Yesterday was mainly a rain out with very few warblers around as low pressure moved up along a cold front and kept the day very wet. Today was much nicer with a mix of sun and clouds and a steadily increasing wind out of the northwest. I was out early before the winds kicked up too badly and had a some stuff at my first couple stops but it was fairly lacking overall in the warbler department. All that changed with my next stop when I ran across a large mixed flock in a very small area that contained 14 species of warblers (including several Cape May Warblers and Tennessee Warblers)...always fun to try to sort through them all as they rapidly move around feeding. The next few nights look to feature some good migration conditions and I suspect the next few morning could produce some good numbers and diversity. The trick is finding the right edge habitat as the sun warms up the cold morning and the birds and bugs get active.
After I got out of work on Sunday morning I headed over to Arcadia which turned out to be very slow with just half a dozen species of warblers...very quiet for mid September. I added a couple more species in the East Meadows but most areas there were quiet too, especially as the morning warmed up.
