Friday, October 19, 2018

Loads of sparrows and late warblers at Arcadia this morning

Eastern Phoebe with grasshopper, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 19, 2018
Lincoln's Sparrow, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 19, 2018
Black and White Warbler, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 19, 2018
Palm Warbler 'yellow', Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 19, 2018
Red tailed Hawk, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 19, 2018
White throated Sparrow, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 19, 2018
Tennessee Warbler, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 19, 2018
Purple Finch, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 19, 2018
Ruby crowned Kinglet, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Oct 19, 2018
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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