The HOODED WARBLER found by Peter Morris yesterday was still present this morning from 8:20-10:00. It was seen by Ken and Sue Fuestel and myself along the trail heading south from the southeast corner of Southard's Pond. It sang regularly from both sides of the trail just north of the first foot bridge. The song is not exactly "textbook" for Hooded, sounding like the Hooded was trying to imitate the Yellow Warblers in the vicinity. It spent most of the time moving through the dense understory, singing as it went, only occasionally moving up to higher exposed perches on the west side of the trail for longer bouts of song. Needless to say, this behavior and the gray sky made getting a photograph of reasonable quality nearly impossible. The one time the bird popped into view close and at eye level an unfortunately placed branch obscured much of the bird's face. Hopefully the bird will stick around so others will have better luck.
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