[mou] Townsend's Warbler - north metro

[Dennis/Barbara Martin]

Refound this bird from 5:30 to about 6:00 this evening.  Look in the tops of
the white pines that are kind of out in the open, near the middle of the
pine area..  This species tends to feed in the tops of trees in its normal
habitat and the same is true of this bird.  We watched it do some short
flycatching and flying back and forth between several branchs on 3-4
different trees, jumping around the branchs for awhile and then moving to
another branch, etc.  Couldn't tell if it was being successful with the
insects or not.  Don't think we ever saw it go more than 15 feet down from
the tops of the trees.

We had a lot of other warblers in the area of the pines.  At least 10
species in a very short period of time, with the majority being redstarts.

Dennis and Barbara Martin
dbmartin@skypoint.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "COLE FOSTER" <blackburnian@msn.com>
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Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 3:59 PM
Subject: [mou] Townsend's Warbler - north metro


> Between 1:00 and 1:30 this afternoon I saw a Townsend’s Warbler in
northern
> Anoka County.  The bird was seen at the southeast end of Linwood Lake in a
> large stand of white pines.  Linwood Lake is about 7 miles west of the
town
> of Wyoming.  There’s a hiking trail that runs along the eastern shore of
> Linwood Lake  which can be accessed from the park entrance at the north
end
> of the lake from Co Rd 22 (a/k/a Viking Blvd).  A dirt road leads to a
paved
> parking area and a boat ramp.  The trail is easily seen from the parking
> area, and it’s about a mile walk from this point to the stand of white
pines
> where the bird was seen.
>
> There may be a shorter way to get to the stand of white pines from the
south
> end of the lake.  Take Jordell street north past Boot Lake SNA until you
> come to a T-intersection, then turn right at the T and park at the dead
end.
>   I think there’s a way to access the trail from this dead-end, though I
> haven’t tried myself.  The stand of white pines are, however, very near
> where this road dead-ends.
>
> The bird is either an adult female or a first-year male.  It was
associating
> fairly closely with a couple Black-throated Greens (both male and female),
> and a Blackburnian was also in the area.  The Townsend’s Warbler is fairly
> easy to separate from these two species.  There weren’t many birds in the
> area of the white pines, so the bird may not be hard to relocate if it
> sticks around.  The stand of white pines runs close to a quarter of a mile
> north and south along the lake.  It was last seen close to the trail about
> midway into the area with the white pines.
>
> A male Black-throated Blue warbler was also seen at the south end of the
> trail in the area with the white pines.  Maybe something else to look and
> listen for.
>
>
> Cole Foster
>
>
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