Another perspective...by coincidence, the same day Molly posted her possible (heard only) Kentucky, I had a similar encounter here in Dakota County. My bird was singing 6 churry syllables all on the same pitch, sounding much like a KEWA. I've been fooled before by this song, so I played a KEWA song and a male Mourning Warbler came charging in. This alternate song is superficially quite like KEWA and, like I said, I've been fooled before. And the MOWA DID respond to the KEWA tape, and quite aggressively at that.
I've already exchanged emails with Molly regarding this. Jim -----Original Message----- >From: Jesse Ellis <calocit...@gmail.com> >Sent: Jun 4, 2010 10:18 AM >To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU >Subject: Re: [mou-net] two nice st. louis county birds > >Molly and Minnesota birders... > >From my perspective here in Wisconsin, it seems Kentuckys have been turning >up in many more places than last year (though my sample size, 2 yrs, is >small). However, I believe someone reported one from Door Co, or at least >that far north, so it may be somewhat of an invasion going on. Document what >you got! Most warblers that I know of don't respond to heterospecific >playback of song, so your result is decent corroborating evidence. > >Keep an ear out, birders of MN! > >Jesse Ellis >Madison, Dane Co, WI > >On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Molly Thompson <thomp...@hotmail.com>wrote: > >> This morning, I awoke to the song of a Kentucky warbler in my yard in >> Normanna Twp. I know this doesn't seem possible, but after searching on and >> off for about a half hour, getting only a fleeting glance because it was >> skulking in deep vegetation, I played a recorded call. It responded >> immediately, but I still could not see it!! It was right in front of me. >> How frustrating. I ran out of time and had to get to work. The call was >> not that of a ovenbird or a Carolina wren. I'll try again to find it when I >> get home, but it was on the move, last I heard it. >> Another nice sighting was a Black-throated Blue warbler. I both heard and >> saw this bird in a hardwood forest in Normanna twp. >> Molly ThompsonDuluth, MN >> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. >> >> http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3 >> ---- >> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >> > > > >-- >Jesse Ellis >Madison, Dane Co, WI > >---- >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
