I met up with Curt Rawn this morning by chance and with my daughter we set out
to find the Hooded Warbler in Lebanon Hills Regional Park. I had tried
yesterday on the trail that leads to Portage Lake from Shulze Lake without
success and we did not find it there again today but then we heard an
unfamiliar call at trail marker #45. It turned out to be a beautiful male
Hooded Warbler that gave us great views for several minutes. It was singing
loudly and continued to sing past 11:00am. We also found a Pileated Woodpecker
and I heard Eastern Towhee, and Red-eyed Vireo along with many flycatchers.
Please do not use playback for this warbler as it has a potential to breed with
the female that is in the area and it is of course quite rare in Minnesota. The
use of playback is banned in some areas of Southeast Arizona because it was
disrupting some of the range limited species when they were on their breeding
territories. Good Birding, Jason Caddy Minneapolis j.ca...@hotmail.com
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