A Kentucky warbler continued to sing on territory Sunday morning mostly to
the right or south side of the trail just past the footbridge leading from
the informal parking area at the junction of Hyattstown Mill and Prescott
Roads. Two women heard and saw it around 9 am; I found it still
frenetically guarding territory 2 hours later.
That makes it an Oporornis a day that I've actually seen over the past 3
days (since Paul Deanna found a Mourning Warbler we heard singing just
across the C&O Canal from the upstream end of the 1st impoundment at
Pennyfield around 9:30 am on Saturday). It must be a banner year, since I
usually miss the whole genus -- keep your eyes out for a spring
Connecticut.
Arriving at Little Bennett a good 2 hours later than Bob Hartman (see the
last post), I found the Kingsley Trail much quieter, although Yellow and
Prairie warbler were still making a racket in the field across the trail
from the parking area. I can add a male Wilson's warbler to Bob's list,
seen in tangles a hundred feet beyond the parking area where you might
have hoped to find a Chat.
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