For the sake of completion, I do know one of the parties involved with this sighting and I do have an update. He’s a private man, and the viewing space for this bird was much to small to allow for visitors, so he was not making this bird available to the public. Given the rarity of the bird and the smallness of the space, I think that was probably the best decision. All of this is moot however because the bird was only seen briefly on the day of the 5th, and not seen at all the day of the 6th, so the bird is likely gone. Or maybe it’s hanging out in Myre-Big Island State Park just waiting to be found ;) He did photograph a very interesting hybrid Blue-winged/Golden-winged Warbler yesterday however. It looks like a female Lawrence’s Warbler or some other backcross hybrid. Fun stuff in his backyard!
That’s all for now, Best, Alex Sundvall Currently of Duluth, MN Count Interpreter for Hawk Ridge Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 6, 2018, at 2:37 PM, Kim R Eckert <ecker...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Since nothing about this has been posted on mou-net, I thought I’d pass on > this eBird report which I just saw. The problems are that the bird was > photographed yesterday so it may be gone today; an Albert Lea street name is > stated and mapped, but there is no exact address; and the bird looks like it > was at a private residence so there may be no access. (Of course, it goes > without saying that birders should not enter private property without > permission from the residents or the observer.) > > Kim Eckert, Duluth > > > Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi) (1) > - Reported Sep 05, 2018 11:40 by Paul Prappas > - Albert Lea--Oakwood Drive, Freeborn, Minnesota > - Map: > http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=43.6615811,-93.3891281&ll=43.6615811,-93.3891281 > > <http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=43.6615811,-93.3891281&ll=43.6615811,-93.3891281> > - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48317351 > <https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48317351> > - Media: 1 Photo > - Comments: "Male with bold yellow and black striped head, wing bars and > white lower flanks. Photo included. For the record, I live in British > Columbia and am visiting friends in SE Minnesota, so I am very familiar with > this Western Warbler. It has been suggested that all the western coniferous > forest fires might have driven this bird eastward..." > ---- > 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
