I walked the Lost Lake Trail at Ledges State Park early this afternoon, finding little bird activity except for chickadees, woodpeckers, jays, and a couple of Eastern Wood Pewees, plus an Empid with no positive ID (but probably a Least Flycatcher). After more than an hour of fairly dull birding I headed back to my car and ran into a small mixed warbler flock only about 50-75 yards from the parking lot. Included were an immature female Canada Warbler, a adult male Black and White Warbler, and a Palm Warbler. The latter was only a brief look as it leaped from the ground to a low branch for a 2-3 second glimpse of color and tail-pumping. It disappeared quickly into the brush, so I’ll put a about a 95% estimate of accuracy because I thought it might be somewhat early for this species. Steve Dinsmore agrees and says it could be a new early record date. Because I’m not 100% sure, it won’t be submitted for IOU records, but there’s not much doubt it was a Palm.
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