September has now come to an end. Overall it was one of the most lackluster fall migration seasons I can ever remember here. So many species were below average in numbers that they are too numerous to list. My theory is that with all the fantastic migration conditions from the later part of August through most of September many species moved through earlier than usual and many species too advantage of the great migration conditions and never stopped in the area. Nonetheless there were still migrants around (it is September) and I had a few decent mornings. The end of the month brought in a large influx of late season migrants including both species of kinglets, Winter Wrens, White throated Sparrows, Yellow rumped Warblers and Palm Warblers. I ended the month with 161 species with the big highlight being a Black bellied Whistling Duck that showed up on a small farm pond in South Hadley, becoming the first new species for me in Hampshire County this year (a total that now stands at 307 species for me).
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