Currently, there is a significant spruce budworm occurrence along the 169 corridor between Tower and Ely. It would be interesting to hear reports from anyone who happens to bird this area, particularly whether numbers of budworm-dependent warblers like Cape May, Bay-breasted, and Tennessee are present in higher numbers. The budworm phenology is nearly 2 weeks ahead of 'schedule'. Could this be detrimental if the budworms are pupating by the time the warblers are feeding nestlings?
-- Shawn Conrad www.itascacnfbirding.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
