I had some time free in the morning and after some showers that moved through overnight I had some hopes that something good would be brought down by the weather so I headed to Winsor Dam at first light and found the fog too thick to see too much beyond a few species of waterfowl. The beginning of the morning was still productive with the first Eastern Whip Poor Wills of the year. I decided to try a few spots in Ware before making a return to the dam. My second visit to the dam was even less productive with the visibility reduced even more. I then headed home to check on things and to pick up Wilson for his walk. That walk proved fairly productive with a decent influx of warblers (seven species including my first Yellow Warbler of the spring here). After the walk with Wilson I did a few things around the house before making another stop at the dam and this one was more productive with a flock of 43 Bonaparte's Gulls...my second highest total I have ever had in the county. It has been a great spring for Bonaparte's Gulls in the area although I was working on the day when triple digit counts showed up at Quabbin. I also made a return trip to an area I visited with Wilson earlier to sort through the warblers present and had nearly seventy Yellow rumped Warblers in just over half a mile of the trail. There was also several species carrying nest material and building nests as breeding season heats up. Wish I had more time to explore other areas but not in the cards in the immediate future.
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