The Kentucky Warbler is present and singing persistently at the location Julian described. After 45 somewhat frustrating minutes as the birds sang hidden near the path, it flew high in a poplar farther back and I was able to visibly confirm its identity. Mosquitos weren't too bad with long sleeves and repellent.
Doug Kieser Minneapolis Sent from my Sprint phone. ----- Reply message ----- From: "Julian Sellers" <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: [mou-net] Fw: Probable Kentucky Warbler, St. Paul Date: Fri, Jun 14, 2013 5:34 PM I forgot two things: 1. I have uploaded a bit of the probable KEWA song to the MOU web site’s audio gallery. 2. If you go to look for the bird, take mosquito repellent. Julian From: Julian Sellers Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 5:14 PM To: MOU-NET Subject: Probable Kentucky Warbler, St. Paul On Tuesday, 6/11, and again today, I heard a probable Kentucky Warbler singing regularly in Battle Creek Park, St. Paul. I’ve marked the location on this Google map: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=210992007790339495719.0004df23b3a9aa444a01a . When I first heard it, I assumed it was a Mourning Warbler, but after hearing two Mourning Warblers in the same woods, I came to believe that this could be a Kentucky Warbler. This morning, I spent a couple of hours trying in vain to see the bird. I got some pretty good audio recordings of it as well as recordings of the two Mourning Warblers located a few hundred yards away. I have compared my recordings of this bird with recordings of the Mourning Warblers that I made this morning and with Cornell recordings of a Kentucky Warbler and a very similar-sounding Mourning Warbler. To me, the sound says Kentucky. I have also made sonograms for comparison. The sonogram of the Battle Creek bird is practically identical to that of a Cornell Kentucky Warbler, but very different from that of the similar-sounding Mourning Warbler. I have uploaded images of these sonograms to this web album: View Album . If you go to look for this bird, please stay on the trails and do not use playback. Julian St. Paul ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ________________________________ This message contains information which may be confidential and privileged. Unless you are the intended recipient (or authorized to receive this message for the intended recipient), you may not use, copy, disseminate or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received the message in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail, and delete the message. Thank you very much. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
