As Alex said, the yard is not available. It was discussed on the FB MN Birding page. Thanks.
On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 6:59 AM Alex <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
