened at 3:20 by thunderstorms and worrying Wilson would be freaking out I got up and waited to deal with his anxiety. He never got bothered at all and eventually got up around 4:30 and seemed totally unaffected by the ongoing flashes and rumbling thunder...one advantage of his near deafness now I guess. After waiting around a bit to make sure all was well at home for awhile I headed out to track down some more warblers. Although it was a bit foggy and eventually even a little bit drizzly I still managed a total of 19 species of warblers plus the highlight of a Brewster's Warbler. It appears to be a returning individual to the same area of the rail trail in Amherst I had it last year (it showed up on May 7th last year and stayed through at least mid June) and may indeed be the same bird I first saw for a single day in 2023 along the rail trail on May 17th. This is my earliest date ever for this hybrid and is not too surprising as many birds are a bit on the early side thanks to great migration conditions. The Blue winged Warbler singing a Golden winged Warbler song also continued in the area after first showing up in late April. We now look to be heading into an unsettled period as a cutoff low in Ohio will pinwheel in bouts of rain through at least next Wednesday. I will try to get out as much as circumstances and weather allow and with any luck I will find something unusual.
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