Jim- I will certainly retract my assertion with respect to Mourning and Kentucky Warblers! Sounds like this is more common than I thought. Interestingly, they probably don't normally sing around each other, perhaps explaining why Mournings might be fooled by Kentuckys. Cool behavior, though!
Jesse On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Jim Mattsson <[email protected]> wrote: > Another perspective...by coincidence, the same day Molly posted her > possible (heard only) Kentucky, I had a similar encounter here in Dakota > County. My bird was singing 6 churry syllables all on the same pitch, > sounding much like a KEWA. I've been fooled before by this song, so I played > a KEWA song and a male Mourning Warbler came charging in. This alternate > song is superficially quite like KEWA and, like I said, I've been fooled > before. And the MOWA DID respond to the KEWA tape, and quite aggressively at > that. > > I've already exchanged emails with Molly regarding this. > > Jim > > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Jesse Ellis <[email protected]> > >Sent: Jun 4, 2010 10:18 AM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [mou-net] two nice st. louis county birds > > > >Molly and Minnesota birders... > > > >From my perspective here in Wisconsin, it seems Kentuckys have been > turning > >up in many more places than last year (though my sample size, 2 yrs, is > >small). However, I believe someone reported one from Door Co, or at least > >that far north, so it may be somewhat of an invasion going on. Document > what > >you got! Most warblers that I know of don't respond to heterospecific > >playback of song, so your result is decent corroborating evidence. > > > >Keep an ear out, birders of MN! > > > >Jesse Ellis > >Madison, Dane Co, WI > > > >On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Molly Thompson <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> This morning, I awoke to the song of a Kentucky warbler in my yard in > >> Normanna Twp. I know this doesn't seem possible, but after searching on > and > >> off for about a half hour, getting only a fleeting glance because it was > >> skulking in deep vegetation, I played a recorded call. It responded > >> immediately, but I still could not see it!! It was right in front of > me. > >> How frustrating. I ran out of time and had to get to work. The call > was > >> not that of a ovenbird or a Carolina wren. I'll try again to find it > when I > >> get home, but it was on the move, last I heard it. > >> Another nice sighting was a Black-throated Blue warbler. I both heard > and > >> saw this bird in a hardwood forest in Normanna twp. > >> Molly ThompsonDuluth, MN > >> > >> > >> _________________________________________________________________ > >> The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your > inbox. > >> > >> > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3 > >> ---- > >> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >> > > > > > > > >-- > >Jesse Ellis > >Madison, Dane Co, WI > > > >---- > >Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > >Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > -- Jesse Ellis Madison, Dane Co, WI ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
