A record breaking April comes to an end

 

Common Yellowthroat, Rail trail, Amherst, MA, Apr 27, 2025

Blue gray Gnatcatcher, Quabbin Park, MA, Apr 28, 2025

Orchard Oriole, Silvio Conte NWR-Fort River, Hadley, MA, Apr 29, 2025

American Redstart, Quabbin Park, MA, Apr 29, 2025

Swamp Sparrow, Rail trail, Amherst, MA, Apr 30, 2025

April has now come to an end and I reached my highest total ever for species in the county for the month with an impressive 163 which shattered my old April record high that I reached last year with 156 species.  The later half of the month featured a lot of good migration conditions which resulted in an early arrival of a number of species and I reached this high total with just a handful of rarities...it was almost all due to early arrivals.  I would have been able to add to the impressive total if I was able to get out more but for a variety of other commitments I could not.  Now onto May and the peak of spring migration.