The third week of September ended with even more great migration conditions but most birds seemed to have moved right on by without stopping with the last couple mornings being much more quiet than anticipated given the number of migrants in the air overnight. Nonetheless I still found some birds with some unusual ones for the last week including a continued pair of Sandhill Cranes at Arcadia, a couple Connecticut Warblers and a Mourning Warbler. Overall migrants were around in lesser numbers than expected and this may be due to weeks of mainly good migration conditions and drought conditions to the north which both combined to make some birds move earlier than typical. To end out the week I spent my morning yesterday at Arcadia before moving on to Hickory Ridge. All of the typically sparrow filled fields have been mowed down at Arcadia...not exactly good management for birds. Today I started off in Ware and then worked my way back to Belchertown. Certainly a few pockets of birds including a rather cooperative Yellow bellied Flycatcher (I have had a great fall for this species around here).
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