Butter butt season
We are now in the prime time for the butter butts: Yellow-rumped Warblers (Setophaga coronata). When you cannot see their behind they certainly look rather plain in October, like this individual. Nevertheless they are still a joy to watch pouring through our lands in sizable flocks and that distinctive flash of yellow we inevitably see is a reminder of the cold air on its way.
Read MoreYellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
This was one of 253 Yellow-rumped Warblers I recorded at a single site in Pennsylvania last weekend. Most of them have now moved through as some of the later arrivals, such as Blackpoll Warblers, trickle into our region. After a migratory lull through the weekend we should have one last huge burst next week in the Chautauqua-Allegheny region.
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