Dedrick Benz and I looked for about an hour and a half for this bird. We left confident that the Northern Waterthrush we found in the same described location and singing an odd Kirtland's-like song was Bob's bird.
On May 19, 2012, at 1:34 P.M., Robert P Russell wrote: > I was startled to hear what I belive is a singing Kirtland's Warbler in > downtown St. Paul at Irving Park. Irving Park is located near the Excel > Center 2 blocks west of Eagle Parkway, 2 blocks above Shepherd Road and 3 > blocks south of West Seventh. The bird was singing loudly from the northeast > quadrat of the square in dense large trees in front of residences marked 16, > 15, and 14 across from the actual park which has a large fountain in the > center of a 2 block square park. There is no allowable parking along the > square so park a block to the north of the park. Last heard around 10.00 > a.m. and not heard at noon when the temperature was near 90. I plan to > recheck the spot later today and will post if anything positive results and > with a north wind and rain predicted overnight it is possible the bird might > stay around. I only had one sighting of a medium yellow-breasted bird that > flew over once and spent much of the time on private property. Observe the > back streaking for a clinching field mark. The only other warblers around > were Tennessees. The song fit the National Geographic Bird app almost > perfectly. Bob Russell > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Anthony Hertzel [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
