Blackpoll Warbler

Notable mentioning’s over the first two weeks of October include a close encounter between a Pileated Woodpecker and a Belted Kingfisher within “Robinson Woods III”, a Barred Owl calling before dusk almost every night in Robinson Woods I, a slight uptick in Red-breasted Nuthatches and Blackpoll Warblers high and low.

Other noteworthy observations on this day included two striking male Scarlet Tanagers at our feeders dining on oranges and great numbers of hard to see Blackburnian and Blackpoll warblers within the upper canopies.

In the tops of our taller trees the gentle, high-pitched song of the Blackpoll warbler could be heard throughout the first week of June.

In the tops of our taller, leafy trees the high-pitched, cobweb-thin song notes of the Blackpoll warbler could be heard throughout the last several days of May.

Also, on September 8 a male Blackpoll Warbler appeared at our birdbath, and on September 10 a bright male Yellow Warbler dropped in and shared a drink alongside a rather drab male Goldfinch.

In particular there were many Blackpoll warblers and, to a lesser degree, Bay-breasted Warblers darting here and there in search of fall inchworms.

On the following day, October 17, in a Amelanchier Service Berry shrub in my yard I counted six Blackpoll Warblers, and later in the afternoon a Blackburnian Warbler dropped down from the upper canopy to dine upon the berries produced by this ‘Autumn Brilliance’ bush.

On this same day I spotted numerous Blackpoll Warblers, several Cape May and Northern Parula Warblers, a pair of Nashville Warblers and a single female Blackburnian Warbler.

Lastly, on the morning of September 9 a male Blackpoll Warbler briefly appeared at our birdbath.

High above, Bay-breasted and Blackpoll Warblers flitted through the canopy, their rapid, fading trills echoed through our forests.