End of October

Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Oct 29, 2026

Yellow rumped Warblers 'myrtle', Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Oct 28, 2026

Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Winsor Dam, Quabbin Park, MA, Oct 27, 2026

Yellow rumped Warbler 'myrtle', Jabish Canal Trail, Belchertown, MA, Oct 26, 2026

The end of October brings with it the tail end of warbler migration with just two species left that do not trigger the filters on eBird (Yellow rumped Warbler and Orange crowned Warbler).  Even those species rapidly become harder to find within the next week as fall rapidly moves on.  I have spent a lot of time during the end of the month tracking down late species (especially around Quabbin) and have had a few species but not as many as I expected to have given the warmer weather overall.  I think the overall great migration conditions moved lots of warblers to points south.