Yesterday at the arboretum turned up less variety of warbler, and those
that were around were not especially cooperative. Warbler totals-
Ovenbird 2, Tennessee Warbler 1, Nashville Warbler 1, Common
Yellowthroat uncounted, American Redstart 1, Magnolia Warbler 4,
Chestnut-sided Warbler 5, Wilson's Warbler 4 (2 male and 2 female)
At Rapids Lake MVNWR, I began the morning well with a Black-and-white,
Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, and Tennessee Warbler within 20 minutes of
being out, so my expectations were raised. The next 45 minutes proved
otherwise as I hit a bit of a dead zone along the river which has
normally been active over the past week or two. In this area they have
been doing some tree and brush removal along the edge of the trail.
Once I got north of the first outlet channel I began hitting birds
again. Brush removal had not occurred north of this channel. I
continued north of the 2nd outlet channel further than I normally go and
ran into 2 small pockets of migrants. On my return trip I came upon a
River Otter in the forest. He was heading towards the trail from the
west(and Rapids Lake). He stopped at the edge of the trail when he saw
me. I don't think he was too bothered by me as he just casually walked
ahead of me a bit before crossing the trail heading towards the river.
Back towards the visitors center brush was now being removed, and close
to the visitors center a trail closed sign was blocking the river
trail. The sign was not present when I first went out.
The morning ended with a flourish of late activity(10-10:30) in the
wooded section of the loop trail south of the visitors center.
Warbler count
Ovenbird 1 (in loop trail wave)
Golden-winged Warbler 2 (male feeding in goldenrod near visitor's center
feeders and immature in loop wave)
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Tennessee Warbler 6 (2 in loop wave)
Nashville Warbler 3 (2 in loop wave)
Mourning Warbler 1 female
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 12
Magnolia Warbler 4
Blackburnian Warbler 1 (adult in loop wave)
Chestnut-sided Warbler 7-9 (2-4 in loop wave)
Pine Warbler 1 (male in loop wave)
Canada Warbler 1 male
Wilson's Warbler 2 (both female, 1 in loop wave)
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