Waiting for the warblers in Holyoke

With a week off and plenty of time to look for birds, I was hoping the spring migration would kick into high gear this week with at least the arrival of Yellow-rumped Warblers in the city. That turned out to be wishful thinking. Factor in unseasonably cool temperatures on a few days, and other days when it seemed like it…

Early April along Holyoke’s canals

Early April brought the spring draining of Holyoke’s canals, and that — as usual — brought Great blue Herons into the city. This slight change in habitat has brought Belted Kingfishers downtown in the past, and this year one kingfisher hung around the intersection of Race and Dwight streets for a few days, along with two herons that prowled the…

Merlin on Main Street, Springfield

Yesterday a very helpful co-worker showed me how to get onto the roof at work. Originally, this didn’t have anything to do with birds. I was just trying to find the right vantage point to shoot time-lapse video of the demolition of a building at Union Station in Springfield, part of a major project to bring the site back online…