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Could we have seen a Blackpoll Warbler? Friday morning, July 4th, my 11- year-old son and I were checking out the bog boardwalk behind the visitors' center in Orr, MN. It was quite bird still and quiet, but a gorgeous walk nevertheless (Seth said "it's like a different planet!"). While in an area thick with various pines, Seth latched onto a bird that he thought was a chickadee. But when I saw it, I thought it was much too sleek and, well, "warbler-like" in form and behavior to be a chickadee. And it wasn't a Black-and-white Warbler. When I got to a field guide, I thought that it certainly could have been a Blackpoll, but the map indicated that their range is far north into Canada. The only other Blackpoll Warbler I've ever seen was mid-May last year. Could they be breeding here, too? Or could he be migrating back already (far too soon, I thought). Has anyone else seen Blackpolls recently? Later that day, at Lake Jeanette on The Echo Trail (a genuine slice of heaven, to be sure!), my 7-year-old neice and I went for a bird walk and saw the following: a pair of Mourning Warblers Blackburnian Warbler Common Yellowthroat Yellow--Rumped Warbler Ovenbird Red-eyed Vireo Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe White-throated Sparrow Bald Eagle Good birding to all! Christine Olson - Chisholm <www.findbeaner.org> Peace --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! --0-1973924160-1057589344=:96139 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <DIV><FONT face=system size=4>Could we have seen a Blackpoll Warbler?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=system size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=system size=4>Friday morning, July 4th, my 11- year-old son and I were checking out the bog boardwalk behind the visitors' center in Orr, MN. It was quite bird still and quiet, but a gorgeous walk nevertheless (Seth said "it's like a different planet!").</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=system size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=system size=4>While in an area thick with various pines, Seth latched onto a bird that he thought was a chickadee. But when I saw it, I thought it was much too sleek and, well, "warbler-like" in form and behavior to be a chickadee. And it wasn't a Black-and-white Warbler.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=system size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=system size=4>When I got to a field guide, I thought that it certainly could have been a Blackpoll, but the map indicated that their range is far north into Canada. The only other Blackpoll Warbler I've ever seen was mid-May last year. Could they be breeding here, too? Or could he be migrating back already (far too soon, I thought). Has anyone else seen Blackpolls recently? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=system size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=system size=4>Later that day, at Lake Jeanette on The Echo Trail (a genuine slice of heaven, to be sure!), my 7-year-old neice and I went for a bird walk and saw the following:</FONT></DIV> <UL> <LI><FONT face=system size=4>a pair of Mourning Warblers</FONT></LI> <LI><FONT face=system size=4>Blackburnian Warbler</FONT></LI> <LI><FONT face=system size=4>Common Yellowthroat</FONT></LI> <LI><FONT face=system size=4>Yellow--Rumped Warbler</FONT></LI> <LI><FONT face=system size=4>Ovenbird</FONT></LI> <LI><FONT face=system size=4>Red-eyed Vireo</FONT></LI> <LI><FONT face=system size=4>Least Flycatcher</FONT></LI> <LI><FONT face=system size=4>Eastern Phoebe</FONT></LI> <LI><FONT face=system size=4>White-throated Sparrow</FONT></LI> <LI><FONT face=system size=4>Bald Eagle</FONT></LI></UL> <P><FONT face=system size=4>Good birding to all!</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=system size=4>Christine Olson - Chisholm</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=system size=4><<A href="http://www.findbeaner.org";>www.findbeaner.org</A>></FONT></P> <DIV><FONT face=system size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=system size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=system size=4></FONT> </DIV><BR><BR><DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#407f00 size=5><STRONG><IMG style="WIDTH: 31px; HEIGHT: 29px" height=29 src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif"; width=31>Peace</STRONG></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV><p><hr SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!?<br> <a href="http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://rd.yahoo.com/evt=1207/*http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/";>SBC Yahoo! DSL</a> - Now only $29.95 per month! --0-1973924160-1057589344=:96139--
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