[rba] Fw: [mou] Kentucky Warbler, Scott Co.

[David Cahlander]

From: Bruce Fall 
To: mou-net at moumn.org 
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 3:17 PM
Subject: [mou] Kentucky Warbler, Scott Co.


This morning (Fri., 16 May, 07:30) I heard and then saw a male Kentucky Warbler at Murphy-Hanrehan Park, Scott Co. He sang sporadically over a 30-min period (including while foraging on the forest floor), and appeared to be patrolling the periphery of a breeding territory. The location is W of the E boundary horse trail, between trail markers 17 and 16. From marker 16 follow the horse trail E about 200 yds to the old wooden fence and "no horses" sign; continue SE on the main trail another 150 yards. The territory is W of the main trail 50-100 yds, and SE of a small (2-acre) woodland pond. KEWA have been found virtually annually at M-H park in spring and summer over the past decade and almost certainly breed there (but still undocumented). When searching for this bird please don't use tapes and remember that KEWA nest on the ground and can easily be disturbed.


Warblers in the park were generally dispersed and encountered as singles or a few individuals, not flocks. Still, I found 22 species and 285 individuals during the morning, of which Nashville (58), Tennessee (53), and American Redstart (44) were the most numerous; six Hooded Warbler males were singing on territory. Other than Yellow-throated Vireo (17), vireos of other species were non-existent.




Bruce A. Fall,
Minneapolis
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