[mou] RFI: Palm Warbler question

[warbler 1231]

Hello All,

I'd like to give a little background information before I present my 
questions.

I found a single Palm Warbler of the hypochrysea (Eastern) subspecies at 
Pikes Peak State Park in Clayton County, (northeast) Iowa in late April. I 
had a prolonged and very good view of the bird for several minutes and 
documented it for the IOU RC.

As ignorant as this sounds, I was actually unaware the hypochrysea 
subspecies was a rare migrant (vagrant?) through the Midwest. I now have 
notes of 3 separate encounters with what I believe to be this subspecies, 
dating back to 2003, from Allamakee (1 encounter) and Clayton (2 encounters) 
Counties in Iowa.

So, with that in mind, I'm curious if there are any standing records of the 
Eastern (hypochrysea) race of Palm Warbler from Minnesota and I am also 
curious if anyone has seen this subspecies in the state and not reported it, 
the observation was rejected by the MOU records committee, etc. I am trying 
to gather as much information on this subspecies from the Midwest as 
possible.

Thank you for any information.

Danny Akers
Ankeny, Iowa (Polk Co.)
BirdManDan1231 at hotmail.com

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