[mou] possible Summer Tanager nesting, Scott County
Dennis/Barbara Martin
dbmartin@skypoint.com
Wed, 9 Jul 2003 17:23:38 -0500
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Refound this bird today at the same location Bob saw it on 7/1 and =
Father Tom saw it on 7/5. The male bird was observed carrying food but =
no female or nest was seen. The spot is considerably more than 150 =
yards to the east of 15 or I am getting very old fast and my camera lens =
is to heavy to carry any more. I would describe the low spot as the =
second downhill area to the east. The spot has wet marshs to the north =
and south at almost the same elevation as the trail. The bird was about =
40 yards to the east after you get to the bottom of the hill and on the =
north side of the trail in some medium sized trees.
I did have to walk up and down the trail for an hour and a half until =
the bird started calling and could be seen. Bobs' description of the =
call is as good as it gets.
Dennis Martin
dbmartin@skypoint.com
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From: Bob Dunlap=20
To: mnbird@linux2.winona.msus.edu ; mou-net@cbs.umn.edu=20
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 10:48 AM
Subject: [mou] possible Summer Tanager nesting, Scott County
This morning I birded Murphy-Hanrehan Park in Scott County, mostly to =
search for the Summer Tanager I heard back in June. I went back to the =
same spot around 7:00 this morning. To get to this spot, park along the =
road just west of marker 14 (this is where you go for the Hooded =
Warblers). Follow the path in and take the path to the right as you =
reach the clearing. This takes you back to marker 15. Take the trail =
to your right at 15, which heads east toward marker 16. About 150 yards =
or so east on this path from marker 15, there is a low, semi-open spot =
with wetlands and tall trees on both sides of the path. This area is =
just after coming down a hill. It was here where I heard a male Summer =
Tanager back in June. This morning, I waited a minute or two, and then =
saw a female tanager fly into a tree on the north side of the path. I =
had a quick look at this bird, and could only tell it was a female =
tanager, but the wings were not very dark. Just as I put my binoculars =
on this bird, the male Summer Tanager flew into the same tree and began =
calling "pik tuk tuk". The male sat there for a minute calling within =
plain sight of me, and then followed the female bird to a tree just =
north of this spot. I could not find them after this, but this behavior =
was, at least to me, highly suggestive of nesting. I am not aware of =
any breeding records for this species in MN, nor do I know if Summer and =
Scarlet Tanagers will hybridize. Just before you come down the hill to =
this spot, there are a few Scarlet Tanagers singing, so it is possible =
that the female bird was a scarlet.
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Refound this bird today at the same location Bob saw =
it on 7/1=20
and Father Tom saw it on 7/5. The male bird was observed carrying =
food but=20
no female or nest was seen. The spot is considerably more than 150 =
yards=20
to the east of 15 or I am getting very old fast and my camera lens is to =
heavy=20
to carry any more. I would describe the low spot as the second =
downhill=20
area to the east. The spot has wet marshs to the north and south =
at almost=20
the same elevation as the trail. The bird was about 40 yards to =
the east=20
after you get to the bottom of the hill and on the north side of the =
trail in=20
some medium sized trees.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>I did have to walk up and down the trail for an hour =
and a=20
half until the bird started calling and could be seen. Bobs' =
description=20
of the call is as good as it gets.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Dennis Martin<BR><A=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [mou] possible Summer =
Tanager=20
nesting, Scott County</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This morning I birded Murphy-Hanrehan =
Park in=20
Scott County, mostly to search for the Summer Tanager I heard back in=20
June. I went back to the same spot around 7:00 this =
morning. To=20
get to this spot, park along the road just west of marker 14 (this is =
where=20
you go for the Hooded Warblers). Follow the path in =
and take the=20
path to the right as you reach the clearing. This takes you =
back to=20
marker 15. Take the trail to your right at 15, which heads east =
toward=20
marker 16. About 150 yards or so east on this path from marker =
15, there=20
is a low, semi-open spot with wetlands and tall trees on both =
sides of=20
the path. This area is just after coming down a hill. It =
was here=20
where I heard a male Summer Tanager back in June. This morning, =
I waited=20
a minute or two, and then saw a female tanager fly into a tree on the =
north=20
side of the path. I had a quick look at this bird, and could =
only tell=20
it was a female tanager, but the wings were not very dark. Just =
as I put=20
my binoculars on this bird, the male Summer Tanager flew into the same =
tree=20
and began calling "pik tuk tuk". The male sat there for a minute =
calling=20
within plain sight of me, and then followed the female bird to a tree =
just=20
north of this spot. I could not find them after this, but this =
behavior=20
was, at least to me, highly suggestive of nesting. I am not =
aware of any=20
breeding records for this species in MN, nor do I know if Summer and =
Scarlet=20
Tanagers will hybridize. Just before you come down the hill to =
this=20
spot, there are a few Scarlet Tanagers singing, so it is possible that =
the=20
female bird was a scarlet.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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