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| Snowy Egret and Great Egret, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Sep 22, 2019 |
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| Snowy Egret, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Sep 22, 2019 |
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| Snowy Egret and Great Egrets, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Sep 22, 2019 |
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| Great Egret and Great Blue Heron, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Sep 22, 2019 |
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| Savannah Sparrow, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Sep 22, 2019 |
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| Lincoln's Sparrow, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Sep 22, 2019 |
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| Ovenbird, Arcadia, Northampton, MA, Sep 22, 2019 |
The mystery of the exact species of the small heron species I have seen flyover around dawn at Arcadia on a few mornings over the last week has finally been solved. I went there again this morning specifically looking for the bird but the dense fog made seeing it seem far from likely. Nonetheless as I walked down one of the roads the small heron appeared out of the fog in the company of nine Great Egrets (a noteworthy number for this species in September). The entire group appeared to have settled down in the area of Ned’s Ditch once again. I noticed Derek was also in the area so I messaged him and we went in search of the group. Our first few spots we tried produced just some Great Blue Herons and Green Herons but we finally caught up with the group in a small pool where we finally identified the small heron...a Snowy Egret...a four heron/egret morning for us! The fog that was suppose to burn off early never did so until late in the morning but the birds were still spectacular with lots of other notable sightings including a singing Warbling Vireo, a noticeable increase sparrows with the most abundant being Savannah, Song and Lincoln’s Sparrows (nearly 20 Lincoln’s Sparrows was great), 13 species of warblers, three Scarlet Tanagers and a female Blue Grosbeak mixed in among the large numbers of Indigo Buntings. The morning produced at least 75 species just at Arcadia which is great for the third week of September. We have also enjoyed a nice late summer/early fall warm up with temperatures into the mid 80's for the last couple days and another warm day forecast for tomorrow...probably the last string of 80+ degrees day around here for awhile.
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