Hi All, I made efficient use of my hour long lunch break to take a walk around Heritage Park in Ankeny. There wasn't a whole lot of migrant activity present, but I tallied a whopping 3 warbler species. What I originally thought was the best was a singing YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER along the creek towards the south end of the park boundary. It was loosely associating with a handful of Yellow-rumps as it foraged. I was unable to relocate this bird when I left. I heard a singing male CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER when I first arrived in the park, but did not locate the bird until near the end of my walk. This bird also associating with a group of Yellow-rumps along the creek. I hadn't thought much of the CSWA until I checked early dates and saw that this bird was a full 11 days earlier than the current record early date of April 28th. I still must say that I was a bit more excited with a migrant Yellow-throated Warbler here, but alas I digress. Not much else of note at Heritage. A couple of trees were downed from the flash flooding last weekend and a lot of the park was either still muddy or sandy or had standing water. Danny [email protected]
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