Thanks to the original finders Matt and Paul Nelson, and Doug Pepin for the eBird report on the warbler, and to others for disseminating info quickly here and elsewhere.
Annabelle Watts and I joined a relatively small group of birders watching the bird at 7:30 pm, to find the warbler staying within a small ~50 foot area, mostly in the high tops of aspen for the next 30 min, flying often. The reported Townsends was with a scattered flock of warblers feeding in the grove adjacent to the parking lot as already mentioned (45.011690, -92.967146), with Yellow Rumped, Orange Crowned, and Palm warblers being seen nearby. We were even able to record some audio as it sang: https://ebird.org/checklist/S67943138 The song looks to me to be a great match with the spring plastic type noted in Pieplow's text: https://tinyurl.com/ycv4waem Shortly after 8 pm a group of 3 crows landed very close to the Townsends, flushing most of the warblers in the vicinity into the coniferous trees, and possibly further down the hill. We waited and searched with others for another 20 min as it grew dark but I did not hear if anyone was able to refind. It did seem content with the area considering it apparently did not move much at all since its original discovery sometime between 2-4 pm, so hopefully it will be back in the area in the morning. -- Justin and Annabelle Watts Hennepin https://www.flickr.com/photos/61259062@N07/ ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
