The first week of September has now come to an end and with it comes a record setting pace for me for species in Hampshire County for the month with a total of 134 species so far (this is five species ahead of my previous best first week of September, which occurred last year). Most years at this point I'm sitting at between 115-120 species for Hampshire County so obviously a good start to the month (even with missing some fantastic shorebirds at the beginning of the month). I didn't have a lot of time to bird to begin the month due to work and although I missed the rarest shorebirds in the wake of remnants of Hurricane Ida on the second of the month I still got some good ones on September 3rd (with Baird's Sandpiper and White rumped Sandpiper being nice enough to stick around) and then added another good shorebird on the fourth with an American Golden Plover. I spent the last few days of this week focusing on passerines and had some good mornings both at Quabbin Park on the 5th and 6th and Arcadia today. As always warbler were a main focus of mine and the month has produced 23 species so far...more on warblers for the first week of the month can be found at the following link. Besides the warblers I found some great stuff including a few late flycatchers, my first Philadelphia Vireo of the year and multiple Dickcissels (it is shaping up to be a great fall for the species around here). The peak of fall migration is rapidly approaching and I for one will be spending as much time as possible outside enjoying the typically wonderful September weather.
The tropics have calmed a bit but major Hurricane Larry continues to spin out in the Atlantic. It is forecast to pass east of Bermuda but it could actually make a landfall as a minimal hurricane (or come close) in Newfoundland late in the week. Elsewhere there is the potential of a storm spinning up in the Gulf of Mexico and impacting Florida but the chances are fairly low of anything of consequence at this time.
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