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Kentucky warbler at Hyattstown, Wilson's at Little Bennett

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David Apgar

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David Apgar

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Sun, 14 May 2006 14:15:36 -0400

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.

DA