Prothonotary Warbler - James P. Smith
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Bachelor Brook-Stony Brook Conservation Resource Area, South Hadley
Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 42.2685602, -72.5930643
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Observation details

Great find by Bill DeLuca on May 19th. As others have described, observed from the overlook with the "Floodplain Forests of Bachelor Brook" sign, about a 1/2 north along the gravel path from the parking area. Not an easy bird to see, though perhaps my field companions and I were just unlucky. The bird appeared to work many circuits in front of the overlook before, thankfully, Sara Griesemer's sharp field skills spotted it in mid-canopy around 09:15am. Before that it was seen only very briefly but vocalized pretty much constantly giving a peculiar song that I wouldn't have recognized as a Prothonotary Warbler, despite having plenty of experience of the species elsewhere. A great learning experience and fun to see the Prothonotary settled in such a nice place!

Technical information

Model
Canon EOS R7
ISO
5000
Focal length
400 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/11.0
Shutter speed
1/2000 sec
Dimensions
1899 pixels x 1818 pixels
Original file size
2.53 MB