[mou] Prothonotary Warbler refound, Snelling St. Pk., TC Area
Holly Peirson
hpeirson@pclink.com
Thu, 3 Jun 2004 17:41:46 -0500
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Today Val Cunningham and Holly Peirson went a-birding at Snelling State
Park. Upon asking, we got a tip from park personnel that the marshy
bottomland area directly under the Hwy 55 bridge and opposite the Visitor’s
Center parking lot might be good habitat for the prothonotary warbler that
was mentioned last week.
We walked to the end of the parking lot just to the W side of the bridge and
immediately heard the bird. We could not find the bird, but knew it was
there. We went off for a walk around Pike Island, and saw and heard many
other species (51 total for the day), had some lunch, studied the map, and
walked around to another trail to try again for the warbler (trail from
Visitor Center that goes along parallel to bridge, then turns to go west
under bridge, along the Minnesota River.)
This time we were lucky. We immediately heard it singing, and followed the
song to the bird, who was flying around the area gleaning bugs from leaves
and then sitting on perches for some time. We had very good looks at it!
Then it went to a snag and although it was behind trees and hard to see, we
think it has a nest. We only saw one bird, but there was a flurry of
activity near the nest snag. To see the possible nest, find a large deadfall
along the side of the trail away from the river, look into the woods, and
find a snag that is alone, not associated with another tree stump,
approximately 15’ high, totally devoid of bark, light brown. The possible
nest is about 1’ from the top on the west side of the snag.
The bird is almost constantly singing, a loud sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet,
varying from 4-7. Time first heard was about 11:00, seen was about 2:30.
Thanks for the earlier tip, great bird!
Holly Peirson
Forest Lake, Anoka Co.
And Val Cunningham
St. Paul, Ramsey Co.
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Peirson
went a-birding at Snelling State Park. Upon asking, we got a tip from =
park
personnel that the marshy bottomland area directly under the Hwy 55 =
bridge and
opposite the Visitor’s Center parking lot might be good habitat =
for the
prothonotary warbler that was mentioned last week. </span></font><font =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>We walked to the end of the parking =
lot
just to the W side of the bridge and immediately heard the bird. We =
could not
find the bird, but knew it was there. We went off for a walk around Pike
Island, and saw and heard many other species (51 total for the day), had =
some
lunch, studied the map, and walked around to another trail to try again =
for the
warbler (trail from Visitor Center that goes along parallel to bridge, =
then
turns to go west under bridge, along the Minnesota River.) =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This time we were lucky. We =
immediately
heard it singing, and followed the song to the bird, who was flying =
around the
area gleaning bugs from leaves and then sitting on perches for some =
time. We had
very good looks at it! Then it went to a snag and although it was behind =
trees
and hard to see, we think it has a nest. We only saw one bird, but there =
was a
flurry of activity near the nest snag. To see the possible nest, find a =
large
deadfall along the side of the trail away from the river, look into the =
woods,
and find a snag that is alone, not associated with another tree stump, =
approximately
15’ high, totally devoid of bark, light brown. The possible nest =
is about 1’
from the top on the west side of the snag.</span></font><font size=3D2
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4-7. Time first heard was about 11:00, seen was about 2:30. Thanks for =
the
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