The Duluth hillside is full of warblers now, too. I have not been looking very hard, and there have still been some surprises. The 9-species flock in my yard near Burrito Union on May 30 included a female Black-throated Blue (this was about 1:00 PM, in case anyone has numbers from the Point at that time).
Of the 13 species I encountered the morning of May 31 in UMD's Bagley Nature Area, the singing Connecticut was the star. I saw and heard him from the southwest area of the trail that circles Rock Pond, just before 9:00 AM. The oak-maple woods were alive with warblers in the fog, and it was a good time to observe Yellow-bellied Flycatchers as well--one was calling and singing, providing nice comparisons with the sounds of the Least Flycatchers. And back at home, on a personal listing note: after a Mourning Warbler and a Northern Parula put in appearances today (mixed in with several Redstarts, Magnolias, Wilson's, Canadas, and Yellows), I counted up my "2013 yard warbler list". 20 species, which is not too bad for the hillside. The 6 no-shows for the yard this year so far are Bay-breasted, Common Yellowthroat, Golden-winged, Connecticut, Pine, and N. Waterthrush. It's been fun watching them come through, particularly one gutsy Ovenbird that battled it out with Starlings for mealworms and suet during the bad weather of the 18th-22nd. Chris Mansfield Duluth ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
