On Sat. 19 July (about 9:30 a.m.) I heard a singing male White-eyed Vireo at Murphy-Hanrehan Park, Scott Co., along the pet trail S of marker #29. It sang about a dozen songs from 50 m W of the trail, 200 m S of marker #29, but I was unable to see him. Today (20 July) at 07:15 I relocated him at several places well S of the original location. I eventually saw him briefly, and was able to record a series of songs (which I have uploaded to the MOU web site, RQD documentation). This morning I heard 4 periods of song, each with 5-20 songs, from 07:15 to 08:15 a.m. (I arrived at 05:40 and left at 08:30). He sang sporadically and moved about quite a bit. From the horse trail parking lot (off Sunset Lake Rd. SE of Murphy Lake), take the pet trail S of the lot (starting at marker #29). Over the two mornings I heard the WEVI along a 400-m stretch of trail that began 200 m S of #29 and W of the trail (there is a partial clearing there, with tall cottonwoods and several medium dead elms W of the trail), and from there 400 m farther S. The farthest S I recorded him was about 50 m N of the northern-most broad vista of "Southwest Marsh" (the large lilypad-covered marsh that extends off to the SW of the trail), off to the E of the trail about 50 m. From that farthest S point he flew back N and I relocated him at 08:15 midway between the northern and southern most points. There are also at least 3 (and possibly 4) Alder Flycatcher territories along this trail and some of my WEVI recordings include ALFL in the background.
Bruce A. Fall Minneapolis
