had five singing d' Cerulean Warblers. (MGS), but the most ... Laurel KY (JEI).
Ovenbirds were up .... sin. Two imm. Plegadis ibises were watched in Bigston,
MN July 23 (AH etal.). Swans to ... Honcon. NWR •Muskegon •on muron ß
Madison ß Milwaukee. • ß Grand Rapids. K .... L., Hamilton, IA July 13+ (?SD,?JD,
?m.ob) ...
PurpleFinches werefeedingyoungat reported (GW etal.).TheYellow-rumped Girard,OH June30(DHo). The onlyreWarblercontinued to expanditsrange.A portsof Red Crossbills camefrom the lonemalewason territoryon RoanMt., Cranberry Glades in WestVirginiaJune29 TN, whereit nestedlastyear(RK); two malesand a femalewere seenin Adams,PA (GB) andJuly23 (WA). PineSiskins rein earlyJune(DH); andoneatP.I.S.P., July mainedin theareaaslateasJune5 in Hunt3 (JM) provided thefirstJulyrecord forthe ingdon, PA(GG)andJune9 atSt.Marys, at St.Marys county.In Sh.N.P.,a 15-acrecensus area PA(LC). Onealsoappeared had fivesingingd' CeruleanWarblers July29 (LC). (MGS), but the mostremarkable report Contributors: Michael Arabia, Wendell wasatotalof205singing males on16miof Argabrite,CaroleBabyak,Mark Barb, trail in the FrozenHead StateNaturalArea,
JamesBarker(JBa), JohnBazuin(JBz),
TN June4-5 (Sat).
Ralph Bell, George Breiding, Dave
There were6 reportsof nestingProthonotary Warbler:P.I.S.P., June5 (JM); Newville, PA, (DH); on the Somerset/ Fayette, PAline(firsts.wPennsylvania nestingrecord, RCL);Blennerhassett I., •od, WV (JE); G.B.W.M.A. (AW); and Bote-
tourt,VA (BK).Morenoteworthy werethe reportsof nestingSwainson's Warblers in Nicholas(GB) and Roan,WV (AW), and
LaurelKY (JEI).Ovenbirds wereup 104% of the9-yearaverage oncensus plotsin Sh. N.P. (MGS), and a Greene,PA B.B.S.route listedthe mostever(RB). The southbound
migration ofYellow Warblers began asearly asJuly14atP.N.R.,andthefirstmigrant N. Waterthrushes andMourningWarblers arrivedthereJuly27 (RCL,RM). At Morgantown, WV, ScarletTanagers wereconsidered scarce, butveryhighconcentrations werereportedin w. Frederick, VA (JBz). BlueGrosbeaks werefoundat Lyndhurst, VAJune10andJuly29 (RS)and in Hardy,WV June20 (AW).Twopairsof Dickcissels nested successfully in Lawrence,
PAand4 pairs werelocated in 14nango, PA (GW et al.) Twopairsof Dickcissels attempted to nestin Botetourt, VA,thefirst localrecord(MS, BK).
Brinker, Paul Brown, Edward Brucker,
Western GreatLakes
Region DARYL D. TESSEN
NancyBrundage, JayBuckelew, Suzanne
Summer wasunusually quiet.Aftera cool
Butcher,LindaChristenson, JohnDalmas, David Davis, Barb Dean, Harriett DiGioia, Mike Donahue, Jackie Elmore
start, June providedsomehot, humid
(JEI),Jeanette Esker(JE),LauraFarnham, Dot Freeman,Ted Grisez,GregGrove,
John Heninger, Don Henise (DH), MozelleHenkel,PaulHess, WilliamHighhouse,David Hochadel(DHo)Bill Hun-
weather in the latter half of the month.
Thereaftertemperatures turneddecidedly coolerandgenerally remained thatwayfor the duration. Precipitationwas quite spottyduringJune,with justenoughin someareas to maintain goodplantgrowth. However,rainfallmarkedlyincreased in
July,withmanyWisconsin locales reportprecipitation forthemonth. Knight,AllenLarner, RobertC. Leberman ingrecord
ley, Lloyd Jones,Barry Kinzie, Rick (RCL), Ronald F. Leberman(RFL), An-
thonyMarich, JerryMcWilliams,Gary Moorman, Robert Mulvihill,
Thomas
Birders characterized the seasonas lackluster. Often state and local hot lines were
Nicolls,Bill Opengari,BeckyPeplinski, JohnPeplinski, DougPoffenberger, Geoff Robinson, RexRymer,RobSimpson (RSi),
forcedto fill in with generalinformation dueto the lackof excitingreports.The most noteworthyfind of the season,a Selasphorus hummingbird, awaitsposit-
Michael G. Smith (MGS), Mike Smith
ive identification. In addition, it remain-
(MS),RuthSnyder (RS)AnnStamm, Sally Stebbins (SS),Stephen Stedman (Sat),Jean Stull, Virginia Societyfor Ornithology Foray(V.S.O.), Don Watts(DW), Andy
edscarcely twodays,needingto beelsewhere--which apparentlywas true of otherrarities thissummer. Theonlysignificantnewsfor theseason wasfirstnesting
Weakes,GeneWilhelm, KeithWooster
recordsin Wisconsinand Minnesota,each
--GeorgeA. Hall, P.O. Box 6045, West Virginia University,Morgantown,WV
with two.
26506-6045.
Abbreviations: W.P.B.O.(Whitefish Pt. BirdObservatory MI) .
Grassland sparrow populations contin-
uedto belowat mostplaces, butsummer
Loons to Ibises
records of Savannah Sparrows camefrom
A HornedGrebewasat Saginaw BayS.P.,
Wooa• WV (JE),Frederick, VA (V..S.O.),and
MI June6 (JG). One wasin Minnesota's MarshallJune25 (JB, TS). A Red-necked
Augusta, VA(RS),allatornearthes.extremity of the range.Ten-twelvesingingc3 Henslow's Sparrows werefoundin recoveredsurface minesin Jef[brson, PAandsix
Wisconsinwith oneJune18 in Dane(KB)
maleswerelocatedone field in Ohio, WV
andtwoJuly10 in Columbia (PA).Min-
(JB).Thisspecies wasalsofoundnearParkersburg, WV (JE).
nesota haditsfirstnesting record forClark's Grebewhenoneadultwasseen withyotmg
Bobolinks at low elevations as far south
as Blosserville,PA (DH) and Clarke and
July9-22 in Fairbauh(RJeeta/.).WisconsinhaditsfirstAm.White Pelican nesting
Frederick, VA (V.S.O.)werenoteworthy.
record when 2 nests were found at Green
Eastern Meadowlarks continue their downward slide. A Yellow-headed Blackbird was
Bay.Unfortunately neitherwassuccessful (TE). A maximumof 85 birdswaspresent therebytheperiod's contusion. Addition-
seenatSiegel Marsh,Erie,PAJune11(LF). A positivenotewasthe total absence of
944
Grebewasoutofrange atW.P.B.O., Jtme22 (staff).EaredGrebes wereagainpresent in
al numbersincluded 55 at LaCrosse(FL).
Brown-headed Cowbirds on a B.B.S. route
In Michigansixsummered at Pt.Mouillee
in Greene, PA,whichhadaveraged 10 per year(RB).Thissame routeproduced 18N. Orioles,wellabovethelong-termaverage
them June 2-5 (m.ob.). Another Am.
White Pelicanwassightedat Shiawassee
of10.3 (RB).
N.W.R., June9 (DP).
FIELD NOTE$
(m.ob.),with a BrownPelicanjoining
XXrlNTER I994
SnowyEgrets againnested(2 pairs)at GreenBay(TE). Michiganhadnon-nest-
thisspecies nesting in Madison, farsouth
Gulls to Woodpeckers
for Wisconsin.The discovery of nesting
The only LaughingGull sightingsoc-
ingbirdsat 3 sites:threeat Nayanquing
Merlins in Door was the first since 1896
curredin New Buffalo,MI betweenJune
Pt., June17 (JG); Shiawassee N.W.R.,
(TE). MinnesotareportedGrayPartridge fromonly 10 counties,the fewestsince
wereseenin WisconsinJune4 in Dunn
1984. Yellow Rails were found in 2 Minnesota counties, Airkin and St. Louis.
tle Gullswereuncharacteristically hardto
June3-July21 (m.ob.);andfiveat Pt. MouilleeJuly1-31 (m.ob.).Little Blue HeronswerefoundinWisconsin July11at
20-24atNayanquing Pt.(m.ob.)andJuly
ThereweretheusualKingRailreportsin Wisconsin andMichigan.
23-30 at Chippewa Nature Center (m.ob.).A Tricolored Heronspentthelast
Shorebirds
Milwaukee(MF), andin MichiganJuly
15-July19(m.ob.).Single Franklin's Gulls (Jp)andJuly16in Milwaukee (DT). Litfind in Wisconsin, with two in Ocontoin
earlyJuneandtwoat Manitowoc onlyintermittentlyduringJune.Michiganhad Little Gulls at Pt. Mouillee June 12-20.
Wisconsinhad16 species thatextended halfofJulyat Pt.Mouillee(m.ob.).All 3 migration intoJune. Themore states recorded CattleEgrets, withnesting theirspring interesting sightings included anAm.Avoat Wisconsin's GreenBay(28 nests)and Minnesota'sLac Qui Parle. Yellow- cetJune1 at Ashland(IB), threeWhimbrelsJune2 in Oconto (J&KS),743Semicrowned Night-Herons werefoundin all3 Sandpipers June1 at Madison states, withnesting suspected in Wiscon- palmated sin.Twoimm.Plegadis ibises werewatched (EH), and Dunlins at Manitowocuntil June24 (CS).Hardto classify (northor in Bigston, MN July23 (AH etal.).
Also at Pt. Mouillee was a Com. Black-
headedGull July 14 (m.ob.). Different LesserBlack-backed Gulls were watched
by Byrnein Michigan's Berrien. A 3rdsummerbird wasin New BuffaloJune8,
whilean adultwasat St. Joseph July25. Glaucous Gullslingeredat Manitowoc/ Two Riversuntil June6 (CS). Wisconsin
southbound,or wanderer?):Black-bellied
had its first Great Black-backed Gull
An injured,butableto fly,TundraSwan
Ploverat ManitowocJune20-21 (CS) and Madison June 22 (EH); Lesser
two youngaboutto fledgein a neston
summeredat Madison,W! (m.ob.). Can-
Yellowlegs fromJune19atMadison (PA);
Swans to Cranes
LeastSandpiperJune27 at Manitowoc June ties,whileLesser Scaup werein4 counties. (CS);andWhite-rumpedSandpiper
vasbackswere found in 2 Wisconsin coun-
22 at Manitowoc (CS) and June 23 in
Tardyweresingle Oldsquaws atW.EB.O., June1 (staff) andJune7 in Door, WI
Oconto(SR).
reported in 3 Minnesota counties. In Wis-
grantsincluded Am.Avocet July3 at Pt. Mouillee,MI (m.ob.);single WilletsJuly5
consin,ErdmanfoundGreatGrayOwlsin
' Itasca State Park
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Flycatchersto Shrikes
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Earlyfall migrants wereanOlive-sided Flycatcher July31 in Columbia (PA)and a Yellow-belliedFlycatcherJuly 30 in
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Walworth(DT), both Wisconsin.The
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Honcon NWR Madison ß Milwaukee.
AcadianFlycatcher continues to expand itsrangein Minnesota. Noteworthy was an individualin SwiftJune 10 (RG). TardyspringmigrantW. Kingbirds were foundin Michigan'sKalamazoo June3
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Forest. Theonlyexciting findduringthis summer wasa Selasphorus hummingbird that CherylPowelldiscovered fighting with the Ruby-throateds at her feeders nearButternut, WI July12.Localbirders joinedherfortheduration of theafternoonwatching andphotographing what appeared to be an imm. Rufous.It returnedbrieflythenextmorning before departing. Positive identification, if possible, iscurrently incomplete. A pairofThreetoedWoodpeckers usedthesame treein St. Louisas in 1993, providingMinnesota withits4th nesting record(SS).
Grand Mara,s• ,"a ß
Fledged owlsincluded twoGreatGray andfiveLong-eared fromsinglenestsin Aitkin,MN (WN). Short-eared Owlswere
...
Felton Prairie
tweenJune18-July1.
Only a few PipingPloversnestedin
Red-breasted Merganser in Wisconsin's in Anoka(P&KL), July31 in Kandiyohi (RF),andbothMinnesotaandin MilwauWinnebago June4-17 (DN). wasthe Ospreys again nested in Winona, oneof keeJuly31 (RW). Outstanding seenbymanybirders at thefewnestings forthisMinnesota region. CurlewSandpiper TwoBroad-winged Hawkkettles(each Pt. MouilleeJuly 30. A Red-necked Phalarope spentseveral daysin n. Dane, about30) werecountedJune18 in WisWI July25-29 (v.o.). consin's Door(MBo, JS).Ashmanfound
ßAgassiz NWR
SpiderI., Door.Michiganbirdersobserved an Arctic Tern at Pt. Mouillee be-
Minnesota(JB,TS). Interestingfall mi-
(GH, BS). Also tardy were 15 White-
winged Scoters June1atW.P.B.O. Out-ofrange sightings included a d'Bufflehead in Michigan's losco during July(m.ob.) anda
nestingrecordwhenStromborg found
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(m.ob.) and Wisconsin's¬'lasJune 11 (BM). Red-breasted Nuthatchesnested
in Winnebago, WI (DN). Afterthehard winterit wasnotsurprising thatfewCarolinaWrenswerereported. Forexample Wisconsinhad only one, in Madison. Golden-crowned Kingletssummered in
Portage, Wl (MB). A Blue-grayGnatcatcherwasat W.P.B.O. June6 (staff).
VOLUME 4•, NUMBER 5
FIELD NOTES945
The d' hybridMountainx EasternBluebirdfoundin •dd, MN thisspringwas lastseenJune5 (S&DM). Early fall migrantSwainson's Thrushes in Wisconsin were recordedin Manitowoc July 26 (CS) andMadisonJuly28 (EH). NorthernMockingbirds werefoundin all 3 states. Michigan's lonecontribution
A Summer Tanager waspresent June26 in Rock,MN (fidePB). Dickcissels were reportedascommonin Michigan'ss. 3
wasat WEB.O, June6 (staff).Wisconsin
continuedin low (Wisconsin)or nonexis-
hadsinglebirdsin Douglas June7 (RJ), Portage July13 (MB) andat Harrington
tent numbers(Minnesota).The Sharptailed Sparrowspresentat Wisconsin's CrexMeadows W.A.,Burnettlingered into early/mid-June(MP). Minnesota reporters felttheOrchardOriolepopulation wasstable, with20 reporting counties.
BeachS.P.,July24 (RW). In Minnesota
theywerefoundin St.Louis,Airkin,and Wilkin(m.ob.).A Sprague's Pipit wasin Minnesota'sClay June 25 (CG, BM). Therewerea fewmoreLoggerhead Shrike nestings andsightings in theRegionthan in pastyears.It wouldbeniceif thiswould develop into a trend.Michiganhada nest with twoyoungin Ogenaw (m.ob.).Wisconsinhad 5 successfulnestswith a total of
tiers of counties. In contrast, Wisconsin
found unusuallylow numbers.The d' LarkBunting watched byBartonandSvingenJune4 in Roseau, MN wasalatespring migrant.Henslow's Sparrow observations
Finches elicited
Middlewestern Prairie
Region
few comments this
summer.Amongthosewere 90 WhitewingedCrossbills July3 andlate spring
migrating Corn.Redpolls June2, bothat W.P.B.O.Andlast,Wisconsin reporters in various n. and central locales commented
11youngin St,CroixandPierce(BB, MB), ongoodEvening Grosbeak numbers. with 4 additionalsightings.Minnesota Contributors:Philip Ashman, Parker had nestingin 2 counties,eachwith two-fouryoung,withadditional sightings Backstrom, Bruce Bacon, Sue Barton, in 5 counties. MurrayBerner, JanetBoe,MarilynBontly (MBo), Irv Bretting,Kay Burcar,Adam Vireos to Finches Byrne,SteveCarlson,Nelvina DeKam, BothWhite-eyed andBell's vireos wereres- Tom Erdman, Bruce Fall, Mark Feider, ident in several s. Wisconsin counties. A RandyFriederickson, JackGillespie,Ray Glassel,Charlie Greenman, Ellen Hansen, SolitaryVireowasin Portage July9 (MB) and a PhiladelphiaVireo wasin Oconto AnthonyHertzel,GloriaHoffman,Robert June19 (J&KS), bothWisconsin.UnusuJanssen (RJa),RobbyeJohnson, Michael allyfarsouthwasGolden-winged Warbler Kielb (Michigan),Pat & Ken LaFond, Fred Lesher, Bob Mead, Steve & Diane in Winona, MN June28 (JPo)andJuly23
KENNETH J. BROCK
Summertemperatures wereaboutaverage and,mercifully, precipitation returnedto
morenormal levels, avoiding a repeat oflast summer's extensive flooding. Assessments of thefiood's impactonbreeding birds yielded, asthepopularclich•goes,bothgoodand badnews. Thebadnews induded significant
treelossatonemajoregretcolony andlocal replacement of somefloodplainmarsh habitatbyragweed. Treeloss wasbelieved to havecontributed to theabsence ofbreeding SnowyandCattleegrets at theimportant Charleston, Missourisite.Thegoodnews involvedgreatlyimprovednesting habitat for LeastTernson theMississippi Riverislands. No doubtthefinalchapter inthissaga isyettobewritten. (CSc)."Lawrence's" Warblerswerefound Millard, BonnieMuftigan,WarrenNelA common themeamong summer correspondents wasa positiveevaluation of the in bothWisconsin's SaukandMichigan's son, Don Nussbaum, Dave Peters,Mark Peterson, JaninePolk,JenniferPospichal breeding Washtenaw. TheTennessee WarblerJuly12 season. Thoughserious problems remain,especially with marshnesting in Hennepin (fideSC)tiedthe2ndearliest (JBo),SamRobbins,SteveSchon,Carol fall arrival date for s. Minnesota. The three Schumacher (CSc),Jerry& KarenSmith, species, breeding populations ofmanybirds CharlesSontag,Thom Soule,Barbara weregreatlyimproved.Selected prairie singingd' Yellow-throated WarblersreStover, JeanStrelka, KenStromborg, Peder species faredbetterthannormal,andthe mainedintoJulyatWyalusing S.P.,WI, as Daryl Tessen (Wisdiscovery of previously unknownbreeding did the onesingingmalein Kandiyohi, Svingen(Minnesota), MN. In Wisconsin, a Prairie Warbler was
consin),RonWood,W.P.B.O.staff.
seenin Portage June11 (MB),whileonein Sheboygan remainedthroughtheperiod. Six PalmWarblerswere alsopresentin Portage, WI (MB). Out of placewas a
-- DarylD. Tessen, 3118 N. OneidaSt., Appleton, WI54911.
CeruleanWarbler in Rock,MN June25
populations in northern Illinois highlighted aRegion-wide favorable report onneotropicalwarblers. Withoutimplying a returnto thehalcyon daysofmidcentury, thesummer reportcontains sufficient enthusiasm torendereventhecrustiest pessimist guardedly
(ND). Worm-eating Warblers werefound in Michigan's Allegan(>threemales)and
optimistic.
Wisconsin'sSauk(one- two males).Ken-
Abbreviations: LEE Ponds(IowaPowerand
tuckyWarblernesting hadbeensuspected for 2 yearsin Minnesota'sNicollet.This yearit wasconfirmedwith onefledged young(BF),thusproviding thestatewith itsfirstnestingrecord.In additionto the
Lights,Pottawattamie Co.),L. Cal. (Lake Calumet,Chicago); R.E.D.A. (Riverlandx Environmental Demonstration Area, St
Charles, MO), S.C.R.(SquawCreek Nat'l Wildli•Ref.,MO);Spfld. (Springfield, IL).
number of territorial Hooded Warblers in
s. Wisconsin, birds were found in the n.
Loons to Ibises
counties of Marinette and l•/as. Three Wil-
Chatswere found in 4 Wisconsincounties,
A basic-plumed PacificLoonatAnderson L., Hamilton, IA July 13+ (?SD,?JD, ?m.ob), provided Iowa's firstsummer record andoneof veryfewsummerrecords for the
thisafterapoorspring migration.
Region.Byfar thelargest reported Pied-
son's Warblers were found in Minnesota's
Cookand Lake (m.ob.). Yellow-breasted
946
FIELDNOTES
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