My sighting was fleeting, and the yellow wing patches remain strong in my memory. There was more yellow on the head too but I don't recall the pattern. It was enough to make me keep trying to find it, until I saw the WEVI anyway. If it were may I would have little doubt. It being November??? Had the white-eyed vireo not revealed itself immediately after this sighting I probably would have a better description.
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 5, 2015, at 7:40 PM, Gregg Severson <rain...@gmail.com> wrote: > > While searching for the White-eyed Vireo at Wood Lake Nature Center, Jamie > McBride found a possible Golden-winged Warbler. He texted me about the > find, but had a lot of doubts because it is so late for this species. > I went there to search for the WEVI, but had no luck. However, I did see > the possible GWWA. > > Another birder, Dave, was next to me when we spotted the bird in question. > We both were instantly intrigued by the bird, with both of us studying it > without calling out an ID at first. > > The resulting description is my own, but perhaps these other individuals > could chime in with their observations if they see this message. > > The bird had a golden crown, and the yellow color ran across the entire top > of the head (as opposed to a Golden-crowned Kinglet, where it would be a > narrow stripe, with a black stripe on either side). There was a > white-stripe above the eye. The yellow color was brightest on the forehead > and got more and more grayish towards the neck. The bird also had bright > yellow patches on the wings. The bird had a generally uniform white or > light gray underside, but I didn't get a good look at the throat area. It > was foraging about 5 feet off of the ground on a small branch. > > I thought the bird was warbler-sized (too big for a kinglet), but Dave > thought it was too small for a warbler. We discussed our sighting right > then, and he was convinced that it was not a Golden-winged Warbler, but > possibly some form of Golden-crowned Kinglet. Unfortunately, we didn't see > the bird for very long, and I had no chance to get my camera on it. > > I search eBird for other late records, and only found 2 reports from either > Oct. or Nov. in all of MN. Those records were from November 12 and 14, > 2013 up in Duluth. Here are links to the checklists, where the reporter > included photos. Those photos match what I was able to discern of the > bird, although they have more confirming field marks than I saw. > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15653122 > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15667627 > > I looked in the mou database, and mou has the aforementioned records that > are in eBird, plus a record from 11-6-2010 in Crow Wing County. Otherwise, > the latest record for GWWA is 10-14. > > If anyone is out there searching for the White-eyed Vireo, please keep your > eyes (and camera shutters) out for a very late Golden-winged Warbler! > > Gregg Severson > Minneapolis > >> On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 1:45 PM Peter Hoeger <hoegerler...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Following Conny Brunell's directions, at least 4 observers saw and >> photographed the White-eyed Vireo this Thursday morning, >> Nov. 5, around 10:15-10:30 am. at Wood Lake Nature Ctr. in Richfield. It >> was foraging, as Conny related, about 6-10 ft. off the ground >> (give or take a few feet) among Chickadees and a few Golden-crowned >> Kinglets. It worked its way north along the trail until it disappeared. >> As of 11:30 it had not been relocated, but others were still looking. >> Take the eastern Perimeter Trail south to the intersection with the trail >> that would take you back northwest to the boardwalk (there is a bench there >> dedicated to Janet Busse), >> but keep going south along the nature center border about 360-370 paces >> until you get to another multi-trail intersection with a bench dedicated to >> Roy Hopkins and A. Day >> (there is also a trash bin there). The bird was seen there this morning >> just past this bench mostly in the trees and brambly shrubs on both sides >> of the perimeter trail. >> Pete Hoeger, Mpls. >> >> ---- >> 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