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| Eastern Phoebe with grasshopper, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 19, 2018 |
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| Lincoln's Sparrow, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 19, 2018 |
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| Black and White Warbler, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 19, 2018 |
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| Palm Warbler 'yellow', Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 19, 2018 |
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| Red tailed Hawk, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 19, 2018 |
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| White throated Sparrow, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 19, 2018 |
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| Tennessee Warbler, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 19, 2018 |
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| Purple Finch, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 19, 2018 |
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| Ruby crowned Kinglet, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 19, 2018 |
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| Dark eyed Junco with white cap, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 19, 2018 |
What a difference a week makes! Last week we were in the 70's and 80's and now we have transitioned to late fall like weather with lows in 20's and frost on multiple mornings. At least it warmed to near 60 today but it was damn cold in the morning. I spent a good part of the morning at
Arcadia and had lots of good stuff including loads of sparrows and a few late warblers (more details on the
warblers) among some 61 species. Highlights included nine species of sparrows/juncos with the most prevalent species being White throated and Song Sparrows plus an interesting Dark eyed Junco with a white cap (several hundred total sparrows present), several species of raptors keeping all the other birds on alert, continued numbers of Purple Finches, a nice influx of Ruby crowned Kinglets as well as the warblers. Could only find a lone Gray Catbird as the hordes seemed to have moved on to warmer locations.
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