I heard a white throated sparrow singing from the trees in Peavey Plaza in
downtown Minneapolis again this morning (June 17). I have heard one singing
there for a couple of weeks and keep expecting it to move on north but it's
still here singing away. Seems quite late for it to still be here.
I also heard a call I wasn't sure about and finally located a warbler sized
bird, white or light and unstreaked breast/stomach, fine, warbler like bill,
and a loud chipping call that reminded me of the chipping of a swamp sparrow
with a "little-more-sweet" cadence to the ending. I didn't have binoculars and
my best guess is a Tennessee Warbler but the song isn't exactly like the
samples I've found, nor exactly like the ones I saw singing this spring. If
anyone else heard or saw it and has a better ID, I'd be happy to hear from you.
In other bird news, Tuesday morning around 7:30 am, a downtown Peregrine was
circling the McGladrey building at 8th and Nicollet, calling incessantly.
After watching for some minutes I saw a buteo shaped bird fly away from a ledge
just below the roof of the building. The buteo (red-tailed hawk?) was larger
than the Peregrine. Perhaps it had tried to raid the nest on the Multifoods
Tower or had just entered the restricted airspace and was trying to hide on the
ledge to get away from the parent(s). An interesting morning that was!
Anne Hanley
Hennepin County.
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