On 9 of the last 10 days I have been able to spend at least an hour birding the area around our house, often starting at 7 am and often with help from Chris Rimmer, George Clark, and Ed Hack. In all I have seen (and ebirded) 694 individuals of 62 species on 11 checklists. No Brown Boobies or Red Knots, but plenty of warblers and other songbirds to keep things interesting, only one morning was I at all disappointed. No Cape-May Warblers, Philadelphia Vireos, or Yellow-bellied Flycatchers yet, all of which are almost annual here. Totals for the 18 species of warblers below.

Northern Waterthrush                       1  (Less than annual here)
Black-and-white Warbler                 7 
Tennessee Warbler                          8  (A spectrum from breeding plumage males to non-breeding/young. 20 in 2012. )
Nashville Warbler                             8
Mourning Warbler                             1 
Common Yellowthroat                     31  
American Redstart                            5
Northern Parula                                 3
Magnolia Warbler                             10
Bay-breasted Warbler                      7  (High count for a single fall, continuing a streak of at least one every fall since 2007!) 
Blackburnian Warbler                      20
Chestnut-sided Warbler                  22
Black-throated Blue Warbler          4
Yellow-rumped Warbler                  10 (Certainly more to come)
Black-throated Green Warbler       32  
Canada Warbler                              5
Wilson's Warbler                              5
warbler sp.                                        18  (Flyovers or call notes)

Total                                                  197  (Probably a small fraction of the warblers present)


Ah fall migration!

Spencer Hardy
Norwich, VT
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