Date: 9/19/25 8:41 am From: Julia Plummer <julia...> Subject: Active warbler morning
This morning, I had one of the best warbler mornings I've had in a long
time. I'd say it was in the top 3 warbler mornings i've had in PA. I
included third checklist below, but it doesn't really capture the
experience. I was up in the Quehanna Wild Area, NW of Karthaus and
Snowshoe, in Cameron County on Hoover Rd. When I arrived, Swainson's Thrush
were still calling in their noctural migration, but around 6:30AM they'd
pretty much all landed and I could hear them calling in the trees.
I walked down Hoover Rd and encountered my first big push of warblers. I
estimated about 27-30 warblers, most of which I couldn't ID. But it did
include 5 Baybreasted, 4 Blackpoll, a Blackburnian and some Black-throated
Greens.
It was when I was walking back to my car that I hit a long stretch of
action. After listening to a group of White-breasted Nuthatches, Red-eyed
Vireos, Black-capped Chickadees, and a Blue-headed Vireo for a while, I
encountered the large flock of warblers. The flock included more
Black-throated Greens than I could reall count, more Bay-breasted (at least
5), plus multiple Cape May Warblers, Magnolia Warblers, and one each of
Tennesee, Nashville, Common Yellowthroat, Blackburnian, Blackpoll,
Black-throated Blue, and a number that I didn't ID.
What really struck me was how long I stook in one place on the road
surrounded on all sides by warblers. I'd estimate that was at least 25
minutes of constant warbler movement in multiple trees infront and behind
me. I eventually left after it seemed to dwindled down to 4-5
Black-throated Greens and I needed to get to work.
