November has now come to an end and it was a great month with several rarities, multiple irruptives and lingering species. Highlights included rarities like Barnacle Goose and Summer Tanager, irruptives of many species including Evening Grosbeak, Pine Grosbeak, Common Redpoll, Red Crossbills (Type 2 and Type 10), White winged Crossbill and Pine Siskin and an amazing eight species of warbler among the lingering species. I found a total of 122 species in Hampshire County for the month, which blew away my previous best November total of 113 back in 2017 and well above the typical average for the month which is usually a few species to either side of one hundred. In addition I added more species for the record breaking year with my total at the end of the month standing at 246 (my previous best year ever in the county totaled 241). There is certainly still a chance of adding more species in the last month of the year.
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