Hi Josh,Maybe listen to the ALTERNATE song of the Northern Parula...It sounds very similar to what you describe... and is reminiscent of a Cerulean and Black-throated Blue. I have been fooled before. Much more likely in northern MN
Sparky Stensaas 2515 Garthus Road Wrenshall, MN 55797 218.341.3350 cell sparkystens...@hotmail.com www.SparkyPhotos.comwww.ThePhotoNaturalist.comwww.SaxZim.org www.StoneRidgePress.com www.KollathStensaas.com > Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 13:18:25 -0500 > From: joshwalles...@gmail.com > Subject: [mou-net] Possible Cerulean Warbler in St. Louis Co. > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > > The past few days while camping at the National Forest Service Pfeiffer Lake > Campground, I > heard a buzzy warbler song that stumped me. I knew it wasn't the > Black-throated Green > Warbler or Black-throated Blue Warbler as I had a lot of recent exposure to > those at > Temperance River State Park and Oberg Mountain in the last week. The song is > 4-5 faster > buzzy notes ending in a higher singular buzzy note. It wasn't until Roger > Schroeder's post > about the Cerulean in Lyon Co. that I started to study that song. It seems > to my wife and > me to be a match to what we heard. > > I hesitate to post this as I'm not 100% certain and have not got a good look > at the bird > despite much effort. I have seen enough to know it's a warbler-shaped bird. > This bird sings > from the very tops of 30-40 ft tall aspens and birch trees. Its territory is > an open stand of > birch and aspen immediately to the north of the campground host. It can also > be found > along the east-west road to the north of the host near the area mentioned > earlier. > > I'm posting this in case someone local wants to check it out and confirm or > deny the > presence of a cerulean before people make the trek. I am running out of time > to check it out > as I leave tomorrow. Pfeiffer is on MN Hwy 1 at mile marker 254. It's about > 5 miles west of > the Y store in Tower. > > While hunting this mystery bird I observed a nesting pair of Blackburnian > Warblers, singing > Northern Parulas, Gray Jays, and an Eastern Kingbird. I also heard a > Black-throated Green > Warbler. It should be good birding even if this bird isn't a cerulean. > > If you have other possible species it could be, let me know. > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
