Hello all, I had a male Pine Warbler vocalizing in the back yard at our cabin on Long Lake near Park Rapids at 10:00 this morning. This is my earliest Pine Warbler sighting ever in Minnesota. I observed and listened to the warbler for five minutes at a closest distance of about 30 feet. I first heard the warbler vocalizing and was able to locate it almost right away. Song reminescent of chipping sparrow, but slower and richer. Field marks were obvious (yellow throat, yellow breast with light side streaks, dark cheeks, plain olive back, white wing bars and white tail spots).
Other yard birds of note: Eastern Phoebe Hermit Thrush Song Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Tree Swallows nesting in bluebird box Eastern Bluebird pair nesting in natural cavity Good Birding! Pat Beauzay Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105 701-231-9491 [email protected] http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/entomology/ http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/tigerbeetles/index.htm http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/Mounting_Chalcidoidea/Chalcmount.htm ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
